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Börde
—  District  —
Wappen Landkreis Boerde
Coat of arms
Boerde in S-A
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
Capital Haldensleben
Area
 • Total 2,366 km2 (914 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total 178,880
 • Density 76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration BK
Website http://www.boerdekreis.de

Börde District, a district in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany, is arguably best known as the area of the former Morsleben radioactive waste repository. The disposal of waste into the facility ended in 1998It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts Altmarkt Salzwedel, Stendal and Jerichower Land, the city of Magdeburg, the districts of Salzland and Harz as well as the districts of Helmstedt and Gifhorn in Lower Saxony

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 towns Free 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. Elbe-Heide
  1. Angern
  2. Burgstall
  3. Colbitz
  4. Loitsche-Heinrichsberg
  5. Rogätz1
  6. Westheide
  7. Zielitz
  • 2. Flechtingen
  1. Altenhausen
  2. Beendorf
  3. Bülstringen
  4. Calvörde
  5. Erxleben
  6. Flechtingen1
  7. Ingersleben
  8. Süplingen
  • 3. Obere Aller
  1. Eilsleben1
  2. Harbke
  3. Hötensleben
  4. Sommersdorf
  5. Ummendorf
  6. Völpke
  7. Wefensleben
  • 4. Westliche Börde
  1. Am Großen Bruch
  2. Ausleben
  3. Gröningen1, 2
  4. Kroppenstedt2
1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; 2town;

References[]

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Coordinates: 52°10′N 11°20′E / 52.167, 11.333


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