Wolmirstedt

Wolmirstedt
Wolmirstedt
Town
	Saint Joseph Church
	Coat of arms
	Location of Wolmirstedt within Börde district
	Wolmirstedt Wolmirstedt
	Coordinates: 52°15′7″N 11°37′47″E / 52.25194°N 11.62972°E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Börde
Subdivisions	3
Government
• Mayor (2018–25)	Marlies Cassuhn (Ind.)
Area
• Total	54.28 km2 (20.96 sq mi)
Elevation	126 m (413 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	11,602
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	39326
Dialling codes	039201
Vehicle registration	BK, BÖ, HDL, OC, OK, WMS, WZL
Website	www.stadtwolmirstedt.de

Wolmirstedt (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlmɪʁˌʃtɛt] ^ⓘ) is a town in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is located 14 km north of Magdeburg, on the river Ohre. The town Wolmirstedt consists of Wolmirstedt proper and the Ortschaften (municipal divisions) Elbeu, Farsleben, Glindenberg and Mose.^[3]

History

1009 first documentary mention
1274 Ruthger von Blumenthal appointed Vogt of Wolmirstedt
1348 the Emperor Charles IV stays in the town; issues decree releasing the burghers of Pritzwalk, Havelberg, Perleberg and Kyritz from their feudal duty to Louis of Bavaria.
1475 Dietrich von Quitzow's men raid the town.
1590 municipal law
heavy destruction in the Thirty Years' War

Wolmirstedt was district town of the Wolmirstedt District until 1994, when the districts Haldensleben and Wolmirstedt were united to form the Ohrekreis, with the seat of district administration in Haldensleben. In 2007, the Ohrekreis was merged with the Bördekreis district to form the Börde district.

Sights

Historical town centre
Castle and historical castle church (northern brick gothic)

Wolmirstedt
Wolmirstedt
Castle Wolmirstedt

Infrastructure

In Wolmirstedt there is a large substation for 380kV. On the area of this transformer an HVDC back-to-back station with a transmission rate of 600 megawatts was planned, but this plan was canceled after the German reunification in 1990, because it was decided to synchronize electricity mains of East and West Germany. The 380kV line running from the transformer station Wolmirstedt to the shut-down nuclear power station Lubmin is the longest power line in Germany.

Transport

Near Wolmirstedt the Mittellandkanal traverses the Elbe.
The city can be reached by means of the exit Magdeburg-center of the federal motorway A 2 as well as the federal highway 189.

Sons and daughters of the city

Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (1575–1612), Queen of Denmark
Christian Wilhelm of Brandenburg (1587–1665), Markgraf
Siegmund Jakob Baumgarten (1706–1757), the theologian at the Friedrichs-University Halle
Friedrich Schrader (1865–1922), journalist and writer
Hans Schmidt (1877–1953), theologian
Gerd Domhardt (1945–1997), composer
Steffen Wesemann (born 1971), cyclist
Carlo Westphal (born 1985), cyclist

References

^ Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 8 July 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
^ Hauptsatzung der Stadt Wolmirstedt, May 2020.

[1] Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 8 July 2021.

[2] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.

[Hauptsatzung-3] Hauptsatzung der Stadt Wolmirstedt, May 2020.

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