Börde (district)

Börde, a district in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany, is the site of the former Morsleben radioactive waste repository. The disposal of waste into the facility ended in 1998.

This article is about the German district. For the type of fertile plain from which it takes its name, see Börde.
Börde
District
Coat of arms
CountryGermany
StateSaxony-Anhalt
CapitalHaldensleben
Area
 • Total2,366 km2 (914 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2019)[1]
 • Total170,923
 • Density72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationBK, BÖ, HDL, OC, OK, WMS, WZL
Websitehttp://www.boerdekreis.de

History

The district formed with the merger the former districts of Ohrekreis and Bördekreis as part of the local-government reform of 2007.

Towns and municipalities

The district Börde consists of the following subdivisions:[2]

Free townsFree municipalities
  1. Haldensleben
  2. Oebisfelde-Weferlingen
  3. Oschersleben
  4. Wanzleben-Börde
  5. Wolmirstedt
  1. Barleben
  2. Hohe Börde
  3. Niedere Börde
  4. Sülzetal
Verbandsgemeinden with municipalities
  1. Angern
  2. Burgstall
  3. Colbitz
  4. Loitsche-Heinrichsberg
  5. Rogätz1
  6. Westheide
  7. Zielitz
  1. Altenhausen
  2. Beendorf
  3. Bülstringen
  4. Calvörde
  5. Erxleben
  6. Flechtingen1
  7. Ingersleben
  1. Eilsleben1
  2. Harbke
  3. Hötensleben
  4. Sommersdorf
  5. Ummendorf
  6. Völpke
  7. Wefensleben
  1. Am Großen Bruch
  2. Ausleben
  3. Gröningen1, 2
  4. Kroppenstedt2
1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; 2town;

References
  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2019" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt (in German).
  2. "Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt". Archived from the original on 2017-05-15. Retrieved 2009-08-06.


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