Raguhn-Jeßnitz
Raguhn-Jeßnitz | |
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| Town hall Town hall | |
Location of Raguhn-Jeßnitz within Anhalt-Bitterfeld district | |
Raguhn-Jeßnitz is located in Germany Raguhn-Jeßnitz Raguhn-Jeßnitz is located in Saxony-Anhalt 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 (2023–30) | Hannes Loth[1] (AfD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 97.09 km2 (37.49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 76 m (249 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• 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.[3] These 8 former municipalities are now Ortschaften or municipal divisions of the town Raguhn-Jeßnitz.[4]
History
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.[5] The prisoners were almost exclusively Jewish, but there was also one non-Jewish American, Hungarian, Italian and Turkish woman each.[5]
Politics
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.[6] 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.[7][8][9] He became the first AfD mayor in Germany.[10][11][12]
References
- ↑ Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010, Statistisches Bundesamt
- ↑ Hauptsatzung der Stadt Raguhn-Jeßnitz, 21 August 2019.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Raguhn". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ↑ "Bekanntmachung des Wahlergebnisses der Bürgermeisterwahl am 18.06.2023 und der zur Stichwahl zugelassenen Bewerber". www.raguhn-jessnitz.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ↑ "Sachsen-Anhalt: Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz stuft AfD als rechtsextremen Verdachtsfall ein". Der Spiegel (in Deutsch). 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 Deutsch). 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 Deutsch). Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ↑ "Sachsen-Anhalt: Erster AfD-Bürgermeister Deutschlands in Raguhn-Jeßnitz gewählt". Der Spiegel (in Deutsch). 2023-07-02. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ↑ "Sachsen-Anhalt - Deutschlandweit erster AfD-Bürgermeister in Raguhn-Jeßnitz". deutschlandfunk.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2023-07-02.
