Kreisreform Sachsen-Anhalt 2007

Kreisreform Sachsen-Anhalt 2007 (or Kreisgebietsreform 2007) is a law in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany that came into effect on July 1, 2007, which outlines a reform of the districts of Saxony-Anhalt. It reduced the districts from 24 to 14. Nine new districts were created by amalgamating existing districts, while the rural districts of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel and Stendal as well as the urban districts of Halle and Magdeburg were untouched.^[1]

Districts (as of 1 July 2007)

Further developments

The Salzland district Parliament decided to change the name to Salzlandkreis.
On 16 July 2007 the Burgenland district Parliament decided to change the name again to Burgenlandkreis, which came into effect on the 1 August 2007.^[2]

References

^ District reform law Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine 11 November 2005 (in German)
^ Namechange announcement^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt (in German)
Complete breakdown^{[permanent dead link]} (2.1MB) (in German) Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt
Salzlandkreis (in German)
Fusion of Dessau-Roßlau (in German)
Fusion of Dessau-Roßlau (in German)

[1] District reform law Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine 11 November 2005 (in German)

[2] Namechange announcement^{[permanent dead link]}

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