Raguhn-Jeßnitz | |
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![]() Town hall | |
Location of Raguhn-Jeßnitz within Anhalt-Bitterfeld district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 51°40′N 12°4′E / 51.667°N 12.067°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Saxony-Anhalt |
District | Anhalt-Bitterfeld |
Government | |
• Mayor (2016–23) | Hannes Loth ( AfD) |
Area | |
• Total | 97.09 km2 (37.49 sq mi) |
Elevation | 76 m (249 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)
[1] | |
• Total | 8,861 |
• Density | 91/km2 (240/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
Postal codes | 06779, 06800 |
Dialling codes | 034906, 03494 |
Vehicle registration | ABI |
Website |
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Raguhn-Jeßnitz is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2010 by the merger of the former municipalities Altjeßnitz, Jeßnitz, Marke, Raguhn, Retzau, Schierau, Thurland and Tornau vor der Heide. [2] These 8 former municipalities are now Ortschaften or municipal divisions of the town Raguhn-Jeßnitz. [3]
During World War II, Raguhn was the location of a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp, in which some 500 women and girls were imprisoned and subjected to forced labour. [4] The prisoners were almost exclusively Jewish, but there was also one non-Jewish American, Hungarian, Italian and Turkish woman each. [4]
The first round of the mayoral elections for the town were held on 18 June 2023 with the candidate from the far-right AfD Hannes Loth party receiving 40.7% of the vote, more than any other candidate. His main rival was the independent Nils Naumann who managed to get 36.9% of the vote. [5] Hannes Loth won with 51.13% of the vote in a second run-off round on 2 July 2023 despite the fact that his party is under the surveillance of the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution of the State of Saxony-Anhalt. [6] [7] [8]
He became the first AfD mayor in Germany. [9] [10] [11]