Harz is a district in
Saxony-Anhalt
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and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...
,
Germany
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. Its area is .
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
Reform refers to the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc. The modern usage of the word emerged in the late 18th century and is believed to have originated from Christopher Wyvill's Association movement, which ...
of 2007.
Towns and municipalities
The district Harz consists of the following subdivisions:
See also
*
Ilsenburg (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft)
References
Districts of Saxony-Anhalt
Harz
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