Sülzetal | |
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Location of Sülzetal within Börde district  | |
 Location of Sülzetal | |
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| Coordinates:52°0′0″N11°31′47″E / 52.00000°N 11.52972°E /52.00000; 11.52972 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony-Anhalt |
| District | Börde |
| Subdivisions | 8 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–27) | Jörg-Uwe Methner[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 103.64 km2 (40.02 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 83 m (272 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 8,892 |
| • Density | 85.80/km2 (222.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 39171 |
| Dialling codes | 039205 (Dodendorf 0391) |
| Vehicle registration | BK |
| Website | www.gemeinde-suelzetal.de |
Sülzetal is amunicipality in theBördedistrict inSaxony-Anhalt,Germany. It is situated on the creekSülze, a tributary of theElbe, about 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest ofMagdeburg. Sülzetal was established on 1 April 2001 by the merger of the former municipalitiesAltenweddingen, Bahrendorf, Dodendorf, Langenweddingen, Osterweddingen, Schwaneberg, Stemmern andSülldorf.[3] The Sülze valley is characterized byartesian aquifers, deliveringbrine(sulza) that had been used for salt production.
Seats in the municipal assembly(Gemeinderat) as of 2004 elections:
The first documentation of a settlement in the area dates back to 937 with the mention of Osterweddingen and Sülldorf. The village of Langenweddingen and Dodendorf were mentioned in 946 and 978 respectively as a possession of Saint Maurice's Abbey at Magdeburg. On 5 May 1809 the churchyard of Saint Christopherus at Dodendorf was the site of an attack byPrussianfreikorps troops underFerdinand von Schill andLudwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow against the army ofNapoleonic Westphalia. Lützow was severely wounded and had to face a court-martial for his arbitrary act.
The villages of Dodendorf, Osterweddingen and Langenweddingen have access to the railway line from Magdeburg toThale, served by theVeolia Verkehr company since 2005. On 6 July 1967 thelevel crossing at Langenweddingen was the scene of one of the worst train accidents in Germany, when abilevel train hit a tanker truck, resulting in an explosion that killed 94 people, many of them children on their way to a summer camp in theHarz mountains.
Theletter processing center for the greater Magdeburg area is located in Sülzetal.
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