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Köthen

Also known as Köthen/Anhalt

Köthen () is a town in Germany. It is the capital of the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, about north of Halle.

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Köthen is a town in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt that serves as the capital of the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district, located north of the city of Halle. It is significant as an administrative center for its region.

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Key facts

German place.name: Köthen
German place.image_photo: Köthen in Anhalt Silhouette Rathaus Schloss Rapsfeld Aufnahme und Copyright MEH Bergmann.jpg
German place.image_caption: Skyline
German place.type: Stadt
German place.image_coa: DE-ST 15-0-82-180 Koethen COA.svg
German place.image_plan: Köthen (Anhalt) in ABI.png
German place.state: Sachsen-Anhalt
German place.district: Anhalt-Bitterfeld
German place.elevation: 80
German place.area: 78.42
German place.postal_code: 06366
German place.area_code: 03496
German place.licence: ABI, AZE, BTF, KÖT, ZE
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel: 15 0 82 180
German place.mayor: Christina Buchheim
German place.leader_term: 2023–30
German place.party: Linke

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: district capital
Official name: Cöthen
Country: Germany
Located in: Principality of Anhalt
Population: 24974
Area: 78.44
Elevation: 80
Time zone: Central European Summer Time
Capital of: Anhalt-Bitterfeld
Official website: www.koethen-anhalt.de
Image: Marktstraße 1, 2, 3, Rathaus, Köthen (Anhalt) 20180812 004.jpg
Dialing code: 03496
Licence plate code: ZE

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topic's main category: Category:Köthen (Anhalt)
Commons gallery: Köthen (Anhalt)
twinned administrative body: Langenfeld
Commons category: Köthen (Anhalt)
category for people born here: Category:Births in Köthen (Anhalt)
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Köthen (Anhalt)
category of associated people: Category:People from Köthen (Anhalt)
short name: Köthen/Anhalt
postal code: 06388
member of: Mayors for Peace
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
P8168: Kurt Magnus

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Geography
Location
Divisions
Main sights
Notable people
Twin towns – sister cities
References
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Köthen () is a town in Germany. It is the capital of the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, about north of Halle.

Köthen is the location of the main campus and the administrative centre of the regional university, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences/Hochschule Anhalt which is especially strong in information technology. The city is conveniently located at the hub of the Magdeburg–Leipzig, Dessau–Köthen and Köthen–Aschersleben railways.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Köthen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.