Everything about Jerichower Land totally explained
Jerichower Land is a district (
Kreis) in the north-east of
Saxony-Anhalt,
Germany. Neighboring districts are (from south clockwise)
Anhalt-Bitterfeld,
Salzlandkreis, the district-free city
Magdeburg,
Börde,
Stendal, and the districts
Havelland and
Potsdam-Mittelmark in
Brandenburg.
History
In
1816 the area of the district became part of the
Prussian province of Saxony, and was split administratively into three districts, Jerichow I, Jerichow II and Ziesar. The district of Ziesar was added into Jerichow I in
1826.
After
World War II the districts were rearranged. Some areas of the two districts were added to the neighbouring districts of Havelberg, Rathenow, Brandenburg, Loburg and Zerbst. The two districts were also renamed after their administrative seats, thus Jerichow I became
District Burg, and Jerichow II became
District Genthin. In
1952 the district of Burg was split into two parts. However in
1957 the district of Loburg was recombined with the district of Burg.
In
1994 the two districts of Burg and Genthin were merged, and re-adopted the historical name of Jerichow. In 2007, 6 municipalities from the former district of
Anhalt-Zerbst (Hobeck, Lohburg, Lübs, Prödel, Rosian and Schweinitz) were added to Jerichower Land District.
The name of the district derives from the city of
Jerichow, the name of which is related to that of an early
Slavic tribal grouping. It isn't related to the name for the city of
Jericho in the Middle East.
Geography
Main water bodies in the district are the rivers
Elbe,
Ehle, Ihle and Nuthe as well as the Elbe-Havel canal.
Coat of arms
Towns and municipalities
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