Jessen ( German pronunciation: [ˈjɛsn̩] ) is a municipality on the Black Elster river and lies in the eastern part of Saxony-Anhalt in the district of Wittenberg .
5-575: Jessen may refer to: Jessen (Elster) , a municipality on the Black Elster river in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Jessen (surname) , including a list of people with the name Jessen, a typeface created by Rudolf Koch See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Jessen Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
10-475: Is an amalgamated municipality, and has the following 44 subdivisions ( Ortsteile ): The first documentary evidence of Jessen's existence dates to 1217. On the night of 20 to 21 September 1729, much of the town was destroyed in a fire. After belonging to Saxony for centuries, Jessen became Prussian in 1815. From 1815 to 1844, Jessen was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony and from 1944 to 1945 of
15-614: The Province of Halle-Merseburg . In 1945, it became part of the Province (since 1947, State) of Saxony-Anhalt . In 1952, owing to East German administrative reforms, Jessen became a district capital in Bezirk Cottbus . In 1990, Jessen once again became part of the newly-refounded state of Saxony-Anhalt . In 1992 came the amalgamation of the communities of Grabo, Gorsdorf-Hemsendorf, Lindwerder and Großkorga, and in 1993, Schweinitz, Gerbisbach, Klossa, Schöneicho, Steinsdorf and Dixförda. With
20-460: The district reform in 1994, Jessen became part of Wittenberg district, as well as having a further three communities melded with it, namely Battin, Düßnitz and Kleindröben-Mauken. In 1999 came further amalgamations: Arnsdorf, Leipa and Ruhlsdorf mit Rehain. On 1 March 2004 came a further 12, among them Seyda, Holzdorf and Linda (Elster). Some of these formerly independent communities themselves each consisted of more than one centre, and so Jessen now has
25-452: The title Jessen . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessen&oldid=882786457 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jessen (Elster) Jessen
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