Mansfelder Land (other)
Mansfelder Land may refer to the following places in Germany: * Mansfelder Land (district), a former county in the state of Saxony-Anhalt * Mansfeld Land Mansfeld, sometimes also unofficially Mansfeld-Lutherstadt, is a town in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Protestant reformator Martin Luther grew up in Mansfeld, and in 1993 the town became one of sixteen places in ...

Mansfelder Land (district)
Mansfelder Land was a district (''Kreis'') in the middle of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts were (from north clockwise) Aschersleben-Staßfurt, Bernburg, Saalkreis, Merseburg-Querfurt, Sangerhausen and Quedlinburg. It was merged on July 1, 2007, with Sangerhausen into the new district Mansfeld-Südharz as part of a reform. History The district was created in 1994 by merging the previous districts Hettstedt and Eisleben. These were the successors of the ''Mansfelder Gebirgskreis'' (mountain district of Mansfeld) and ''Mansfelder Seekreis'' (lake district of Mansfeld), which were renamed after World War II. The city of Eisleben is famous, being the birthplace of Martin Luther. Geography The district is located in the southern foothills of the Harz The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derive ...
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