Güsten
Güsten is a town in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Wipper, west of Bernburg. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Saale-Wipper. It absorbed the former municipality Amesdorf in January 2010.[3]
Güsten    | |
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Location of Güsten   within Salzlandkreis   district    | |
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| Coordinates: 51°47′50″N 11°36′36″E | |
| Country | Germany | 
| State | Saxony-Anhalt | 
| District | Salzlandkreis | 
| Municipal assoc. | Saale-Wipper | 
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015–22) | Helmut Zander[1] | 
| Area | |
| • Total | 36.16 km2 (13.96 sq mi) | 
| Elevation | 92 m (302 ft) | 
| Population  (2020-12-31)[2]  | |
| • Total | 4,074 | 
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) | 
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | 
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | 
| Postal codes | 39439  | 
| Dialling codes | 039262 | 
| Vehicle registration | SLK | 
| Website | www.wipperaue-guesten.de | 
Notable people
    
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Memorial plate Berlin Arno Philippsthal
- Arno Philippsthal (1887-1933), physician and one of the first Jewish victims of the National Socialist rule in Berlin
 - Ernst-Otto Reher (1936-2016), process engineer and professor, pioneer of technical rheology
 - Fritz Siedentopf (1908–1944), communist and resistance fighter against Nazism.
 - Julius Kraaz (1822-1889), lawyer, sugar producer and member of the German Reichstag, died in Güsten
 
References
    
- Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 8 July 2021.
 - "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2020" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt (in German). June 2021.
 - Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010, Statistisches Bundesamt
 
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