Zerbst
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Location of Zerbst within Anhalt-Bitterfeld district
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| Coordinates: 51°58′5″N 12°5′4″E / 51.96806°N 12.08444°ECoordinates: 51°58′5″N 12°5′4″E / 51.96806°N 12.08444°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Saxony-Anhalt | |
| District | Anhalt-Bitterfeld | |
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| • Mayor | Andreas Dittmann (SPD) | |
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| • Total | 467.65 km2 (180.56 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 67 m (220 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 22,055 | |
| • Density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 39261 | |
| Dialling codes | 03923 | |
| Vehicle registration | ABI, AZE, BTF, KÖT, ZE | |
| Website | www.stadt-zerbst.de | |
Zerbst (Serbišćo in Sorbian) is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Until an administrative reform in 2007, Zerbst was the capital of the former Anhalt-Zerbst district.
Zerbst is situated in the Anhalt-Wittenberg region, with its town centre located on the Nuthe River about 13 km (8.1 mi) northeast of the Elbe, halfway between Magdeburg and Wittenberg.
Upon the 1 January 2010 local government reform, the 21 formerly independent communities of the disbanded Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (collective municipality) Elbe-Ehle-Nuthe were incorporated into the township. Zerbst today counts about 24,000 inhabitants and, at 467.65 km2 (180.56 sq mi), is the fifth largest town in Germany by size. The current municipal area stretches from the Elbe River in the southwest up to the Fläming Heath and the state border with Brandenburg in the northeast.
In the 8th century the area east of the Elbe was settled by Polabian Slavs (Sorbs). Part of the border region with the adjacent Saxon region around Magdeburg in the west, it was incorporated into the Gau Ciervisti of the Saxon Eastern March (Marca Geronis) about 937 in the course of the German Ostsiedlung.
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