Sandersdorf-Brehna
# Sandersdorf-Brehna

Sandersdorf-Brehna is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated southwest of Bitterfeld. The town was formed by the merger of the previously independent town Brehna and the municipalities Glebitzsch, Petersroda, Roitzsch and Sandersdorf, on 1 July 2009.

## Geography

The town Sandersdorf-Brehna consists of the following Ortschaften or municipal divisions:

* Brehna
* Glebitzsch
* Heideloh
* Petersroda
* Ramsin
* Renneritz
* Roitzsch
* Zscherndorf

## Population development

| Year | 1880 | 1910 | 1964 | 1985 | 2005 | 2009 | 2013 | 2015 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Inhabitants | 1.000 | 2.948 | 5.440 | 8.400 | 9.905 | 9.748 | 14.635 | 14.951 |

### Local council

The local council has 28 members, elections were held in May 2014.

| Party | Seats |
| - | - |
| CDU | 14 |
| Die Linke | 4 |
| SPD | 2 |
| Freie Wähler | 3 |
| Unabhängiges Bündnis | 4 |
| Independent | 1 |
| Total | 28 |

Steffi Syska was elected mayor in October 2021. She succeeded Andy Grabner, who had been re-elected in April 2015 with 91.4% of the votes for a second term.

## Sons and daughters of the town

* Johann Gottfried Schnabel (pseudonym: Gisander ; 1692-between 1751 and 1758), author of the Enlightenment
* Kurt Waitzmann (1905-1985), film actor and voice actor
* Dieter Engelhardt (born 1938), football player
* Horst Jankhöfer (born 1942), handball player
* Werner Peter (born 1950), footballer
