Braunsbedra Explained

Type:Stadt
Image Coa:Wappen Braunsbedra.png
Coordinates:51.2833°N 65°W
Image Plan:Braunsbedra in SK.svg
State:Sachsen-Anhalt
District:Saalekreis
Elevation:104
Area:74.34
Postal Code:06242
Area Code:034633
Licence:SK
Gemeindeschlüssel:15 0 88 065
Divisions:13
Website:www.braunsbedra.de
Mayor:Steffen Schmitz[1]
Leader Term:2022 - 29
Party:CDU

Braunsbedra (pronounced as /de/) is a town in the Saalekreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approximately 11 km southwest of Merseburg.

It was created after 1945 by the merger of Braunsdorf and Bedra. The town Braunsbedra consists of Braunsbedra proper and four Ortschaften (municipal divisions): Frankleben, Großkayna, Krumpa and Roßbach.[2]

Roßbach, famous for the Battle of Rossbach, is one of the local communities; the layout of the land had greatly changed since the battle due to lignite mining and then flooding of the abandoned mines to create the Geisel valley Lakes complex.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://wahlergebnisse.sachsen-anhalt.de/wahlen/bmbm/index.html Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse
  2. https://www.braunsbedra.de/de/datei/download/id/6650,1243/hauptsatzung0.pdf Hauptsatzung der Stadt Braunsbedra
  3. http://www.lmbv.de/files/LMBV/Publikationen/Publikationen%20Mitteldeutschland/Wandlungen%20und%20Perspektiven%20MD/doku%2003_Geiseltal.pdf Geiseltal