Saalekreis Explained

Saalekreis
Image Coa:	Wappen Saalekreis.svg
State:	Saxony-Anhalt
Capital:	Merseburg
Area:	1434.2
Kreisschlüssel:	15088
District Admin:	Hartmut Handschak
Carsign:	SK, MER, MQ, QFT
Url:	www.saalekreis.de

Saalekreis is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The district seat is Merseburg. Its area is .^[1] 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:^[2]

Free towns	Free municipalities	Verbandsgemeinde
valign=top	Bad Dürrenberg Bad Lauchstädt Braunsbedra Landsberg Wettin-Löbejün Merseburg Mücheln Querfurt	valign=top	Kabelsketal Leuna Petersberg Salzatal Schkopau Teutschenthal	Weida-Land Barnstädt Farnstädt Nemsdorf-Göhrendorf^1 Obhausen Schraplau^2
^1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; ^2town

References

51.4°N 61°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tabellen Bodenfläche. Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. 20 November 2022.
2. http://www.statistik.sachsen-anhalt.de/gk/fms/fms1li.html Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt