Güsten is a town in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Wipper, west of Bernburg. It is part of the '' Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality")

Saale-Wipper Saale-Wipper is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Before 1 January 2010, it was a ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft''. It is situated southwest of Bernburg. It is named after the ri ...

. It absorbed the former municipality

Amesdorf Amesdorf is a village and a former municipality in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Güsten.Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010

Statistisches Bundesamt The Federal Statistical Office (german: Statistisches Bundesamt, shortened ''Destatis'') is a federal authority of Germany. It reports to the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The Office is responsible for collecting, processing, presenting and ...

Notable people

Gedenktafel Oberfeldstr 10 (Biesd) Arno Philippsthal

* Arno Philippsthal (1887-1933), physician and one of the first Jewish victims of the National Socialist rule in Berlin * Ernst-Otto Reher (1936-2016), process engineer and professor, pioneer of technical rheology *

Fritz Siedentopf Fritz Siedentopf (14 April 1908 – 28 August 1944) was a German communist and resistance fighter against Nazism. Biography Siedentopf, a locksmith, was born in Güsten and moved to Berlin after the death of his parents in the early 1930s. In ...

(1908–1944),

communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

and

resistance fighter A resistance movement is an organized effort by some portion of the civil population of a country to withstand the legally established government or an occupying power and to disrupt civil order and stability. It may seek to achieve its objectives ...

against Nazism. * Julius Kraaz (1822-1889), lawyer, sugar producer and member of the German Reichstag, died in Güsten

References

Towns in Saxony-Anhalt Salzlandkreis Duchy of Anhalt {{Salzlandkreis-geo-stub