Wettin-Löbejün

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 51 ° 38 '  N , 11 ° 54'  E
Basic data
State :	Saxony-Anhalt
County :	Saalekreis
Height :	144 m above sea level NHN
Area :	127.1 km 2
Residents:	9807 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	77 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	06193
Primaries :	0345 (Brachwitz) , 034603 (Domnitz, Löbejün, Nauendorf, Neutz-Lettewitz, Plötz) , 034607 (Döblitz, Gimritz, Wettin) , 034691 (Rothenburg)
License plate :	SK, MER, MQ, QFT
Community key :	15 0 88 216
City administration address :	Markt 1 06193 Wettin-Löbejün
Website :	www.stadt-wettin-loebejuen.de
Mayoress :	Antje Klecar (independent)
Location of the city of Wettin-Löbejün in the Saalekreis

Wettin-Löbejün is a town in the Saalekreis in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt .

geography

location

Wettin-Löbejün is the northernmost municipality and city in the Saalekreis, it is located about 60 kilometers south of the state capital Magdeburg and 15 kilometers north of the city of Halle . After Dessau is 35 kilometers to the northeast. The municipality is bounded almost continuously in the south-west by the Saale , only a corner of land around Zaschwitz on the other bank of the Saale still belongs to the city. In the northeast, the western part of the Fuhne delimits the urban area. In the urban area, there are also small streams that flow into the Fuhne and Saale. The highest point in the city is the Haltberg, 180 meters above sea level, near Löbejün, while the lowest point is in the Saale valley near Rothenburg at a height of approx. 68 meters above sea level. Parts of the urban area are located in the Lower Saale Valley Nature Park .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are Könnern ( Salzlandkreis ) and Southern Anhalt ( Anhalt-Bitterfeld district ) in the north, Petersberg in the east, the city of Halle (independent) and Salzatal in the south and Gerbstedt ( Mansfeld-Südharz district ) in the west.

Localities / districts

Locality	Residents	Districts	The localities of Wettin-Löbejün (clickable map)
Brachwitz	988	Brachwitz and Friedrichsschwerz
Döblitz	162	Döblitz
Domnitz	736	Domnitz, Dornitz and Dalena
Gimritz	345	Gimritz and Raunitz
Löbejün	2,247	Gottgau, Löbejün and Schlettau
Nauendorf	1,761	Kleinmerbitz , Merbitz , Nauendorf and Priest
Neutz-Lettewitz	886	Deutleben, Görbitz, Lettewitz and Neutz
Suddenly	658	Oberplötz, Kösseln and Unterplötz
Rothenburg	796	Rothenburg
Wettin	2,355	Dobis , Dößel , Müelte , Schachtberg and Zaschwitz

history

The city emerged on January 1, 2011 from the amalgamation of the cities of Löbejün and Wettin and the communities of Brachwitz , Döblitz , Domnitz , Gimritz , Nauendorf , Neutz-Lettewitz , Plötz and Rothenburg , which had previously been combined in the Saalkreis Nord administrative community.

The merger took place against the background of the municipal reform in Saxony-Anhalt. After the voluntary phase set by the state government did not lead to the formation of a unified municipality , the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt decided on June 18, 2010 with the votes of the government coalition on a legal reorganization (GemNeuglG SK).

Originally the name of the newly formed town was "Löbejün-Wettin". The constituent meeting of the city council set the city name "Wettin-Löbejün", which has been in effect since April 7, 2011.

Incorporations

Former parish	date	annotation
Brachwitz	January 1, 2011
Dalena	July 1, 1950	Incorporation to Domnitz
Deutleben	October 1, 1938	Incorporation according to Neutz
Dobis	July 1, 1950	Incorporation after Dößel
Döblitz	January 1, 2011
Domnitz	January 1, 2011
Dornitz	July 1, 1950	Incorporation to Domnitz
Chimney	July 1, 2008	Incorporation after Wettin
Friedrichsschwerz	July 1, 1950	Incorporation to Brachwitz
Gimritz	January 1, 2011
Goerbitz	October 1, 1938	Incorporation to Lettewitz
Kösseln	July 1, 1950	Incorporation to Plötz
Lettewitz	October 1, 1965	Merger with Neutz zu Neutz-Lettewitz
Löbejün	January 1, 2011
Merbitz	July 1, 1950	Incorporation to Nauendorf
Munch	September 30, 1928	Incorporation after Wettin
Nauendorf	January 1, 2011
Neutz	October 1, 1965	Merger with Lettewitz to Neutz-Lettewitz
Neutz-Lettewitz	January 1, 2011
Suddenly	January 1, 2011
priest	July 1, 1950	Incorporation to Nauendorf
Raunitz	April 1, 1938	Incorporation to Gimritz
Rothenburg	January 1, 2011
Schlettau	July 1, 1950	Incorporation to Löbejün
Wettin	January 1, 2011
Zaschwitz	July 1, 1950	Incorporation after Wettin

politics

Municipal council

Election period 2014–2019:

