Dessau-Roßlau
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Dessau-Roßlau is the third largest town of Saxony-Anhalt by population, after Magdeburg and Halle (Saale). Its area is Template:Cvt.[1]
Dessau
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Dessau is the largest population centre within Dessau-Roßlau, with approximately 79,000 inhabitants (2021). Most of the town is located on the left bank of the river Mulde, south of its confluence with the river Elbe. Dessau was first mentioned in 1213, and became the capital of a small state (Anhalt-Dessau) in the 14th century. Between 1863 and 1918, it was the capital of Anhalt. Since the second half of the 19th century, Dessau has been an industrial town. With the famous art and architecture school Bauhaus, located in Dessau between 1925 and 1932, and the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm, the town features two UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The town could be referred to as one of the birthplaces of the "Jet Age" because the Junkers factory that designed the Jumo 004 jet engine for the German Me 262 jet fighter (operational from mid-1944) was designed there. As the western shore of the Elbe-Mulde rivers was the stopping point for U.S. troops in World War II, the capture of the town allowed the U.S. Army to evacuate Junkers employees to the west before Russia occupied the area on 1 July 1945. Several engineers of the jet engine development team at Junkers ended up at the Lycoming engine plant in Stratford, Conn., building gas turbine engines for the U.S. Army from 1952 on.
Roßlau
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Roßlau has approximately 13,000 inhabitants (2006). It is located on the right bank of the Elbe, near its confluence with the Mulde, about 7 kilometers north of the centre of Dessau. Roßlau was first mentioned in 1215. Before it merged with Dessau, it was part of the district Anhalt-Zerbst.
Governance
Mayor and city council
The current mayor of Magdeburg is independent politician Robert Reck since 2021. The most recent mayoral election was held on 6 June 2021, with a runoff held on 27 June, and the results were as follows:
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Robert Reck | Independent | 10,548 | 28.4 | 14,856 | 73.9 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Eiko Adamek | Christian Democratic Union | 7,913 | 21.3 | 5,255 | 26.1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Ralf-Peter Weber | Alliance 90/The Greens | 6,119 | 16.5 | ||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sebastian Rumberg | Independent | 4,229 | 11.4 | ||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Lutz Büttner | Alternative for Germany | 3,906 | 10.5 | ||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Frank Lehmann | Independent | 2,823 | 7.6 | ||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Jakob Uwe Weber | Independent | 1,209 | 3.3 | ||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Karsten Rudolf Lückemeyer | Independent | 417 | 1.1 | ||
| Valid votes | 37,164 | 100.0 | 20,111 | 100.0 | ||
| Invalid votes | 563 | 1.5 | 82 | 0.4 | ||
| Total | 37,727 | 100.0 | 20,193 | 100.0 | ||
| Electorate/voter turnout | 66,811 | 56.5 | 66,752 | 30.3 | ||
| Source: City of Magdeburg | ||||||
The most recent city council election was held on 9 June 2024, and the results were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Alternative for Germany (AfD) | 29,028 | 25.5 | Increase 8.7 | 13 | Increase 5 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 25,112 | 22.0 | Decrease 0.8 | 11 | Decrease 1 |
| Pro Dessau-Roßlau (Pro DE) | 14,308 | 12.6 | Increase 4.0 | 6 | Increase 2 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 10,649 | 9.3 | Increase 0.2 | 5 | Steady 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | The Left (Die Linke) | 9,096 | 8.0 | Decrease 6.6 | 4 | Decrease 3 |
| New Forum–Citizens' List (Forum-BL) | 8,092 | 7.1 | Decrease 1.3 | 4 | Steady 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 6,243 | 5.5 | Decrease 4.6 | 3 | Decrease 2 |
| Free Faction Dessau-Roßlau | 5,634 | 4.9 | Steady 0.0 | 2 | Decrease 1 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 3,276 | 2.9 | Decrease 1.8 | 1 | Decrease 1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Weber (Independent) | 1,885 | 1.7 | New | 1 | New |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Ribbecke (Independent) | 648 | 0.6 | New | 0 | New |
| Valid votes | 113,971 | 100.0 | ||||
| Invalid ballots | 717 | 0.2 | ||||
| Total ballots | 39,413 | 100.0 | 50 | ±0 | ||
| Electorate/voter turnout | 64,726 | 60.9 | Increase 7.1 | |||
| Source: City of Magdeburg | ||||||
Twin towns – sister cities
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- Template:Flagicon Argenteuil, France (1959)
- Template:Flagicon Klagenfurt, Austria (1971)
- Template:Flagicon Ludwigshafen, Germany (1988)
- Template:Flagicon Ibbenbüren, Germany (1990)
- Template:Flagicon Gliwice, Poland (1992)
- Template:Flagicon Vilnius District Municipality, Lithuania (1995)
- Template:Flagicon Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic (2004)
References
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External links
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