Westheide

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Westheide
Westheide
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Westheide highlighted

Coordinates: 52 ° 17 '  N , 11 ° 28'  E

Basic data
State : Saxony-Anhalt
County : Börde
Association municipality : Elbe Heath
Area : 50.8 km 2
Residents: 1710 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 34 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes : 39343 (Hillersleben) ,
39345 (Born, Neuenhofe)Template: Infobox municipality in Germany / maintenance / zip code contains text
Primaries : 03904, 039056, 039202,
License plate : BK , BÖ, HDL, OC, OK, WMS, WZL
Community key : 15 0 83 557
Association administration address: Magdeburger Str. 40
39326 Rogätz
Mayor : Hans Hirche ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Westheide in the Börde district
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Westheide is a municipality with no eponymous capital in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt . She is a member of the Elbe-Heide community .

geography

The community was named after the western Colbitz-Letzlinger Heide . It consists of a northern part with the Born district and a southern part with Hillersleben and Neuenhofe . Both parts were only connected with the municipalities of Burgstall and Colbitz through an area swap . Westheide borders on the municipalities of Burgstall, Colbitz, Niedere Börde , Haldensleben and Calvörde and, to the north, on the town of Gardelegen in the Altmark district of Salzwedel .

Community structure

Districts of the community are Born, Hillersleben and Neuenhofe.

politics

Municipal council

After the local elections on May 26, 2019, the Westheide municipal council is composed as follows:

Party / list Seats
CDU 4th
Westheide Citizens' Alliance 2
Westheide citizens' initiative 3
Leisure, sport and development Westheide 2
Individual applicants 1

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved by the district on April 22, 2010.

Blazon : “Split and half divided, two silver church towers in red in front, each with a black window and crosses on the pebbled pitched roofs; at the top in blue a silver lamb of God with a ring-shaped golden nimbus, on the golden cross staff a silver flag with a red cross; at the bottom growing in silver, a black grooved red well with a black well hole and above it a black bucket held by the black well rope hanging down from the partition. "

At its constituent meeting on January 14, 2010, the council of the community decided on the coat of arms designed by Magdeburg's municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch , which was subject to the approval process and which consists of elements of the coats of arms of the Born, Hillersleben and Neuenhofe districts. The symbolism was corrected by the heraldist compared to the coats of arms of the district in the sense of heraldic art: the church towers were crossed to represent them as clearly Christian buildings, the church and well are positioned "growing" and the well shaft is not a breakthrough and is therefore tinged in black.

flag

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

history

Westheide was created on January 1, 2010 in the course of the municipal reform in Saxony-Anhalt through the merger of the previously independent municipalities of Born, Hillersleben and Neuenhofe.

Buildings

The cultural monuments in the municipality are listed in the local register of monuments.

Individual evidence

  1. State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, population of the municipalities - as of December 31, 2019 (PDF) (update) ( help ).
  2. Official Journal of the District No. 31/2010 (PDF; 355 kB)
  3. Jörg Mantzsch : The coat of arms of the municipality of Westheide, documentation on the approval process , deposited with the district of Börde 2010 (report: State Main Archives Magdeburg)
  4. StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010

Web links

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