Religion
| Religion in Saxony-Anhalt - 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| religion | percent | |||
| Protestants | 14.1% | |||
| Roman Catholics | 3.5% | |||
| Non religious | 80.4% | |||
| Other religion | 2% | |||
The region has historically been associated with the Lutheran faith, but under Communist rule, church membership was strongly discouraged and much of the population disassociated itself with any religious body. In 2010, the majority of citizens in Saxony-Anhalt were non-denominational and more were leaving the churches than entering them. 17.6% of Saxon-Anhaltish adhere to the major denominations of Christianity (14.1% are members of the Evangelical Church in Germany and 3.5% are Catholics), 2% are members of other religions (mostly Judaism, the New Apostolic Church, Islam and Mandeism). 80.4% of the citizens of Saxony-Anhalt are religiously unaffiliated.
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