Harzungen
Harzungen is a municipality in the Thuringian district of Nordhausen. She is a member of the administrative community Hohenstein / South Harz, which has its headquarters in Harztor.
Location
Harzungen is located southwest of Neustadt / Harz below the Südwestabdachung the resin. The country's roads in 1035 and 2075 open up the resort traffic default. To the south is the Rüdersdorfer Switzerland - a karst landscape like to Ilfeld and Nordhausen.
Waters
North of the village is a small pond, the pond Hege. In addition, the Kappelbach tangent to the district.
History
Harzungen was first documented in 1259. This environment of Harzungen and Niedersachswerfen wrote from 1933-1945 a blatant story, which is known worldwide. It was a subcamp Harzungen.
Parish council
The local council in Harzungen consists of six council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote.
Attractions
- St. Andrew's Church
- A 1956 erected and 1977 renewed memorial stone in the cemetery commemorates the 27 perished prisoners of war and forced laborers of the subcamp Harzungen of Dora -Mittelbau, which was built in 1944 and in the had last work for defense projects of the Junkers Group about 5,000 inmates.