Sandersdorf-Brehna is a town in the district of

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, in

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. It is situated southwest of

Bitterfeld Bitterfeld () is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2007 it has been part of the town of Bitterfeld-Wolfen. It is situated approximately 25 km south of Dessau, and 30 km northeast of Halle (S ...

. The town was formed by the merger of the previously independent town

Brehna Brehna is a town and a former municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Sandersdorf-Brehna. It is situated southwest of Bitterfeld. Important in this city is the chur ...

and the municipalities

Glebitzsch Glebitzsch is a village and a former municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Sandersdorf-Brehna Sandersdorf-Brehna is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in ...

Petersroda Petersroda () is a village and a former municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Sandersdorf-Brehna Sandersdorf-Brehna is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, ...

Roitzsch Roitzsch is a village and a former municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Sandersdorf-Brehna Sandersdorf-Brehna is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in S ...

and

Sandersdorf Sandersdorf is a village and a former municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Sandersdorf-Brehna. It is situated approximately 5 km west of Bitterfeld, and 27&n ...

, on 1 July 2009.

Geography

The town Sandersdorf-Brehna consists of the following ''Ortschaften'' or municipal divisions:Hauptsatzung der Stadt Sandersdorf-Brehna
26 September 2019. *

*Heideloh *

*Ramsin *Renneritz *

*Zscherndorf Rathaus-Sandersdorf

Population development

Local council

The local council has 28 members, elections were held in May 2014. Steffi Syska was elected mayor in October 2021. She succeeded Andy Grabner, who had been re-elected in April 2015 with 91.4% of the votes for a second term.

Sons and daughters of the town

Johann Gottfried Schnabel Johann Gottfried Schnabel (November 7, 1692 – ) was a German writer best known for his novel ''Insel Felsenburg''. He published his works under the pen name Gisander. Schnabel was born in Sandersdorf near Bitterfeld, Germany. Orphaned in 1694, ...

(pseudonym: '' Gisander ''; 1692-between 1751 and 1758), author of the Enlightenment *

Kurt Waitzmann Kurt Waitzmann (30 January 1905 – 21 May 1985) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1937 and 1969. Selected filmography * ''Unternehmen Michael'' (1937) - Oblt. Weber * '' Urlaub auf Ehrenwort'' (1938) - Gef ...

(1905-1985), film actor and voice actor * Dieter Engelhardt (born 1938), football player * Horst Jankhöfer (born 1942), handball player * Werner Peter (born 1950), footballer

References

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