Burgstall is a municipality in the

Börde A ''börde'' (; plural: ''börden'') is a region of highly fertile lowland in North Germany, a "fertile plain". These landscapes often cover great areas and are particularly important for arable farming on account of their rich soils. These reg ...

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Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...

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. On 1 January 2010 it absorbed the former municipalities

Cröchern Cröchern is a village and a former municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Burgstall A ''burgstall'' is a German term referring to a castle of which so little is l ...

, Dolle and Sandbeiendorf.Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010

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The municipality consists of the ''Ortsteile'' (municipal divisions) Blätz, Burgstall, Cröchern, Dolle and Sandbeiendorf. Between 1345 and 1562, Burgstall was owned by the

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Municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Börde (district) {{Börde-geo-stub