Altenburger Land

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Altenburger Land
District
Hissflagge Landkreis Altenburger Land.svg
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Coat of arms
Altenburger Land
Country Germany
State Thuringia
Capital Altenburg
Government
 • District admin.Uwe Melzer (CDU)
Area
 • Total569.41 km2 (219.85 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022) [1]
 • Total88,787
 • Density160/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration ABG, SLN
Website altenburgerland.de

Altenburger Land is a district in Thuringia, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the district of Greiz, the Burgenlandkreis (Saxony-Anhalt), and the districts Leipzig, Mittelsachsen and Zwickau in Saxony. The district is a member of the Central German Metropolitan Region.

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Geography

Altenburger Land is the easternmost district of Thuringia. It is largely agricultural with three quarters of the total area being used for agriculture. [2] In contrast, forests make up only around 10% of the area, especially in the south of the district there are only few forests. This can be explained by a high soil fertility with a Loess-layer of up to 3.5 meters.

The main river is the Pleiße, a tributary of the White Elster, crossing the district from south to north. The hilly Osterland constituting the northernmost foothills of the Ore Mountains slopes gently away to the plains of eastern Saxony-Anhalt.

History

The region on the Pleiße River was part of a huge forest, where the Thuringii formed the Thuringian Kingdom. After this, the Kingdom was in 531 taken over by the Franks, Slavic people were also moving in. Thuringians reestablished independent rule. The castle of Altenburg already existed in the 10th century, it became an imperial seat. In the following centuries German settlers from other parts moved in. It was part of the Margravate of Meissen in the 14th century. At this time most of the forests were cleared.

The town of Altenburg and the surrounding lands were the tiny Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg from 1826 to 1918; afterwards it was a state within the Weimar Republic for a short time, before it was dissolved in 1922 in order to join the Free State of Thuringia.

The district in its present borders was established in 1922 under the name "Altenburg". In 1952 there was an administrative reform splitting the districts into two smaller units, called "Altenburg" and "Schmölln". They were merged again in 1994 under the name Altenburger Land.

Historical Population

YearPopulation
1994121,559
1995120,655
1996119,359
1997118,487
1998117,143
1999115,689
2000114,200
2001112,421
YearPopulation
2002110,887
2003109,304
2004107,893
2005106,365
2006104,721
2007103,313
2008101,705
2009100,215
YearPopulation
201098,810
201197,443
201294,749
201393,605
201492,705
201592,344
201691,607
201790,650
YearPopulation
201890,118
201989,393
202088,356
202187,807
202288,787
202388,692

Source: from 1994 Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik – values from 31st December [3]

Politics

District Council

The 46 seats in the district council are distributed between the parties as follows since the Regional Elections in Thüringia 26th May 2024:

PartiesSeats
5
1
5
3
1
13
4
14
Total 46 seats
AfD 14 (+4)
CDU 13 (±0)
SPD 5 (−2)
Die Linke 5 (−2)
Starke Heimat4 (+4)
Bundesverband Freie Wähler3 (−2)
FDP 1 (−1)
Grüne 1 (−1)
Landratsamt Altenburger Land in der Lindenaustrasse in Altenburg Landratsamt Altenburger Land.jpg
Landratsamt Altenburger Land in der Lindenaustraße in Altenburg

Coat of arms

District banner of Altenburger Land Flagge Landkreis Altenburger Land.svg
District banner of Altenburger Land

The coat of arms displays:

Partnerschaften

Towns and municipalities

Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district Municipalities in ABG.pngGöhrenHaselbach
Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft-free townsand municipalities
  1. Altenburg
  2. Gößnitz
  3. Lucka
  4. Meuselwitz
  5. Schmölln
  1. Dobitschen
  2. Göpfersdorf
  3. Heyersdorf
  4. Langenleuba-Niederhain
  5. Nobitz
  6. Ponitz
Verwaltungsgemeinschaften
  1. Heukewalde
  2. Jonaswalde
  3. Löbichau
  4. Posterstein
  5. Thonhausen
  6. Vollmershain
  1. Fockendorf
  2. Gerstenberg
  3. Haselbach
  4. Treben 1
  5. Windischleuba
  1. Göhren
  2. Göllnitz
  3. Kriebitzsch
  4. Lödla
  5. Mehna
  6. Monstab
  7. Rositz 1
  8. Starkenberg
1seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft

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References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.
  2. ↑ "Thüringisches Landesamt für Umwelt und Geologie". Archived from the original on 2017-09-09. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  3. ↑ "Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik, Bevölkerung nach Geschlecht, Landkreis Altenburger Land" . Retrieved 2023-09-23.

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