Anhalt-Bitterfeld
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Anhalt-Bitterfeld is a district in Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. Its capital is Köthen (Anhalt)
Köthen (Anhalt)
Köthen is a city in Germany. It is the capital of the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, about north of Halle.Köthen is the location of the main campus and the administrative center of the regional technical university Hochschule Anhalt which is especially strong in information...

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History

This district was established by merging the former districts of Bitterfeld
Bitterfeld (district)
Bitterfeld was a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is bounded by the city of Dessau, the district of Wittenberg, Delitzsch and the districts of Saalkreis and Köthen.- History :...

, Köthen
Köthen (district)
Köthen was a district in the middle of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts were Anhalt-Zerbst, Schönebeck, Anhalt-Zerbst, the district-free city Dessau,Bitterfeld, Saalkreis and Bernburg.- History :...

 and a large part of Anhalt-Zerbst
Anhalt-Zerbst
Anhalt-Zerbst was a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is bounded by the districts Potsdam-Mittelmark and Wittenberg, the city of Dessau and the districts of Köthen, Schönebeck and Jerichower Land.- History :...

 as part of the reform
Kreisreform Sachsen-Anhalt 2007
Kreisreform Sachsen-Anhalt 2007 is a law in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, coming into effect on July 1, 2007, which outlines a reform of the districts of Saxony-Anhalt. It reduces the districts from 21 to 11...

 of 2007.

Towns and municipalities

The district Anhalt-Bitterfeld consists of the following subdivisions:
Towns Municipalities
  1. Aken (Elbe)
    Aken (Elbe)
    Aken 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 :...

  2. Bitterfeld-Wolfen
    Bitterfeld-Wolfen
    Bitterfeld-Wolfen is a town in the district Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated in south-eastern Saxony-Anhalt, west of the river Mulde, in an area that is dominated by heavy industry and lignite mining...

  3. Köthen (Anhalt)
    Köthen (Anhalt)
    Köthen is a city in Germany. It is the capital of the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, about north of Halle.Köthen is the location of the main campus and the administrative center of the regional technical university Hochschule Anhalt which is especially strong in information...

  4. Raguhn-Jeßnitz
    Raguhn-Jeßnitz
    Raguhn-Jeßnitz is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2010 by the merger of the former municipalities Altjeßnitz, Jeßnitz, Marke, Raguhn, Retzau, Schierau, Thurland and Tornau vor der Heide....

  5. Sandersdorf-Brehna
    Sandersdorf-Brehna
    Sandersdorf-Brehna is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated southwest of Bitterfeld. The town was formed by the merger of the previously independent municipalities Brehna, Glebitzsch, Petersroda, Roitzsch and Sandersdorf, on 1 July 2009....

  6. Südliches Anhalt
    Südliches Anhalt
    Südliches Anhalt was a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft in the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was situated south and east of Köthen. The seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft was in Weißandt-Gölzau. It was disbanded on 1 January 2010.The Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Südliches Anhalt...

  7. Zerbst
    Zerbst
    Zerbst is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Until the administrative reform of 2007, Zerbst was the capital of the Anhalt-Zerbst district. Since the 1 January 2010 local government reform, Zerbst has about 24,000 inhabitants.It is not clear when was it founded;...

  8. Zörbig
    Zörbig
    ' is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approx. 15 km west of Bitterfeld, and 20 km northeast of Halle . Zörbig is well-known for its molasses made from sugar beets....

  • Muldestausee
    Muldestausee
    Muldestausee is a municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2010 by the merger of the former municipalities Burgkemnitz, Friedersdorf, Gossa, Gröbern, Krina, Mühlbeck, Muldenstein, Plodda, Pouch, Rösa, Schlaitz and Schwemsal....

  • Osternienburger Land
    Osternienburger Land
    Osternienburger Land is a municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2010 by the merger of the former municipalities Chörau, Diebzig, Dornbock, Drosa, Elsnigk, Großpaschleben, Kleinpaschleben, Libbesdorf, Micheln, Osternienburg,...

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