Güsten is a town in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Wipper, west of Bernburg. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Saale-Wipper. It absorbed the former municipality Amesdorf in January 2010.[3]
Güsten | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Güsten within Salzlandkreis district  | |
  Güsten  Güsten | |
| Coordinates: 51°47′50″N 11°36′36″E / 51.79722°N 11.61000°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony-Anhalt |
| District | Salzlandkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Saale-Wipper |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–29) | Michael Kruse[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 36.16 km2 (13.96 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 92 m (302 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 4,038 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 39439 |
| Dialling codes | 039262 |
| Vehicle registration | SLK |
| Website | www.wipperaue-guesten.de |
Notable people
edit- Arno Philippsthal (1887-1933), physician and one of the first Jewish victims of the National Socialist rule in Berlin
- Ernst-Otto Reher (1936-2016), process engineer and professor, pioneer of technical rheology
- Fritz Siedentopf (1908–1944), communist and resistance fighter against Nazism.
- Julius Kraaz (1822-1889), lawyer, sugar producer and member of the German Reichstag, died in Güsten
References
edit- ^ Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 10 November 2022.
- ^ "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
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