Güsten

Town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Güsten within Salzlandkreis district

(2022–29) Michael Kruse^[1]Area

• Total36.16 km² (13.96 sq mi)Elevation

92 m (302 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total4,038 • Density110/km² (290/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

39439

Dialling codes039262Vehicle registrationSLKWebsitewww.wipperaue-guesten.de

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]

Notable people

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 10 November 2022.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
^ Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010, Statistisches Bundesamt