Raguhn-Jeßnitz

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]

Raguhn-Jeßnitz
Town
Town hall
Location of Raguhn-Jeßnitz within Anhalt-Bitterfeld district
Raguhn-Jeßnitz
Raguhn-Jeßnitz
Coordinates: 51°40′N 12°4′E
CountryGermany
StateSaxony-Anhalt
DistrictAnhalt-Bitterfeld
Government
 • Mayor (2016–23) Hannes Loth (AfD)
Area
 • Total97.09 km2 (37.49 sq mi)
Elevation
76 m (249 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total8,861
 • Density91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
06779, 06800
Dialling codes034906, 03494
Vehicle registrationABI
Websitewww.raguhn-jessnitz.de

History

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]

Politics

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]

References
  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
  2. Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010, Statistisches Bundesamt
  3. Hauptsatzung der Stadt Raguhn-Jeßnitz, 21 August 2019.
  4. "Raguhn". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  5. "Bekanntmachung des Wahlergebnisses der Bürgermeisterwahl am 18.06.2023 und der zur Stichwahl zugelassenen Bewerber". www.raguhn-jessnitz.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  6. "Sachsen-Anhalt: Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz stuft AfD als rechtsextremen Verdachtsfall ein". Der Spiegel (in German). 2021-01-25. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  7. "Stichwahl um das Amt des Bürgermeisters am 02.07.2023 - Vorläufige Wahlergebnisse". www.raguhn-jessnitz.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  8. "Vorläufiges Ergebnis zur Stichwahl am 02.07.2023 um das Amt des Bürgermeisters der Stadt Raguhn-Jeßnitz" (PDF). www.raguhn-jessnitz.de. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  9. "Hannes Loth wird erster hauptamtlicher AfD-Bürgermeister in Deutschland". mdr.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  10. "Sachsen-Anhalt: Erster AfD-Bürgermeister Deutschlands in Raguhn-Jeßnitz gewählt". Der Spiegel (in German). 2023-07-02. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  11. "Sachsen-Anhalt - Deutschlandweit erster AfD-Bürgermeister in Raguhn-Jeßnitz". deutschlandfunk.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-02.


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