Wörlitzer Winkel

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In the administration of Community Woerlitzer angle of the district of Wittenberg were ten municipalities - including the cities of Oranienbaum and Wörlitz - together to do their administrative business. On 1 January 2011, the administrative community was dissolved and established from member municipalities, the new town Oranienbaum -Wörlitz by law.

The administrative community existed since 1 November 1994, originally from the five member communities Gohrau, Rehsen, Riesigk, Vockerode and city Wörlitz ( seat of VG). After dissolution of the joint management Oranienbaum on 1 January 2005, the five municipalities that were in the VG VG Woerlitzer angle integrated ( Brandhorst, semolina, Horstdorf, chocolate milk and town Oranienbaum ). New seat of VG Woerlitzer angle was Oranienbaum.

On 1 July 2007, the administrative community Woerlitzer angle was incorporated in the district of Wittenberg due to the Administrative Reform of the former district of Anhalt -Zerbst.

The former area of the administrative community is south of the shore of the middle part of the Elbe. Reign of Prince Leopold III Friedrich Franz of Anhalt- Dessau created - Woerlitzer culture and garden area. The tourism center and not insignificant economic factor in this area in the Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve is the Woerlitzer Park. The area of the administrative community Woerlitzer angle in the floodplain is flat (59 to 63 m above sea level. NN ), south of Oranienbaum the terrain rises to about 100 m above sea level. NN on.

Through the territory of the VG the motorway A9 (Berlin -Munich) with the junction Vockerode and the Elbe crossing and the highway leading 107 ( Federal Highway 9 to the junction Dessau -Ost - Oranienbaum - Graefenhainichen ). Between Wörlitz and Coswig (Anhalt ) operates a yaw cable ferry across the Elbe. The nearest train stations are in Dessau, Graefenhainichen, Radis, Mountain joke or in Coswig. The stations Wörlitz and Oranienbaum of Dessau- Woerlitzer rail shall be operated only in the summer season.

The municipalities with its districts

• Brandhorst
• Gohrau
• Griese with OT Drehberg and Münsterberg
• Horstdorf
• Kakau
• City Oranienbaum with OT Goltewitz and capes
• Rehsen
• Riesigk with OT Rotehof and Schönitz
• Vockerode
• City ​​Wörlitz

The communities Selbitz and Schleesen ( administrative community Kemberg ), the cities of Wittenberg ( district Seegrehna ) and Graefenhainichen ( district Jüdenberg ) Griebo ( administrative community Coswig (Anhalt) ) and the city Coswig (Anhalt) and the city of Dessau ( districts Sollnitz, Kleutsch, Mildensee and Waldersee ) limited to the administrative community Woerlitzer angle.