Verbandsgemeinde Wethautal
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Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ' N , 11 ° 51' E |
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| Basic data | ||
| Existing period: | 2010– | |
| State : | Saxony-Anhalt | |
| County : | Burgenland district | |
| Area : | 148.87 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 9040 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 61 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| License plate : | BLK, HHM, NEB, NMB, WSF, ZZ | |
| Association key : | 15 0 84 5054 | |
| Association structure: | 7 municipalities | |
| Association administration address : |
Corseburger Weg 11 06721 Osterfeld |
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| Mayor of the Association: | Kerstin Beckmann | |
| Location of the Wethautal community in the Burgenland district | ||
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The Verbandsgemeinde Wethautal is a regional authority in the Burgenland district in Saxony-Anhalt .
geography
The association is located on the eponymous Wethau and on the Saale .
Member municipalities
- My pain
- Mertendorf
- Molau country
- Osterfeld , city
- Schönburg
- Bumps , city
- Wethau
history
The association was founded on January 1, 2010. Most of the communities involved had previously been part of the Wethautal administrative community . Since association communities are allowed to have a maximum of eight member communities with 1,000 residents each, the following changes were made on the same day:
- Merger of the municipalities of Abtlöbnitz (155 inhabitants), Casekirchen (246 inhabitants), Leislau (258 inhabitants) and Molau (542 inhabitants) to form the new municipality of Molauer Land (1,201 inhabitants)
- Merger of the municipalities of Görschen (515 inhabitants), Löbitz (438 inhabitants) and Mertendorf (692 inhabitants) to form the new municipality of Mertendorf (1,645 inhabitants)
- Merger of the municipalities of Gieckau (333 inhabitants) and Wethau (685 inhabitants) to form the new municipality of Wethau (1,018 inhabitants)
- Merger of the municipalities of Meineweh (627 inhabitants), Pretzsch (173 inhabitants) and Unterkaka (290 inhabitants) to form the new municipality of Anhalt Süd (1,090 inhabitants)
- Incorporation of the communities Goldschau (304 inhabitants), Heidegrund (667 inhabitants) and Waldau (492 inhabitants) into the city of Osterfeld, whose population increases from 1,299 to 2,762
The specified population figures refer to the key date December 31, 2008.
politics
Association municipal council
The election to the municipal council on May 25, 2014 with a turnout of 53.5% led to the following result:
| Political party | Seats | be right |
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| CDU | 7th | 34.8% |
| SPD | 3 | 14.3% |
| The left | 1 | 5.3% |
| FDP | 1 | 6.5% |
| Groups of voters | 8th | 32.7% |
coat of arms
The coat of arms was designed by the municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch and approved by the district on October 1, 2010.
Blazon : “Square of silver and green; Field 1 and 4: a blue wavy bar, field 2: a black grooved golden tower with a rectangular black door opening, a black window and a narrow, brick-built tower top placed in the middle, field 3: a golden mill wheel with four wide main spokes and four narrow strut spokes. "
The colors of the association are blue and yellow.
flag
The flag is blue - yellow (1: 1) striped (longitudinal shape: stripes running vertically, transverse shape: stripes running horizontally) and centered with the coat of arms of the municipality.
traffic
The federal highway 9 and the federal highway 180 run through the community area . In Wethau, Mertendorf, Scheiplitz and Stoß there are train stations on the Naumburg – Teuchern railway line .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, population of the municipalities - as of December 31, 2019 (PDF) (update) ( help ).
- ↑ State Statistical Office of Saxony-Anhalt: Association municipal council elections in Saxony-Anhalt 2014
