Aschersleben-Staßfurt

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Aschersleben-Staßfurt
Map of Saxony-Anhalt highlighting the district Aschersleben-Staßfurt
State	Saxony-Anhalt
County seat	Aschersleben
Area	655 km²
Population	107,500 (1999)
Pop. density	164 inh./km²
Car identification	ASL
Web page	aschersleben-stassfurt.de

Aschersleben-Staßfurt is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is bounded by (from the northeast and clockwise) the districts of Schönebeck, Bernburg, Mansfelder Land, Quedlinburg and Bördekreis.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

[edit] History

The two districts of Aschersleben and Staßfurt were merged in 1994 in order to form the new district of Aschersleben-Staßfurt.

[edit] Geography

The southwestern parts of the district are occupied by the foothills of the Harz Mountains. From here the country slopes away to the Saale valley in the east and the Elbe valley in the northeast. Both rivers don't cross the district itself. The two main watercourses are the Bode and the Wipper, both affluents of the Saale.

Apart from the Harz foothills the region is mainly agriculturally used.

[edit] Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:

top left: the black and white arms of the county of Aschersleben
top right: the heraldic eagle of Prussia
bottom left: the heraldic bear of the former state of Anhalt
bottom right: the red and white arms of the duchy of Magdeburg

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Verwaltungsgemeinschaften
Falkenstein	Aschersleben-Land (incl. town Aschersleben) Egelner Mulde (incl. town Egeln) Hecklingen (incl. town Hecklingen) Seeland (incl. town Hoym) Staßfurt (incl. town Staßfurt)

[edit] External links

Official website (German)
Inofficial website (German)

	Urban and rural districts in the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany
Urban districts	Dessau \| Halle (Saale) \| Magdeburg
Rural districts	Altmarkkreis Salzwedel \| Anhalt-Zerbst \| Aschersleben-Staßfurt \| Bernburg \| Bitterfeld \| Bördekreis \| Burgenlandkreis \| Halberstadt \| Jerichower Land \| Köthen \| Mansfelder Land \| Merseburg-Querfurt \| Ohrekreis \| Quedlinburg \| Saalkreis \| Sangerhausen \| Schönebeck \| Stendal \| Weißenfels \| Wernigerode \| Wittenberg