• CDU: 5 seats
• SPD: 4 seats
• LEFT: 3 seats
• GREEN: 2 seats
• FDP / BI Gimritz: 6 seats
• WG volunteer fire brigade: 3 seats
• FUBV Wettin-Löbejün: 5 seats
• Total: 28 seats

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on June 11, 2012 by the district administrator of the Saalekreis. Since the text of the blazon on the coat of arms was incorrectly copied several times (quartered instead of quartered, Stockacker instead of stock anchor), the process of issuing the coat of arms was repeated. The letter of coat of arms submitted later dates from November 9, 2012.

Blazon : “Shield quartered; 1: in red a silver castle with a battlement wall and an open golden gate, with a low tinned central tower with black window opening between two pointed tinned side towers with three (1: 2) black window openings; 2: a red stick anchor in silver; 3: a green plow in silver; 4: two diagonally crossed silver keys in green, the beards turning outwards. "

The new town of Wettin-Löbejün proposed to combine the coat of arms symbolism based on the former eponymous city coat of arms with reference to the former rural communities. Furthermore, the location near the hall should be symbolically included in the coat of arms. The heraldic implementation was done by placing the Wettin coat of arms slightly changed in field 1 of a squared shield; in field 4 came the crossed keys from the Löbejun coat of arms, which refer to the patron saint of the Petrikirche. It should be noted that the roses in the local coat of arms of Löbejün have no meaning whatsoever. They were only meant to fill the open spaces. In addition, two of the roses were heraldically wrong (red) tinged, so that their inclusion would not be approved. In view of its close proximity to the Saale, which historically was not only a water supplier but also a transport route for ships, field 2 has a stick anchor . This differs from the flunk anchor by the upper cross bar, which is issued on the side and guarantees that the anchor flunke hooks into the ground. The coat of arms was developed by the municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch .

flag

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

traffic

Rail transport

Wettin-Löbejün lies with the Nauendorf (Saalkr) and Domnitz (Saalkr) stops on the Halle – Vienenburg railway line . The Nauendorf – Gerlebogk railway line with the former stops Nauendorf (Saalkr) Nord , Domnitz (Saalkr) Kautzenberg , Löbejün (Saalkr) and Gottgau has been closed.

Major roads

The federal motorway 14 , which leads from Dresden via Leipzig and Halle to Magdeburg , and which will be extended to Schwerin , also runs through the urban area, but only the Löbejün junction is located in it. The route in the urban area was released in two stages, between the Löbejün and Könnern branches in the north in 1996 and between Löbejün and Halle-Peißen in the east in 2000. Older was Bundesstraße 6, which ran parallel to the federal motorway, and the towns of Domnitz and Dornitz crossed. After the approval of Autobahn 14, it was downgraded to State Road 50. The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig banned further construction of the federal motorway 143 , which currently only goes as far as Bennstedt and was planned as a western bypass for Halle, on January 17, 2007.

The following state roads run in Wettin-Löbejün (only the course in the urban area, or the first place outside, is mentioned, if the roads continue, it is written [...] )

• 50 ([…] - Garsena - Dornitz - Domnitz - Beidersee - […])
• 144 ([…] - Hohenedlau - Schlettau - Löbejün - Plötz - Kösseln - junction at Kösseln)
• 147 (junction at Nauendorf - Nauendorf - Merbitz - Löbejün - Cattau - [...])
• 156 (Garsena - Dößel - Schachtberg - Wettin - Zaschwitz - Fienstedt - [...])
• 157 (near Zaschwitz - Trebitz - [...])
• 161 (Wettin - Müuellen - Lettewitz - junction at Lettewitz)
• 162 (junction at Lettewitz - Görbitz - Gimritz - Brachwitz - Neuragoczy - [...])

Web links

Commons : Wettin-Löbejün  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, population of the municipalities - as of December 31, 2019 (PDF) (update) ( help ).
2. ↑ mz-web.de: The dispute ended: the double city is called Wettin-Löbejün
3. ↑ http://www.stadt-wettin-loebejuen.de/de/politische%20Gremien.html
4. ↑ City of Wettin-Löbejün ( Memento from July 1, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
5. ↑ Jörg Mantzsch : The coat of arms of the city of Wettin-Löbejün, documentation on the approval process , deposited with the Saalekreis 2012 (report: State Main Archives Magdeburg)
6. ↑ 3rd amendment to the main statute of the city of Wettin-Löbejün (PDF file; 299 kB)
7. ^ Judgment of the Federal Administrative Court of January 17, 2007