Dessau (region)
Encyclopedia
Dessau was one of the three Regierungsbezirk
Regierungsbezirk
In Germany, a Government District, in German: Regierungsbezirk – is a subdivision of certain federal states .They are above the Kreise, Landkreise, and kreisfreie Städte...

e of 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...

, located in the east of the country.

History

Founded in 1990 from parts of Regierungsbezirk Halle
Halle (region)
Halle was one of the three Regierungsbezirke of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, located in the south of the country.-History:It was founded in 1952 while part of East Germany. Becoming effective on January 1, 2004 the Regierungsbezirk was disbanded...

, the Dessau government region was disbanded on January 1, 2004 . Its functions were taken over by the Landesverwaltungsamt, which has three offices at the former seats of the Bezirksregierungen.

Subdivision









Kreise
(districts)
Kreisfreie Städte
(district-free towns)
  1. 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 :...

  2. Bernburg
    Bernburg (district)
    Bernburg was a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Schönebeck, Köthen, Saalkreis, Mansfelder Land and Aschersleben-Staßfurt.- History :...

  3. 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 :...

  4. 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 :...

  5. Wittenberg
    Wittenberg (district)
    Wittenberg is a district in the east of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are Anhalt-Bitterfeld, the district-free city of Dessau-Roßlau, the districts of Potsdam-Mittelmark, Teltow-Fläming and Elbe-Elster in Brandenburg, and the district of Nordsachsen in the Free State of Saxony.-...


  1. Dessau
    Dessau
    Dessau is a town in Germany on the junction of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2007, it is part of the merged town Dessau-Roßlau. Population of Dessau proper: 77,973 .-Geography:...



See also

  • Bezirk Halle
    Halle (Bezirk)
    The Bezirk Halle was a district of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Halle.-History:The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German states...

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