Harz (district)

District in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Harz

District

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Country| Germany
State| Saxony-Anhalt
Capital| Halberstadt
Government

• District admin.| Thomas Balcerowski (CDU)
Area

• Total

| 2,104.9 km2 (812.7 sq mi)
Population

(31 December 2024)[1]

• Total

| 205,484
• Density| 98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration| HZ, HBS, QLB, WR
Website| www.kreis-hz.de

Harz is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is 2,104.9 km2 (812.7 sq mi).[2]

## History

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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

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Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district

The district Harz consists of the following subdivisions:[3]

Free towns | Free municipalities | Verbandsgemeinde

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1. Ballenstedt
2. Blankenburg am Harz
3. Falkenstein
4. Halberstadt
5. Harzgerode
6. Ilsenburg
7. Oberharz am Brocken
8. Osterwieck
9. Quedlinburg
10. Thale
11. Wernigerode

1. Huy
2. Nordharz

Vorharz

1. Ditfurt
2. Groß Quenstedt
3. Harsleben
4. Hedersleben
5. Schwanebeck2
6. Selke-Aue
7. Wegeleben1, 2

1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; 2town

## See also

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* Ilsenburg (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft)

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Landkreis Harz.

1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2024" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt.
2. ^ "Tabellen Bodenfläche". Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
3. ^ "Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt". Archived from the original on 2017-05-15. Retrieved 2009-08-06.

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Urban and rural districts in the state of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany

Urban districts|

* Dessau-Roßlau
* Halle (Saale)
* Magdeburg

Rural districts|

* Altmarkkreis Salzwedel
* Anhalt-Bitterfeld
* Börde
* Burgenlandkreis
* Harz
* Jerichower Land
* Mansfeld-Südharz
* Saalekreis
* Salzlandkreis
* Stendal
* Wittenberg

Former districts|

* Anhalt-Zerbst
* Aschersleben-Staßfurt
* Bernburg
* Bitterfeld
* Bördekreis
* Burgenlandkreis
* Halberstadt
* Köthen
* Mansfelder Land
* Merseburg-Querfurt
* Ohrekreis
* Quedlinburg
* Saalkreis
* Sangerhausen
* Schönebeck
* Weißenfels
* Wernigerode

Districts of German states (Full list)

* Baden-Württemberg
* Bavaria
* Brandenburg
* Bremen
* Hesse
* Lower Saxony
* Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
* North Rhine-Westphalia
* Rhineland-Palatinate
* Saarland
* Saxony
* Saxony-Anhalt
* Schleswig-Holstein
* Thuringia

51°52′N 10°53′E﻿ / ﻿51.867°N 10.883°E﻿ / 51.867; 10.883

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* Germany
* United States

Other|

* Yale LUX

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