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  • Flood protection is the responsibility of the bodies responsible for local community affairs, urban land-use planning and hazard prevention.

  • The promotion of flood protection measures is financed by programmes of the European Union, the Federal Government and the Land.

  • The promotion of flood defences and flood plains will ensure flood protection inland. This support measure is intended in particular to protect agricultural areas, but this also benefits the municipalities with their populated areas.

    The aim is to protect agricultural production potential by improving water infrastructure and flood protection. In addition, the consequences of natural disasters or adverse weather conditions are to be reduced.

  • The flood protection concept of the state of Saxony-Anhalt until 2020 serves as the basis for the coordinated implementation of an effective package of measures for sustainable, preventive flood protection.

    ==References== Measures for the DIN-compliant rehabilitation of the, makes statements on flood polders, flood retention basins and dike relocations, sets goals for the development of flood area maps and the increase of the retention effect in the area and specifies the necessary measures to improve flood forecasting and warning. This is underlined by concepts in the respective river basins.

    Permits for dike construction measures are issued by the State Administration Office. The production, disposal or substantial transformation of a body of water or its banks (water development) requires planning approval. Dike and dam constructions that influence flood runoff are equivalent to water expansion.

  • The State Agency for Flood Protection and Water Management (LHW), which is responsible, among other things, for flood forecasting, informs citizens on its website promptly about water levels and runoff and the further development of the flood situation. The data is updated several times a day.
  • Was ist ein Hochwasserschutzkonzept?
  • Der Freistaat Sachsen gewährt Zuwendungen für Maßnahmen zur Verbesserung des Zustandes oder des Potenzials der Gewässer sowie Maßnahmen des Hochwasserrisikomanagements unter Berücksichtigung der demografischen und wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung sowie zur Beseitigung von Hochwasserschäden. 
  • Wenn Sie an einem Fließgewässer leben und Ihr Haus, Ihr Betrieb, Ihr Hab und Gut durch Hochwasser gefährdet werden können, stehen Ihnen als zuverlässige Informationsquellen über Pegelstände und Hochwassergefahr zur Verfügung:
  • After specified water levels are exceeded, the water management offices inform the district administrative authorities, which in turn pass on the flood warnings to municipalities.