Güsten

Güsten (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʏstn̩] ^ⓘ) 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
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Güsten within Salzlandkreis district
Güsten Show map of Germany Güsten Show map of Saxony-Anhalt
Coordinates: 51°47′50″N 11°36′36″E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Salzlandkreis
Municipal assoc.	Saale-Wipper
Government
• Mayor (2022–29)	Michael Kruse[1]
Area
• Total	36.16 km2 (13.96 sq mi)
Elevation	92 m (302 ft)
Population  (2024-12-31)[2]
• Total	3,843
• Density	110/km2 (280/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

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