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Download geodata for Saxony-Anhalt
Official open geodata for Saxony-Anhalt — ALKIS, DGM1, DOM1 and DOP — the same data as in the state geoportals, but uniformly processed and ready to download.
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Ready-made files from this server — one click, one download, uniform nationwide in EPSG:25832.
🗺️ ALKIS — Real-estate cadastre: parcels, building footprints and land use
2,701,567 parcels, 1,737,094 buildings, 2,274,392 land-use polygons.
| Package | Size |
|---|---|
| Complete package (3 layers) | 3.71 GB |
| Parcels only | 1.57 GB |
| Building footprints only | 810 MB |
| Land use only | 1.33 GB |
Source: © GeoBasis-DE/LVermGeo ST · Licence dl-de/by-2-0
⛰️ DGM1 — Digital terrain model: elevations on a 1-metre grid
6,674 tiles of 4 km² each (44.17 GB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (6,674 tiles, JSON) | 44.17 GB |
🏙️ DOM1 — Digital surface model: unified 1-metre elevation grid including buildings and vegetation
6,902 tiles of 4 km² each (54.62 GB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (6,902 tiles, JSON) | 54.62 GB |
Directly from the state
There is no copy of these datasets here: the tables link per tile to the server of the responsible state agency.
✈️ DOP — Digital orthophotos: current aerial imagery directly from the state agencies
5,473 tiles, 5,465 with acquisition date, period 2024-04-11–2026-05-26.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (5,473 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical cycles 2014–2019 — all (16,398 tiles, JSON) | link generates the file on click |
Show historical years individually (9)
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Historical year 2020 (2,723 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2021 (2,743 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2022 (2,722 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2023 (2,743 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2024 (2,706 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2025 (2,760 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Survey cycle 2014-2015 (5,466 tiles, JSON) | link generates the file on click |
| Survey cycle 2016-2017 (5,466 tiles, JSON) | link generates the file on click |
| Survey cycle 2018-2019 (5,466 tiles, JSON) | link generates the file on click |
Show statistics
Figures & areas in Saxony-Anhalt
Calculated from the ALKIS data itself — not taken from official statistics.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Forest area | 467,276 ha |
| Buildings | 1,737,190 |
| Residential land | 43,183 ha |
| of which built-up | 28.6 % |
| Parcel size (median) | 1,139 m² |
“of which built-up” is the share of residential land covered by buildings — a measure of building density. The median tells how large a typical parcel is (historical partible inheritance makes parcels in the south-west much smaller than in the north-east).
Land use in Saxony-Anhalt
What the land is used for — summed from the ALKIS land-use polygons, not taken from official statistics. Shares refer to the state area of 20,557 km².
| Use | Area | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 12,302 km² | 59.8 % |
| Forest | 4,671 km² | 22.7 % |
| Woodland | 545 km² | 2.7 % |
| Sports, leisure & recreation | 493 km² | 2.4 % |
| Water bodies | 454 km² | 2.2 % |
| Residential land | 432 km² | 2.1 % |
| Road transport | 369 km² | 1.8 % |
| Industry & commerce | 330 km² | 1.6 % |
| Paths and tracks | 316 km² | 1.5 % |
| Heath, bog & marsh | 206 km² | 1.0 % |
| Mixed-use area | 151 km² | 0.7 % |
| Open-cast mining, mining & spoil heaps | 104 km² | 0.5 % |
| Rail transport | 68 km² | 0.3 % |
| Special-purpose area | 62 km² | 0.3 % |
| Cemetery | 18 km² | 0.1 % |
| Squares | 14 km² | 0.1 % |
| Air transport | 11 km² | 0.1 % |
The data covers the state area completely. All states compared →
Terrain elevation in Saxony-Anhalt
Calculated from the digital terrain model (DGM1): minimum, maximum and a tile-area-weighted mean of the elevations above sea level (NHN).
| Metric | Elevation above sea level (NHN) |
|---|---|
| Minimum | -15.2 m |
| Mean | 119.4 m |
| Maximum | 1141.2 m |
Districts in Saxony-Anhalt
The same data, clipped to a single district — generated fresh on click.
- Kreisfreie Stadt Dessau-Roßlau
- Kreisfreie Stadt Halle (Saale)
- Kreisfreie Stadt Magdeburg
- Landkreis Altmarkkreis Salzwedel
- Landkreis Anhalt-Bitterfeld
- Landkreis Börde
- Landkreis Burgenlandkreis
- Landkreis Harz
- Landkreis Jerichower Land
- Landkreis Mansfeld-Südharz
- Landkreis Saalekreis
- Landkreis Salzlandkreis
- Landkreis Stendal
- Landkreis Wittenberg
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Data as of: 2026-09-01.