Elbe-Heide
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Elbe-Heide is a Verbandsgemeinde
Verbandsgemeinde
A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:...

("collective municipality") in the Börde
Börde
Börde, a district in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany, is arguably best known as the area of the former repository for radioactive waste Morsleben. The disposal of waste into the facility ended in 1998.- History :...

 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...

. Before 1 January 2010, it was a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft. It is situated on the left bank of the Elbe
Elbe
The Elbe is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Krkonoše Mountains of the northwestern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia , then Germany and flowing into the North Sea at Cuxhaven, 110 km northwest of Hamburg...

, northwest of Burg bei Magdeburg
Burg bei Magdeburg
Burg bei Magdeburg is a town of about 24,700 inhabitants on the Elbe-Havel-Canal in Germany, northeast of Magdeburg. It is situated around a former weir, the Sachsenschleusen...

. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Rogätz.

The Verbandsgemeinde Elbe-Heide consists of the following municipalities (population in 2006 between brackets):
  1. Angern
    Angern
    Angern is a municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany....

     (2,264)
  2. Burgstall
    Burgstall, Saxony-Anhalt
    Burgstall is a municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany....

     (1,777)
  3. Colbitz
    Colbitz
    Colbitz is a municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.Colbitz is well known for its "Colbitzer" beer and the Colbitz-Letzlinger Heide. The Colbitz-Letzlinger Heide is found in the northern area of Colbitz, but most parts of the heath landscape are used by the Bundeswehr - the...

     (3,419)
  4. Loitsche-Heinrichsberg
    Loitsche-Heinrichsberg
    Loitsche-Heinrichsberg is a municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2010 by the merger of the former municipalities Loitsche and Heinrichsberg....

     (1,060)
  5. Rogätz
    Rogätz
    Rogätz is a municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is located on the right bank of the Elbe river, and is linked to Schartau by the Rogätz Ferry....

     (2,219)
  6. Westheide
    Westheide
    Westheide is a municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2010 by the merger of the former municipalities Born, Hillersleben and Neuenhofe....

     (1,857)
  7. Zielitz
    Zielitz
    Zielitz is a municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany....

    (2,013)
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