Harz (district) explained

Harz
State:	Saxony-Anhalt
Capital:	Halberstadt
Area:	2,104.9
Kreisschlüssel:	15085
District Admin:	Thomas Balcerowski
Admin Party:	CDU
Carsign:	HZ, HBS, QLB, WR
Url:	www.kreis-hz.de
Image Coa:	Wappen Landkreis Harz.svg

Harz is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is .^[1]

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

The district Harz consists of the following subdivisions:^[2]

Free towns	Free municipalities	Verbandsgemeinde
valign=top	Ballenstedt Blankenburg am Harz Falkenstein Halberstadt Harzgerode Ilsenburg Oberharz am Brocken Osterwieck Quedlinburg Thale Wernigerode	valign=top	Huy Nordharz	valign=top	Vorharz Ditfurt Groß Quenstedt Harsleben Hedersleben Schwanebeck^2 Selke-Aue Wegeleben^1, 2
^1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; ^2town

See also

• Ilsenburg (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft)

References

51.8667°N 63°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tabellen Bodenfläche. Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. 20 November 2022.
2. Web site: Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt . 2009-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170515132459/http://www.statistik.sachsen-anhalt.de/gk/fms/fms1li.html . 2017-05-15 . dead .