Saalekreis

District in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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CountryGermanyStateSaxony-AnhaltCapitalMerseburgGovernment

• District admin.Hartmut HandschakArea

• Total1,434.2 km² (553.7 sq mi)Population

(31 December 2022)^[1]

• Total183,974 • Density130/km² (330/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Vehicle registrationSK, MER, MQ, QFTWebsitewww.saalekreis.de

Saalekreis is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The district seat is Merseburg. Its area is 1,434.2 km² (553.7 sq mi).^[2] It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts Kyffhäuserkreis (Thuringia), Mansfeld-Südharz, Salzlandkreis, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Nordsachsen, Leipzig (both Saxony) and Burgenlandkreis. The district-free city of Halle is surrounded by the Saalekreis.

History

The district was established by merging the former districts of Merseburg-Querfurt and Saalkreis as part of the district reform of 2007.

Towns and municipalities

The district Saalekreis consists of the following subdivisions:^[3]

Free towns	Free municipalities	Verbandsgemeinde
Bad Dürrenberg Bad Lauchstädt Braunsbedra Landsberg Wettin-Löbejün Merseburg Mücheln Querfurt	Kabelsketal Leuna Petersberg Salzatal Schkopau Teutschenthal	Weida-Land Barnstädt Farnstädt Nemsdorf-Göhrendorf¹ Obhausen Schraplau² Steigra
¹seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; ²town

Free towns

Free municipalities

Verbandsgemeinde

Weida-Land

¹seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; ²town

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saalekreis.

^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
^ "Tabellen Bodenfläche". Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
^ Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt