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Sangerhausen (district)
Sangerhausen was a district (''Kreis'') in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts were (from north clockwise) Quedlinburg, Mansfelder Land, Merseburg-Querfurt, and the districts Kyffhäuserkreis and Nordhausen in Thuringia. Sangerhausen was merged on July 1, 2007, with Mansfelder Land into the new district Mansfeld-Südharz as part of a reform. History The district was created on October 1, 1816, after Sachsen-Weißenfels became part of Prussia in 1815. In 1945 the ''Amt Allstedt'' was added to the district, in 1952 some municipalities were removed from the district, which decreased the area from 773 to 689 km2. In the communal reform of 1994 the district remained unchanged. Geography The highest elevation of the district is the Großer Auerberg The Große Auerberg is a hill, high, in the eastern Harz in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is a so-called double peak with summits that are 580.4 metres hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangerhausen
Sangerhausen () is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany, capital of the district of Mansfeld-Südharz. It is situated southeast of the Harz, approx. east of Nordhausen, and west of Halle (Saale). About 26,000 people live in Sangerhausen (2020). History Sangerhausen is one of the oldest towns in the historical region of Saxony-Anhalt, being first mentioned in a document created between 780 and 802 in Fulda Abbey. Sangerhausen is mentioned as the tithable place ''Sangerhus'' in Friesenfeld in the Hersfeld Tithe Register, created between 881 and 899. It is mentioned in a document of 991 as appertaining to the estates of the emperor, as part of Memleben Abbey. By marriage it passed to the landgrave of Thuringia, and after 1056 it formed for a while an independent country. Having been again part of Thuringia, it fell in 1249 to Meissen, and in 1291 to Brandenburg. In 1372 it passed to the Electorate of Saxony and formed a portion of that territory until 1815, when it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prussia
Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a Germans, German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussia (region), Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, expanding its size with the Prussian Army. Prussia, with its capital at Königsberg and then, when it became the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701, History of Berlin, Berlin, decisively shaped the history of Germany. Prussia formed the German Empire when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by 1932 Prussian coup d'état, an emergency decree transferring powers of the Prussian government to German Chancellor Franz von Papen in 1932 and ''de jure'' by Abolition of Prussia, an Allied decree in 1947. The name ''Prussia'' derives from the Old Prussians who were conquered by the Teutonic Knightsan organized Catholic medieval Military order (religious society), military order of Pru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelbra
Kelbra () is a town the Mansfeld-Südharz district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated north of the Kyffhäuser mountains, approx. 20 km west of Sangerhausen, and 20 km east of Nordhausen. Kelbra is part of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Goldene Aue, Saxony-Anhalt, Goldene Aue. Kelbra lies on the northern slopes of the Kyffhäuser The Kyffhäuser (,''Duden - Das Aussprachewörterbuch, 7. Auflage (German)'', Dudenverlag, sometimes also referred to as ''Kyffhäusergebirge'') is a hill range in Central Germany, shared by Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt, southeast of the Harz mou ... mountains in the Goldene Aue. The Bundesstraße 85, B 85 federal road starts in the neighbouring village of Berga and runs through Kelbra over the Kyffhäuser to Passau. Due to the proximity of the Kelbra Dam and the Kyffhäuser, the town is a type of tourist centre, but suffers from heavy day traffic, especially motorcycles, because the road climbing up to the Kyffhäuser starts here. Nearby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldene Aue, Saxony-Anhalt
Goldene Aue () is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Before 1 January 2010, it was a ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft''. It is situated south and west of Sangerhausen. It is named after the Goldene Aue valley. The seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' is in Kelbra. The ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Goldene Aue consists of the following municipalities: # Berga # Brücken-Hackpfüffel # Edersleben # Kelbra Kelbra () is a town the Mansfeld-Südharz district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated north of the Kyffhäuser mountains, approx. 20 km west of Sangerhausen, and 20 km east of Nordhausen. Kelbra is part of the ''Verbandsgemeinde' ... # Wallhausen References Verbandsgemeinden in Saxony-Anhalt {{MansfeldSüdharz-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allstedt
Allstedt () is a town in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approximatively 10 km southeast of Sangerhausen. History Allstedt is mentioned as the tithable place ''Altstedi'' in Friesenfeld in the Hersfeld Tithe Register, created between 881 and 899. Henry the Fowler signed a charter in Allstedt in the year 935. Allstedt became a royal court, later an imperial palace. The now-extinct ministerial noble family "von Allstedt" had its ancestral seat here from the 12th century until the mid-14th century. Around 1200, the Wigberti Church was newly built in stone. Allstedt was granted town rights in 1425, and from 1516 the town used a seal. Thomas Müntzer became pastor at St. John's Church in 1523. He preached in the German language. On 13 July 1524, he delivered the " Sermon to the Princes" in the castle chapel before Duke John and Elector Frederick. A new school was mentioned in 1568, and since 1570, wine-growing yields have been doc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allstedt-Kaltenborn
Allstedt-Kaltenborn was a ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ("collective municipality") in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was situated east of Sangerhausen Sangerhausen () is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany, capital of the district of Mansfeld-Südharz. It is situated southeast of the Harz, approx. east of Nordhausen, and west of Halle (Saale). About 26,000 people live in Sangerhausen ( .... The seat of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' was in Allstedt. It was disbanded on 1 January 2010. The ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' Allstedt-Kaltenborn consisted of the following municipalities: References Former Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Saxony-Anhalt {{MansfeldSüdharz-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amt (political Division)
Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to a British or U.S. county. Current usage Germany Prevalence The ''Amt'' (plural: ''Ämter'') is unique to the German '' Bundesländer'' (federal states) of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg. Other German states had this division in the past. Some states have similar administrative units called ''Samtgemeinde'' (Lower Saxony), ''Verbandsgemeinde'' (Rhineland-Palatinate) or ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia). Definition An ''Amt'', as well as the other above-mentioned units, is subordinate to a ''Kreis'' (district) and is a collection of municipalities. The amt is lower than district-level government but higher than municipal government, and may be d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wappen Landkreis Sangerhausen
A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments), originating in Europe. The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its whole consists of a shield, supporters, a crest, and a motto. A coat of arms is traditionally unique to the armiger (e.g. an individual person, family, state, organization, school or corporation). The term "coat of arms" itself, describing in modern times just the heraldic design, originates from the description of the entire medieval chainmail "surcoat" garment used in combat or preparation for the latter. Rolls of arms are collections of many coats of arms, and since the early Modern Age centuries, they have been a source of information for public showing and tracing the membership of a noble family, and therefore its genealogy across time. History Heraldic designs came into general use among European nobility in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Großer Auerberg
The Große Auerberg is a hill, high, in the eastern Harz in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is a so-called double peak with summits that are 580.4 metres high (''Großer Auerberg'') and 580.3 metres high (''Josephshöhe''), which are about 470 metres apart. Location The Große Auerberg rises within the Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park between Straßberg to the northeast, Hayn to the southeast, Schwenda to the south, Stolberg to the southwest and Breitenstein to the northwest. East of the hill is the source of the Thyra tributary, the ''Krummschlachtbach'', west of the Thyra headstream, the ''Kleine Wilde''. Geology The Auerberg is made of rhyolite ( quartz porphyry), a volcanic rock. In the fine crystalline matrix (''Grundmasse'') are deposits of "Stolberg Diamonds" (''Stolberger Diamanten''), up to 13 mm thick, crystallised-out quartz and orthoclase grains. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kreisreform Sachsen-Anhalt 2007
Kreisreform Sachsen-Anhalt 2007 (or Kreisgebietsreform 2007) is a law in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany that came into effect on July 1, 2007, which outlines a reform of the districts of Saxony-Anhalt. It reduced the districts from 24 to 14. Nine new districts were created by amalgamating existing districts, while the rural districts of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel and Stendal as well as the urban districts of Halle and Magdeburg were untouched. Districts (as of 1 July 2007) Further developments *The Salzland district Parliament decided to change the name to Salzlandkreis. *On 16 July 2007 the Burgenland district Parliament decided to change the name again to Burgenlandkreis Burgenlandkreis () is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is . History The district was established as Landkreis Burgenland by the merger of the former Burgenlandkreis and Landkreis Weißenfels as part of the reform of 2007. ..., which came into effect on the 1 August 2007. References Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states by area, 8th-largest state in Germany by area and the List of German states by population, 11th-largest by population. Its capital and most populous city is Magdeburg. The state of Saxony-Anhalt was formed in July 1945 after World War II, when the Soviet Military Administration in Germany, Soviet army administration in Allied-occupied Germany formed it from the former Free State of Prussia, Prussian Province of Saxony and the Free State of Anhalt. Saxony-Anhalt became part of the East Germany, German Democratic Republic in 1949, but was dissolved in 1952 during Administrative divisions of East Germany, administrative reforms and its territory was divided into the districts of Halle (Bezirk), Halle and Magdeburg (Bezirk), Magdeburg. Follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansfeld-Südharz
Mansfeld-Südharz is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is . History The district was established by merging the former districts of Sangerhausen and Mansfelder Land as part of the reform of 2007. In the German parliament, the Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet (assembly), Diet") is the lower house of the Germany, German Federalism in Germany, federal parliament. It is the only constitutional body of the federation directly elected by the German people. The Bundestag wa ..., the area forms part of the Mansfeld electoral district. Towns and municipalities The district Mansfeld-Südharz consists of the following subdivisions: References {{MansfeldSüdharz-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
