Harz District

Harz District
Harz District
	District
	Coat of arms
	Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
Capital	Halberstadt
Area
• Total	2,104 km2 (812 sq mi)

Harz District is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts Börde, Salzland, Mansfeld-Südharz (in Saxony-Anhalt, Nordhausen in Thuringia, Goslar, Wolfenbüttel and Helmstedt in Lower Saxony

History[]

The district was established by merging the former districts of Halberstadt, Wernigerode and Quedlinburg as well as the city of Falkenstein (from the district of Aschersleben-Staßfurt) as part of the reform of 2007.

Towns and municipalities[]

The district Harz consists of the following subdivisions:^[2]

Free towns

Free municipalities

Verbandsgemeinde

Ballenstedt
Blankenburg am Harz
Falkenstein
Halberstadt
Harzgerode
Ilsenburg
Oberharz am Brocken
Osterwieck
Quedlinburg
Thale
Wernigerode

Huy
Nordharz

Vorharz

Ditfurt
Groß Quenstedt
Harsleben
Hedersleben
Schwanebeck²
Selke-Aue
Wegeleben^{1, 2}

Gernrode/Harz

Bad Suderode
Gernrode^{1, 2}
Rieder

¹seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; ²town

References[]

^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden nach Landkreisen" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.sachsen-anhalt.de/download/stat_berichte/6A102_hj_2010_02.pdf.
^ Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt

Coordinates: 51°52′N 10°53′E / 51.867, 10.883

[1] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden nach Landkreisen" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.sachsen-anhalt.de/download/stat_berichte/6A102_hj_2010_02.pdf.

[2] Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt

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