Aken (Elbe)

Aken
Aken
	Town hall
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Aken (Elbe) within Anhalt-Bitterfeld district
	Aken Aken
	Coordinates: 51°51′0″N 12°03′0″E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Anhalt-Bitterfeld
Government
• Mayor	Jan-Hendrik Bahn (Ind.)
Area
• Total	59.91 km2 (23.13 sq mi)
Elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Population (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	7,494
• Density	130/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	06385
Dialling codes	034909
Vehicle registration	ABI
Website	www.aken.de

Aken (Elbe) (German pronunciation: [ˈaːkən] (listen)) is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The town is located at the left bank of the Elbe river.

Geography

Aken located at the Middle Elbe is approximately 8 km (5.0 mi) west of Dessau-Rosslau in extended lowlands within the Biosphere Reserve Middle Elbe and approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) west of Aken the Saale river enters the Middle Elbe.

Districts

Heidehof, Kleinzerbst, Kühren, Lorf, Mennewitz, Obselau and Susigke.

Growth of population

year	citizen
1970	12,154
2005	9,083

History

The castle Gloworp was first mentioned in the 12th century. The town itself was first documented in 1219, naming the mayor Waltherus de Aken. In 1270 Aken received its town charter as Civitas. The name Aken is based on the Latin name Aqua (location at or near the water). Probably this was a foundation from lower rhenish settlers from Aachen which is spelled Aken in the Dutch language.

Town twinning

Erwitte (North Rhine-Westphalia) since June 17, 1991
Anor (France) since April 24, 1993

Culture and sights

Fountain at the market

historical town hall
two medieval churches: St. Nicholas and St. Mary
"Stone Kemenate" (heated residential building) from the 13th century with arches
town wall from the Middle Ages with 3 remaining towers
passenger navigation on the river Elbe
Biosphere Reserve Middle Elbe

Notable persons

Honorary citizens

Friedrich Wilhelm Steinbrecht, lieutenant in Lützow Free Corps
2001: Otto Benecke, head of museum of local history
2015: Hansjochen Müller, mayor from 1990 - 2015
2016: Christian Holmes, first Englishman to do an Anmeldung in Aken.

Notable people born in Aken

Theodor Sickel

August Ludwig Hülsen, (1765–1809), German philosopher of the early romance
Theodor von Sickel, (1826–1908), German-Austrian historian
Diana Vellguth, entertainer
Christian Reike, performer
Emilie Winkelmann (1875–1951), architect
Karl Witte (1893–1966), bishop in Hamburg [2]
Karl Bischoff (1905–1983), Germanist and university teacher
Bernd Dießner, (born 1946), German athlete

Resident who influenced the history of the city

Friedrich Ernst Arnold Werner Nolopp, teacher, conductor, composer

References

"Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2019" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt (in German).
See Rainer Hering (1998). "Witte, Otto Karl Emil". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). 13. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 1427–1439. ISBN 3-88309-072-7.

External links

Official homepage
(in German) detailed history of town

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[1] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2019" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt (in German).

[2] See Rainer Hering (1998). "Witte, Otto Karl Emil". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). 13. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 1427–1439. ISBN 3-88309-072-7.