Image Coa: | DE-ST 15-0-85-227 Nordharz COA.png |
Coordinates: | 51.9°N 56°W |
Image Plan: | Nordharz in HZ.png |
State: | Sachsen-Anhalt |
District: | Harz |
Elevation: | 170 |
Area: | 96.42 |
Postal Code: | 38855, 38871 |
Area Code: | 039451, 039452, 039458 |
Licence: | HZ |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 15085227 |
Mayor: | Gerald Fröhlich[1] |
Leader Term: | 2024 - 31 |
Party: | Independent |
Nordharz (literally "North Harz") is a municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
The municipal area consists of eight Ortschaften or municipal divisions:[2]
The administrative seat is located in Veckenstedt. The municipality was formed in the course of an administrative reform on 1 January 2010 by merging seven municipalities of the former Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") Nordharz with the municipality of Danstedt, formerly part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Harzvorland-Huy.[3]