Harz (district)

District in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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CountryGermanyStateSaxony-AnhaltCapitalHalberstadtGovernment

• District admin.Thomas Balcerowski (CDU)Area

• Total2,104.9 km² (812.7 sq mi)Population

(31 December 2022)^[1]

• Total210,381 • Density100/km² (260/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Vehicle registrationHZ, HBS, QLB, WRWebsitewww.kreis-hz.de

Harz is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is 2,104.9 km² (812.7 sq mi).^[2]

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:^[3]

Free towns	Free municipalities	Verbandsgemeinde
Ballenstedt Blankenburg am Harz Falkenstein Halberstadt Harzgerode Ilsenburg Oberharz am Brocken Osterwieck Quedlinburg Thale Wernigerode	Huy Nordharz	Vorharz Ditfurt Groß Quenstedt Harsleben Hedersleben Schwanebeck² Selke-Aue Wegeleben^{1, 2}
¹seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; ²town

Free towns

Free municipalities

Verbandsgemeinde

Ballenstedt
Blankenburg am Harz
Falkenstein
Halberstadt
Harzgerode
Ilsenburg
Oberharz am Brocken
Osterwieck
Quedlinburg
Thale
Wernigerode

Huy
Nordharz

Vorharz

¹seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; ²town

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Landkreis Harz.

^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
^ "Tabellen Bodenfläche". Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
^ "Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt". Archived from the original on 2017-05-15. Retrieved 2009-08-06.