Petersberg (Saalekreis)

Basic data
State :	Saxony-Anhalt
County :	Saalekreis
Height :	153 m above sea level NHN
Area :	102.68 km 2
Residents:	9498 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	93 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	06193
Primaries :	034600, 034602, 034603, 034604, 034606
License plate :	SK, MER, MQ, QFT
Community key :	15 0 88 295
Community structure:	21 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Götschetalstr. 15 ; 06193 Petersberg
Website :	www.gemeinde-petersberg.de
Mayor :	Ulli Leipnitz
Location of the community Petersberg in the Saalekreis

The Petersberg with church, transmission tower, Bismarck tower and television tower from the southwest

Petersberg is a unified municipality in the Saalekreis in Saxony-Anhalt .

geography

The community of Petersberg extends from the Saale north of Halle (Saale) over the striking Petersberg to the Fuhneaue .

Community structure

The following localities belong to the unified community of Petersberg:

Locality	Residents	Districts
Brachstedt	911	Brachstedt, Hohen and Wurp
Gutenberg	1244	Gutenberg
Krosigk	845	Kaltenmark and Krosigk
Kütten	432	Drobitz and Kütten
Morl	934	Alums, Beidersee , Morl and Möderau
Nehlitz	402	Nehlitz
Ostrau	1543	Mösthinsdorf , Ostrau and Werderthau
Petersberg	659	Drehlitz , Frößnitz and Petersberg
Sennewitz	1718	Ferdinande and Sennewitz mine
Teicha	1446	Teicha
Wallwitz	1139	Dachritz , Merkewitz, Sylbitz , Trebitz, Wallwitz and Westewitz

history

Until the formation of the unified community Petersberg on January 1, 2010, there was a small community Petersberg with 685 inhabitants (2008), which was a member of the Götschetal-Petersberg administrative community . The administrative community also dissolved on January 1, 2010.

Incorporations

Municipal administration in Wallwitz

Incorporation in the area of today's Petersberg municipality took place in 1938, 1950, 2005, 2006 and 2010.

Former parish	date	annotation
Beidersee	07/01/1950	Incorporation to Morl
Brachstedt	01/01/2010	Incorporation to Petersberg
Roof crack	10/01/1938	Incorporation to Wallwitz
Swivel	07/01/1950	Incorporation to Petersberg
Drobitz	07/01/1950	Incorporation to Kütten
Frößnitz	04/01/1938	Incorporation to Petersberg
Götschetal	01/01/2010	Incorporation to Petersberg
Gutenberg	07/01/2006	Incorporation to Götschetal
High	04/01/1938	Incorporation to Brachstedt
Kaltenmark	07/01/1950	Incorporation to Krosigk
Krosigk	01/01/2010	Incorporation to Petersberg
Kütten	01/01/2010	Incorporation to Petersberg
Merkewitz	10/01/1938	Incorporation to Wallwitz
Möderau	07/01/1950	Incorporation to Morl
Morl	01/01/2010	Incorporation to Petersberg
Mösthinsdorf	01/01/2005	Incorporation to Ostrau
Nehlitz	07/01/2006	Incorporation to Götschetal
Ostrau	01/01/2010	Incorporation to Petersberg
Sennewitz	07/01/2006	Incorporation to Götschetal
Sylbitz	10/01/1938	Incorporation to Wallwitz
Teicha	07/01/2006	Incorporation to Götschetal
Trebitz	10/01/1938	Incorporation to Wallwitz
Wallwitz	07/01/2006	Incorporation to Götschetal
Werderthau	07/01/1950	Incorporation to Ostrau
Westewitz	10/01/1938	Incorporation to Wallwitz
Wurp	04/01/1938	Incorporation to Brachstedt

politics

mayor

The first mayor of the unified parish was elected on April 25, 2010. In the first ballot, Ulli Leipnitz achieved an absolute majority. On March 12, 2017, he was confirmed in office with 90.35% of the valid votes in the first ballot.

Municipal council

(2017-2019 election period)

6 seats: Free Voting Association Götschetal FWG - G
3 seats: CDU
3 seats: Citizens for Petersberg - BfP
2 seats: Future Ostrau Mösthinsdorf Werderthau
2 seats: the left
2 seats: non-party (individual applicants)
1 seat: Alternative for Germany - AfD
1 seat: Social Democratic Party of Germany - SPD

coat of arms

The coat of arms was designed by the local heraldist Jörg Mantzsch and approved by the district on March 4, 2011.

Blazon : "In a blue shield sprinkled with eleven silver stars, a gold-roofed and crossed silver nave with black arched windows on a vaulted golden shield base, this topped with a red armored, three-toed, soaring black lion with a knocked out tongue."

Following on from the name of the new municipality, the coat of arms carries the ship of the collegiate church St. Petrus as symbols on a curved shield base (mountain), which is covered with the coat of arms of the Wettins, the soaring black lion. The 11 stars in the shield symbolize the united communities.

The colors of the municipality are: white-blue.

flag

The flag is blue-white-blue (1: 4: 1) striped (horizontal shape: stripes running horizontally, lengthways shape: stripes running vertically) and centered with the municipal coat of arms.

Sightseeing and sports

Collegiate Church of St. Peter

Krosigk Castle around 1860

Baroque Ostrau Castle

The community's cultural monuments are listed in the local register of monuments.

Churches

Romanesque choir tower church in Sylbitz ( Wallwitz )
Romanesque church in the Gutenberg district
Fortified church in the Krosigk district
Church (12th century) with organ in the Mösthinsdorf district
Collegiate Church of St. Petrus in the Petersberg district, station on the Romanesque Road
Church of St. Mauritius (around 1100) in the Teicha district
St. Michael Church Brachstedt
Church of St. Georg in Morl, 13th century

Castles and Palaces

Museums

The Petersberg Museum shows the history of the Saalkreis and is known for numerous special exhibitions.
There is a Heimatstube in Krosigk.
The Saalkreis art gallery is located in Gutenberg.