Facts Staßfurt

Selected Key Data

Population

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After the political turnaround in the GDR in 1989, the main objective of the city fathers was to rescue the remains of the city of Staßfurt. Economic reform meant that thousands of jobs were lost through the closure or rapid downsizing of former GDR businesses such as the television factory and the construction of plants for the chemicals industry. Young people in particular moved away from the region. While Staßfurt had a population of 25,514 in 1990, this had dropped to 20,681 by 2000.

Municipal Boundaries

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Because of increased suburbanisation from the early 1990s, the cities have lost a considerable proportion of their inhabitants and tax revenues to the surrounding communities. In order to dilute the impact of these losses, a gradual process of incorporation has increased the municipal areas in size, sometimes significantly so.

The coloured shape on the map symbolises the expansion of the city in 1990, the outer line shows the boarder of the municipal area of 2010.

Housing Situation

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Following its absorption into the national and federal funding programme in 1991, the renovation of the city began in Alt-Staßfurt, the area north of the Bode around the Königsplatz and the St. Petri church. Today, 19 years later, more than 70 percent of the buildings have been renovated. Most of the streets, avenues and squares have been modernised, and playgrounds, sports grounds and green areas have been created. As such, the late 19th century neighbourhood around the Königsplatz developed to become a popular residential area with the option of assuming the functions of the missing town centre.

Housing Situation in Stassfurt (2/2010):
Housing Stock: 10,048
Surplus Housing: 1,564 / 16 Percent
Housing Demolitian since 2001/02: 1.085

Industry

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After the political turnaround in the GDR in 1989, the main objective of the city fathers was to rescue the remains of the city of Staßfurt. Economic reform meant that thousands of jobs were lost through the closure or rapid downsizing of former GDR businesses such as the television factory and the construction of plants for the chemicals industry. Young people in particular moved away from the region.

The diagram illustrates the radical economic structural reform: Large industrial combines were forced to close, and even where smaller companies came along and still produce today, the often significantly increased output figures require only a fraction of the workforce once needed.

Relocating and Commuting

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In the 1990s, suburbanisation affected all the IBA cities. At the same time, people, especially those from the former industrial centres, began to move to West Germany. The populations of the large cities of Halle (Saale) and Magdeburg have increased minimally in recent times, mainly due to migration from Saxony-Anhalt. In the meantime, the improved transportation network allows for longer journeys to and from work and the number of commuters is climbing.

The interactive tool "Relocating and commuting" visualises this range of topics for all IBA cities.

Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde (IfL), Leipzig 2010 Data: Günter Herfert, design/programming: Sebastian Specht

Sources for statistics: Ministry of Regional Development and Transport Saxony-Anhalt; Raumbeobachtungssystem Sachsen-Anhalt (RABE); Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt; Staßfurt Urban Development Concept, 2007; GDR statistics, 1989; www.iba-monitor.de; Status 11/2009

Info: Staßfurt

Population
(Municipal Area of 2010)
1989: 41.325
2009: 29.456
2025: 22.808 (Future Prospect)

Municipal Area: 146,53 qkm

IBA-Stadt-Monitor
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