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| State: | Saxony-Anhalt |
| Capital: | Wittenberg |
| Area: | 1,508.01 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 127,919 (2002) |
| pop. density: | 85 inh./km² |
| Car identification: | WB |
| Homepage: | http://www.landkreis-wittenberg.de/' class='external' title="http://www.landkreis-wittenberg.de/">landkreis-wittenberg.de |
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In 1994 the district was merged with the district Jessen and a small part of the district Gräfenhainichen.
The main rivers in the district are the ElbeThe Elbe River ( Czech Labe Sorbian/Lusatian Lobjo Polish Laba is one of the major waterways of central Europe. It originates in the North West Czech Republic before traversing much of Germany and finally emptying into the North Sea. Geography Elbe rises and its tributary, the Schwarze Elster .
| The coat of arms show two swords, which is the symbol of a Fieldmarshall in the Holy Roman EmpireThe Holy Roman Empire ( German: Heiliges Romisches Reich was a political conglomeration of lands in western and central Europe in the Middle Ages. Emerging from the eastern part of the Frankish realm after its division in the Treaty of Verdun ( 843), it l. The counts of Saxony were appointed with this title, and therefore added the symbol to their coat of arms. The center of the principality of Saxony was located in the area now covered by the district. |
| Towns | VerwaltungsgemeinschaftenAn Amt (plural mter is an administrative unit, which is unique to the German Bundeslander (federal states) of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg. Other German states had this subdivision in the past. Some states have similar |
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¹ administered in a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft |
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