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Anhalt-Zerbst
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 Map of Saxony-Anhalt highlighting the district Anhalt-Zerbst |
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| State | Saxony-Anhalt |
| County seat | Zerbst |
| Area | 1225 km² |
| Population | 79,500 (1999) |
| Pop. density | 65 inh./km² |
| Car identification | AZE |
| Web page | http://www.anhalt-zerbst.de |
Anhalt-Zerbst is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts Potsdam-Mittelmark (Brandenburg) and Wittenberg, the city of Dessau and the districts of Köthen, Schönebeck and Jerichower Land.
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While Zerbst is a small town today, it once was together with Dessau one of the two central cities of Anhalt. When the state of Anhalt was dissolved in 1603, one of the successor states was the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst. It was a small state with almost no political power. In 1793 the line of the princes became extinct, and Anhalt-Zerbst was annexed by the neighbouring principality of Anhalt-Dessau.
The present district was established in 1994 by merging the former districts of Zerbst and Roßlau with parts of the former district of Gräfenhainichen. Its borders are roughly identical with the ancient principality.
Catherine II of Russia was by birth a princess of Anhalt-Zerbst.
Anhalt-Zerbst comprises plain countryside north of the Elbe River. The Elbe enters the district in the east, runs through the southeastern part and then forms the southern and western border of Anhalt-Zerbst. The Elbe banks within the district are part of the Biosphere Reserve Middle Elbe. The north is occupied by the southern portions of the Fläming plateau.
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Urban and rural districts in the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany |
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Altmarkkreis Salzwedel | Anhalt-Zerbst | Aschersleben-Staßfurt | Bernburg | Bitterfeld | Bördekreis | Burgenlandkreis | Halberstadt | Jerichower Land | Köthen | Mansfelder Land | Merseburg-Querfurt | Ohrekreis | Quedlinburg | Saalkreis | Sangerhausen | Schönebeck | Stendal | Weißenfels | Wernigerode | Wittenberg |