Jerichower Land

Jerichower Land is a district (Kreis) in the north-east of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

 History 
After World War II the old Prussian districts of Jerichow were changed. Some areas were given to the neighbouring districts of Havelberg, Rathenow, Brandenburg, Loburg and Zerbst. The two districts were also renamed after their chief town. Jerichow became Burg, and Jerichow II became Genthin. In 1952 the district of Burg was split into two parts, Loburg and Burg.

In 1994 the two districts of Burg and Loburg were merged, and took the old name of Jerichow. In 2007, 6 municipalities from the former district of Anhalt-Zerbst (Hobeck, Lohburg, Lübs, Prödel, Rosian and Schweinitz) were added to Jerichower Land.

The name is from a group of tribes of early Slavic. The name is not connected with how the . city of Jericho.

 Coat of arms 
100px|Coat of armsThe vertical bars in the left half of the coat of arms are for the Elbe-Havel canal, while the crane in the right shows the nature in the district. Cranes are common birds in the district.

Towns and municipalities
Free townsFree municipalities Burg bei Magdeburg
 Gommern Elbe-Parey
 Lübs
Verwaltungsgemeinschaften 1. Biederitz-Möser
 Biederitz
 Gerwisch
 Gübs
 Hohenwarthe
 Königsborn
 Körbelitz
 Lostau
 Möser1
 Pietzpuhl
 Schermen
 Woltersdorf 2. Elbe-Stremme-Fiener[seat: Genthin]
 Brettin
 Demsin
 Jerichow2
 Kade
 Karow
 Klitsche
 Nielebock
 Redekin
 Roßdorf
 Schlagenthin
 Wulkow
 Zabakuck
 3. Genthin
 Genthin1, 2
 Gladau
 Paplitz
 Tucheim 4. Möckern-Loburg-Fläming
 Dörnitz
 Drewitz
 Grabow
 Hobeck
 Krüssau
 Küsel
 Loburg2
 Magdeburgerforth
 Möckern1, 2
 Reesdorf
 Reesen
 Rietzel
 Rosian
 Schopsdorf
 Schweinitz
 Stresow
 Tryppehna
 Wallwitz
 Wüstenjerichow
 Zeddenick1seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft; 2town

References

Other websites
 Official website (German)

Category:Rural Districts of Saxony-Anhalt