Merseburg-Querfurt
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| State: | Saxony-Anhalt |
| Capital: | Merseburg |
| Area: | 804.66 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 132,180 (2002) |
| pop. density: | 164 inh./km² |
| Car identification: | MQ |
| Homepage: | merseburg-querfurt.de |
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Merseburg-Querfurt is a district (Kreis) in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from northwest clockwise) Sangerhausen, Mansfelder Land, Saalkreis, the district-free city Halle, the districts Delitzsch and Leipziger Land in Saxony, the districts Weißenfels and Burgenlandkreis, and the Kyffhäuserkreis in Thuringia.
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History
The district was created in 1994 by merging the previous districts Merseburg and Querfurt.
Geography
The main river of the district is the Saale.
Coat of arms
| Missing image De_merseburg_coat.png Coat of arms | The cross in the topleft and bottomright quarter of the coat of arms is the symbols of the diocese of Merseburg. The horizontal red-and-white bars in the other two quarters are the symbol of the Lords of Querfurt. The coat of arms thus combines the symbols of the two precursor districts. |
Towns and municipalities
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External links
- Official website (German)
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Saxony_anhalt_flag.jpg Flag of Saxony-Anhalt Rural and urban districts in the Saxony-Anhalt |
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Altmarkkreis Salzwedel | Anhalt-Zerbst | Aschersleben-Staßfurt | Bernburg | Bitterfeld | Bördekreis | Burgenlandkreis | Dessau | Halberstadt | Halle (Saale) | Jerichower Land | Köthen | Magdeburg | Mansfelder Land | Merseburg-Querfurt | Ohrekreis | Quedlinburg | Saalkreis | Sangerhausen | Schönebeck | Stendal | Weißenfels | Wernigerode | Wittenberg edit
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