Braunsbedra

Town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Braunsbedra within Saalekreis district

(2022–29) Steffen Schmitz^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total74.34 km² (28.70 sq mi)Elevation

104 m (341 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total10,401 • Density140/km² (360/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

06242

Dialling codes034633Vehicle registrationSKWebsitewww.braunsbedra.de

Braunsbedra (German pronunciation: [bʁaʊ̯nsˈbeːdʁaː] ^ⓘ) is a town in the Saalekreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approximately 11 km southwest of Merseburg.

It was created after 1945 by the merger of Braunsdorf and Bedra. The town Braunsbedra consists of Braunsbedra proper and four Ortschaften (municipal divisions): Frankleben, Großkayna, Krumpa and Roßbach.^[3]

Roßbach, famous for the Battle of Rossbach, is one of the local communities; the layout of the land had greatly changed since the battle due to lignite mining and then flooding of the abandoned mines to create the Geisel valley Lakes complex.^[4]

References

^ 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.
^ Hauptsatzung der Stadt Braunsbedra, December 2014.
^ Geiseltal, Lausitzer und Mitteldeutsche Bergbau-Verwaltungsgesellschaft, p. 10.