Raguhn-Jeßnitz
Raguhn-Jeßnitz | |
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Location of Raguhn-Jeßnitz within Anhalt-Bitterfeld district  | |
  Raguhn-Jeßnitz  Raguhn-Jeßnitz | |
| Coordinates: 51°40′N 12°4′E / 51.667°N 12.067°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony-Anhalt |
| District | Anhalt-Bitterfeld |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2016–23) | Hannes Loth (AfD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 97.09 km2 (37.49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 76 m (249 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 8,861 |
| • Density | 91/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 06779, 06800 |
| Dialling codes | 034906, 03494 |
| Vehicle registration | ABI |
| Website | www |
Raguhn-Jeßnitz is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2010 by the merger of the former municipalities Altjeßnitz, Jeßnitz, Marke, Raguhn, Retzau, Schierau, Thurland and Tornau vor der Heide.[2] These 8 former municipalities are now Ortschaften or municipal divisions of the town Raguhn-Jeßnitz.[3]
History[edit]
During World War II, Raguhn was the location of a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp, in which some 500 women and girls were imprisoned and subjected to forced labour.[4] The prisoners were almost exclusively Jewish, but there was also one non-Jewish American, Hungarian, Italian and Turkish woman each.[4]
Politics[edit]
The first round of the mayoral elections for the town were held on 18 June 2023 with the candidate from the far-right AfD Hannes Loth party receiving 40.7% of the vote, more than any other candidate. His main rival was the independent Nils Naumann who managed to get 36.9% of the vote.[5] Hannes Loth won with 51.13% of the vote in a second run-off round on 2 July 2023 despite the fact that his party is under the surveillance of the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution of the State of Saxony-Anhalt.[6][7][8]
He became the first AfD mayor in Germany.[9][10][11]
References[edit]
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
- ^ Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010, Statistisches Bundesamt
- ^ Hauptsatzung der Stadt Raguhn-Jeßnitz, 21 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Raguhn". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ "Bekanntmachung des Wahlergebnisses der Bürgermeisterwahl am 18.06.2023 und der zur Stichwahl zugelassenen Bewerber". www.raguhn-jessnitz.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Sachsen-Anhalt: Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz stuft AfD als rechtsextremen Verdachtsfall ein". Der Spiegel (in German). 2021-01-25. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Stichwahl um das Amt des Bürgermeisters am 02.07.2023 - Vorläufige Wahlergebnisse". www.raguhn-jessnitz.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Vorläufiges Ergebnis zur Stichwahl am 02.07.2023 um das Amt des Bürgermeisters der Stadt Raguhn-Jeßnitz" (PDF). www.raguhn-jessnitz.de. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Hannes Loth wird erster hauptamtlicher AfD-Bürgermeister in Deutschland". mdr.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Sachsen-Anhalt: Erster AfD-Bürgermeister Deutschlands in Raguhn-Jeßnitz gewählt". Der Spiegel (in German). 2023-07-02. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Sachsen-Anhalt - Deutschlandweit erster AfD-Bürgermeister in Raguhn-Jeßnitz". deutschlandfunk.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-02.
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