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Ohre
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Also known as Ohrekreis, Ohre district

The Ohrekreis was a district (Kreis) in the north-east of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Stendal, Jerichower Land, the district-free city Magdeburg, Bördekreis, and the districts Helmstedt and Gifhorn in Lower Saxony. Its territory is now incorporated into Börde.

Key facts

District DE.name
Ohrekreis
District DE.state
Saxony-Anhalt
District DE.dissolved
2007-07-01
District DE.capital
Haldensleben
District DE.area
1,493.61
District DE.population
117,136
District DE.population_as_of
2002
District DE.carsign
OK
District DE.url
ohrekreis.de

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The Ohrekreis was a district (Kreis) in the north-east of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Stendal, Jerichower Land, the district-free city Magdeburg, Bördekreis, and the districts Helmstedt and Gifhorn in Lower Saxony. Its territory is now incorporated into Börde.

== History == In 1680 the area of the district became part of Brandenburg, and the Holzkreis roughly covering the area of the Ohrekreis was created.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ohre” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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