12 January 2021, Saxony-Anhalt, Bernburg: Markus Bauer (l, SPD), incumbent District Administrator of the Salzlandkreis, and Alexander Goebel (r, CDU), talk in front of the stage of the Kurhaus. In the evening, the candidates for the upcoming district administrator election were presented to the public there. The election of the district administrator scheduled for 24 January 2020 can take place. Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa