Börde () is a district in
Saxony-Anhalt
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and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...
in
Germany
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. Its seat is the town
Haldensleben. It takes its name from the natural region
Magdeburg Börde. It is the site of the
Morsleben radioactive waste repository. The disposal of waste into the facility ended in 1998.
Geography
The Börde district covers the area west of the city of
Magdeburg. With an area of , it is the second-largest district of Saxony-Anhalt. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts
Altmarkkreis Salzwedel,
Stendal,
Jerichower Land, the city of Magdeburg,
Salzlandkreis and
Harz. To the west it borders the state of
Lower Saxony
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. The main rivers are the
Elbe in the northeast, the
Ohre in the north, the
Aller in the west and the
Bode in the south.
History
The district was formed with the merger the former districts of
Ohrekreis and
Bördekreis as part of the
local-government reform of 2007. For its arms, a design based on the
Hornhausen rider stone was chosen.
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Oschersleben, a former Verwaltungsgemeinschaft disbanded in 2010.
Towns and municipalities
The district Börde consists of the following subdivisions:
Other localities
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Glindenberg, village and former municipality
References
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