What is Jerichower Land?
{{Infobox German district| name=Jerichower Land| image_coa=DE-ST 15-0-86 Landkreis Jerichower Land COA.svg| state=Saxony-Anhalt| former regierungsbezirk=[[Magdeburg (region)|Magdeburg]]| capital=[[Burg bei Magdeburg]]| Kreisschlüssel = 15086| area=1,336.63| population=98,897| population_as_of=2002| density=74| carsign=JL| url=[http://www.landkreis-jerichower-land.de landkreis-jerichower-land.de]| map=saxony_anhalt_jl.png |coordinates = {{coord|52|20|N|12|04|E|region:DE_type:adm2nd|display=title}} }} '''Jerichower Land''' is a district (''Kreis'') in the north-east of [[Saxony-Anhalt]], [[Germany]]. == History == After [[World War II]] the old [[Prussia]]n districts of Jerichow were changed. Some areas were given to the neighbouring districts of [[Havelberg]], [[Rathenow]], [[Brandenburg]], [[Loburg]] and [[Zerbst]]. The two districts were also renamed after their [[capital city|chief town]]. Jerichow became Burg, and Jerichow II became Genthin. In [[1952]] the district of Burg was split into two parts, Loburg and Burg. In [[1994]] the two districts of Burg and Loburg were merged, and took the old name of Jerichow. In 2007, 6 municipalities from the former district of [[Anhalt-Zerbst]] (Hobeck, Lohburg, Lübs, Prödel, Rosian and Schweinitz) were added to Jerichower Land. The name is from a group of tribes of early [[Slavic peoples|Slavic]]. The name is not connected with how the . city of [[Jericho]]. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[Image:DE-ST 15-0-86 Landkreis Jerichower Land COA.svg|100px|Coat of arms]] ||The vertical bars in the left half of the coat of arms are for the Elbe-Havel canal, while the [[crane (bird)|crane]] in the right shows the nature in the district. Cranes are common birds in the district. |} ==Towns and municipalities== {| |----- !Free towns||Free municipalities |- |valign=top| # [[Burg bei Magdeburg]] # [[Gommern]] |valign=top| # [[Elbe-Parey]] # [[Lübs, Saxony-Anhalt|Lübs]] |} {| ! colspan=3|[[Amt (political division)|Verwaltungsgemeinschaften]] |- valign=top || * '''1. [[Bi