Sandersdorf-Brehna () is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated southwest of Bitterfeld. The town was formed by the merger of the previously independent town Brehna and the municipalities Glebitzsch, Petersroda, Roitzsch and Sandersdorf, on 1 July 2009.Gebietsänderungen vom 02. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2009, Statistisches Bundesamt
Geography The town Sandersdorf-Brehna consists of the following Ortschaften or municipal divisions:Hauptsatzung der Stadt Sandersdorf-Brehna, 26 September 2019.
Brehna Glebitzsch Heideloh Petersroda Ramsin Renneritz Roitzsch Zscherndorf
Population development Year18801910196419852005200920132015 Inhabitants 1.000 2.948 5.440 8.400 9.905 9.748 14.635 14.951
Local council The local council has 28 members, elections were held in May 2014. Party Seats CDU 14 Die Linke 4 SPD 2 Freie Wähler 3 Unabhängiges Bündnis 4 Independent 1 Total28
Steffi Syska was elected mayor in October 2021. She succeeded Andy Grabner, who had been re-elected in April 2015 with 91.4% of the votes for a second term.
Sons and daughters of the town Johann Gottfried Schnabel (pseudonym: Gisander ; 1692-between 1751 and 1758), author of the Enlightenment Arthur Golf (1877–1941), agronomist Kurt Waitzmann (1905-1985), film actor and voice actor Dieter Engelhardt (born 1938), football player Horst Jankhöfer (born 1942), handball player Werner Peter (born 1950), footballer
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