Jerichower Land
Jerichower Land is a district (
Kreis) in the north-east of
Saxony-Anhalt,
Germany. Neighboring districts are (from south clockwise)
Anhalt-Zerbst,
Schönebeck, the district-free city
Magdeburg,
Ohrekreis,
Stendal, and the districts
Havelland and
Potsdam-Mittelmark in
Brandenburg.
In
1816 the area of the district became part of
prussian province Saxony, and was split administratively into three districts, Jerichow I, Jerichow II and Ziesar. The district Ziesar was added into Jerichow I in
1826.
After
World War II the districts were rearranged. Some area of the two districts was added to the neighboring districts Havelberg, Rathenow, Brandenburg, Loburg and Zerbst. The two districts were also renamed after their administrative seats, thus Jerichow became Burg, and Jerichow II became Genthin. In
1952 the district Burg was split into two parts, however in
1957 the district Loburg was recombined with the district Burg.
In
1994 the two districts were merged, and adopted the historical name.
The name of the district derives from the city Jerichow, which derives from a
Slavic name - it is not related with the city
Jericho.
Main rivers in the district are the
Elbe, the
Havel, and the Elbe-Havel canal.
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Coat of arms |
|The vertical bars in the left half of the coat of arms symbolize the Elbe-Havel canal, while the
crane in the right symbolizes the nature in the district. Cranes are common birds in the district.
