Dessau-Roßlau
Dessau-Roßlau () is a kreisfreie Stadt (urban district) in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Elbe and Mulde. The town was formed by merging the towns of Dessau and Roßlau as part of the 2007 regional boundary reform of Saxony-Anhalt (Kreisreform Sachsen-Anhalt). The reform involved a reduction in the number of rural districts in the state from 21 to 11, in anticipation of a continued population decline.
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Dessau-Roßlau is a city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, located where the Elbe and Mulde rivers meet. It was created in 2007 when the two towns of Dessau and Roßlau merged as part of a state reform that reduced the number of districts in Saxony-Anhalt to address expected population decline.
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Key facts
- German place.type
- Town
- German place.image_flag
- Flagge Dessau-Roßlau.svg
- German place.image_coa
- Wappen Dessau-Rosslau.svg
- German place.state
- Saxony-Anhalt
- German place.district
- urban
- German place.elevation
- 61
- German place.area
- 245.0
- German place.postal_code
- 06811-0684906861, 06862
- German place.area_code
- 0340 (Dessau)034901(Roßlau)
- German place.licence
- DE, RSL
- German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 15 0 01 000
- German place.mayor
- Robert Reck
Article
7 sectionsContents
- Dessau
- Roßlau
- Governance
- Mayor and city council
- Twin towns – sister cities
- References
- External links
Dessau-Roßlau () is a kreisfreie Stadt (urban district) in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Elbe and Mulde. The town was formed by merging the towns of Dessau and Roßlau as part of the 2007 regional boundary reform of Saxony-Anhalt (Kreisreform Sachsen-Anhalt). The reform involved a reduction in the number of rural districts in the state from 21 to 11, in anticipation of a continued population decline.
Dessau-Roßlau is the third largest town of Saxony-Anhalt by population, after Magdeburg and Halle (Saale). Its area is .