Halberstadt (district)

Statistics
State:	Saxony-Anhalt
Adm. Region:	Magdeburg
Capital:	Halberstadt[?]
Area:	665 km²
Inhabitants:	79,954 (2000)
pop. density:	122 inh./km²
Car identification:	HBS
Homepage:	http://www.landkreis.halberstadt.de
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Halberstadt is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Bördekreis, Quedlinburg[?], Wernigerode[?], Goslar, Wolfenbüttel, Helmstedt.

Table of contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links

History

The region around Halberstadt was a clerical principality, starting with the creation of the diocese Halberstadt in 804 until the Thirty Years' War. In 1680 it was secularized and became part of Brandenburg-Prussia. During the Napoleonic wars it became part of the french Westphalia, Halberstadt was capital of the departement Saale. 1815 it came back to Prussia, and in 1816 became part of the Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg in the new province Saxony. At the same time the Landkreis Halberstadt was created. In 1825 it was merged with the Osterwieck district.

Geography

The district is located at the northern end of the Harz mountains.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms are the same as those used by the principality and the diocese of Halberstadt historically.

Towns and municipalities

Dardesheim[?]¹ Halberstadt[?] Osterwieck[?]¹ Schwanebeck[?]¹ Wegeleben[?]¹ ¹ administered in a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Verwaltungsgemeinschaften Aue-Fallstein Harzvorland-Huy Huy Osterwieck Schwanebeck Untere Bode

Municipalities Aderstedt Anderbeck Aspenstedt Athenstedt Badersleben Berßel Bühne Danstedt Dedeleben Deersheim Dingelstedt (Huy) Eilenstedt Eilsdorf Groß Quenstedt Halberstadt Harsleben Hessen

Huy-Neinstedt Langenstein Lüttgenrode Nienhagen Osterode Osterwieck Pabstorf Rhoden Rohrsheim Sargstedt Schauen Schlanstedt Schachdorf Ströbeck Veltheim Vogelsdorf Wülperode Zilly

External links

• Official website (http://www.landkreis.halberstadt.de) (German)