Güsten
Town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
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Coat of arms
Location of Güsten within Salzlandkreis district
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(2022–29) Michael Kruse[1]
(2022-12-31)[2]
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Güsten is a town in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Wipper, west of Bernburg. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Saale-Wipper. It absorbed the former municipality Amesdorf in January 2010.[3]
Notable people
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- Arno Philippsthal (1887-1933), physician and one of the first Jewish victims of the National Socialist rule in Berlin
- Ernst-Otto Reher (1936-2016), process engineer and professor, pioneer of technical rheology
- Fritz Siedentopf (1908–1944), communist and resistance fighter against Nazism.
- Julius Kraaz (1822-1889), lawyer, sugar producer and member of the German Reichstag, died in Güsten
References
- ^ Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
- ^ Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010, Statistisches Bundesamt
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