Harz (district)

Infobox German district noregbez
name=Harz
state=Saxony-Anhalt
capital=Halberstadt
area=2.104
population=241.017
population_as_of=2007-12-31
density=115
carsign=HZ
url= [http://www.kreis-hz.de/ www.kreis-hz.de]

Harz is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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

{|! colspan=3|Verwaltungsgemeinschaften
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*1. Ballenstedt/Bode-Selke-Aue
# Ballenstedt^{1, 2}
# Ditfurt
# Hausneindorf
# Hedersleben
# Heteborn
# Radisleben
# Wedderstedt
*2. Blankenburg
# Blankenburg am Harz^{1, 2}
# Cattenstedt
# Heimburg
# Hüttenrode
# Timmenrode
# Wienrode
*3. Bode-Holtemme
# Groß Quenstedt
# Harsleben
# Nienhagen
# Schwanebeck²
# Wegeleben^{1, 2}
*4. Brocken-Hochharz
# Allrode
# Altenbrak
# Benneckenstein²
# Elend
# Hasselfelde^{1, 2}
# Schierke
# Sorge
# Stiege
# Tanne
# Treseburg
*5. Gernrode/Harz
# Bad Suderode
# Friedrichsbrunn
# Gernrode^{1, 2}
# Rieder
# Stecklenberg
*6. Harzvorland-Huy
# Aspenstedt
# Athenstedt
# Danstedt
# Langenstein
# Sargstedt
# Ströbeck¹
*7. Ilsenburg
# Darlingerode
# Drübeck
# Ilsenburg^{1, 2}
*8. Nordharz
# Abbenrode
# Derenburg²
# Heudeber
# Langeln
# Reddeber
# Schmatzfeld
# Stapelburg
# Veckenstedt¹
# Wasserleben
*9. Osterwieck-Fallstein
# Aue-Fallstein
# Berßel
# Bühne
# Lüttgenrode
# Osterwieck^{1, 2}
# Rhoden
# Schauen
# Wülperode
*10. Thale
# Neinstedt
# Thale^{1, 2}
# Weddersleben
# Westerhausen
*11. Unterharz
# Dankerode
# Güntersberge²
# Harzgerode^{1, 2}
# Königerode
# Neudorf
# Schielo
# Siptenfelde
# Straßberg
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colspan=3 align=center|¹seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft; ²town