Wolmirstedt is a town 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

Districts of Germany

The districts of Germany are known as , except in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein where they are known simply as ....

 in Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt

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, Germany

Germany

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. It is located 14 km north of Magdeburg

Magdeburg

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, on the river Ohre

Ohre

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History

• 1009 first documentary mention
• 1274 Ruthger von Blumenthal
  Von Blumenthal
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   appointed Vogt
  Vogt
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   of Wolmirstedt
• 1348 the Emperor Charles IV stays in the town; issues decree releasing the burghers of Pritzwalk
  Pritzwalk
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  , Havelberg
  Havelberg
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  , Perleberg and Kyritz
  Kyritz
  Kyritz is a town in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 28 km west of Neuruppin and 28 km southeast of Pritzwalk.There are 9,900 inhabitants .-Overview:...
  
   from their feudal duty to Louis of Bavaria.
• 1475 Dietrich von Quitzow
  Von Quitzow
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  's men raid the town.
• 1590 municipal law
• heavy destruction in the Thirty Years' War
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Wolmirstedt was until 1994 district town of the Wolmirstedt District. In this year the districts Haldensleben and Wolmirstedt were united to form the Ohrekreis

Ohrekreis

The Ohrekreis was a district in the north-east of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Stendal, Jerichower Land, the district-free city Magdeburg, Bördekreis, and the districts Helmstedt and Gifhorn in Lower Saxony...

, with the seat of district administration in Haldensleben

Haldensleben

Haldensleben is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the Ohre river, approx. 30 km northwest from Magdeburg. It is connected by railway to Magdeburg, Oebisfelde and Eilsleben. It is the capital of the district Börde. It has a Protestant and a Catholic church. An old equestrian...

. In 2007, the Ohrekreis was merged with the Bördekreis district to form 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.

Infrastructure

In Wolmirstedt there is a large substation for 380kV. On the area of this transformer an HVDC back-to-back station with a transmission rate of 600 megawatts was planned, but this plan was canceled after the German reunification

German reunification

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 in 1990, because it was decided to synchronize electricity mains of East and West Germany. The 380kV line running from the transformer station Wolmirstedt to the shut-down nuclear power station Lubmin is the longest power line in Germany.

Transportation

• Near Wolmirstedt the Mittellandkanal traverses the Elbe
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• The city can be reached by means of the exit Magdeburg-center of the federal motorway A 2 as well as the federal highway 189.