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Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Saxony-Anhalt
- Capital
- Wittenberg
- District admin
- Christian Tylsch ( CDU )
- Total
- 1,933.3 km (746.5 sq mi)
- Density
- 62.946/km (163.03/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Vehicle registration
- WB, GHC, JE
- Website
- landkreis-wittenberg.de
via Wikipedia infobox
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Wittenberg is a district (German: Kreis) in the east of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Anhalt-Bitterfeld, the district-free city of Dessau-Roßlau, the districts of Potsdam-Mittelmark, Teltow-Fläming and Elbe-Elster in Brandenburg, and the district of Nordsachsen in Saxony. The capital and largest city is Wittenberg, famous for its association with the influential religious reformer Martin Luther and containing a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wittenberg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.