Nordhausen (district)
The district of Nordhausen is the northernmost district of Thuringia. Neighboring districts are the two counties in Saxony-Anhalt Harz and Mansfeld- South Harz, south of the Kyffhauserkreis, in the west of County calibration field and in the northwest the Lower Saxon districts Osterode and Goslar in the north and east.
The Godfather county is the Lower Allgäu.
- 2.1 Conservation
- 4.1 District Administrators
- 4.2 Kreistag
- 4.3 Coat of Arms
- 5.1 Economics
- 5.2 traffic
- 5.3 Formation
- 7.1 communities
- 7.2 Management Communities
Geography
Location
In the north of the county is bordered by the resin, in the south of the mountain ranges of the extracts, the Hainleite and Windleite. The highest elevation is 634 m above sea level. NN in the Harz Mountains, on the border of Lower Saxony. It is the only district of Thuringia, the share of the resin has.
Waters
Important rivers are the helmets that Zorge and the Wipper. Also, are still some filled with water Karsterscheinugen in the district Nordhausen as the Great Seeloch at Kleinwechsungen.
Conservation
Südharzer karst landscape in the districts of Nordhausen, Mansfeld- Suedharz and Osterode am Harz is unique and for the conservation and sustainable regional development of great significance. It is therefore reported in parts as a biosphere reserve.
History
In the Middle Ages, the region belonged to the county of Hohenstein, Nordhausen itself was from 1220 a free imperial city. By the Peace of Westphalia, the district area fell largely to Prussia. In 1802, Nordhausen lost his imperial city status. 1816 was a circle Nordhausen within the newly formed Prussian province of Saxony. 1888, the circle within a circle County Hohenstein was renamed. Nordhausen was from 1882 to 1945 county-level city. Between 1943 and 1945 there was a concentration camp Dora -Mittelbau near Nordhausen in underground tunnels. In 1945, the county area was liberated by the U.S. Army, then slammed the Soviet occupation zone and was from 1949 the GDR. 1945, the county was renamed district of Nordhausen. From the district of Nordhausen went at the dissolution of the country out of the 1952 District Nordhausen, which was part of the district of Erfurt. Since German reunification in 1990, he was already as from 1945 to 1952 as a district of Nordhausen in the State of Thuringia.
Development of the Population:
- 2000: 98 609
- 2001: 97 685
- 2002: 96 628
- 2003: 95 620
- 2004: 94 519
- 2005: 93 612
- 2006: 92 630
- 2007: 91 762
- 2008: 91 120
- 2009: 90 357
- 2010: 89 963
- 2011: 89 192
- 2012: 85 921
Policy
District administrators
In the district election on 22 April 2012 There is no candidate was able to unite the absolute majority of votes. The successor of Joachim Claus was thus in a runoff election May 6, 2012 between Egon Primate (CDU; 35.2 % of the votes in the first ballot ); decided and Birgit Keller ( 30.9% Left Party). Was chosen as the new district administrator Birgit cellar with 14,866 votes ( 55.5 %).
Council
The 46 seats in the council spread since the election on 7 June 2009 follows on the individual parties:
Coat of arms
The geschachte field represents the former county of Hohenstein, the tree stump for the 1945 badly damaged Nordhausen. The newly burgeoning branch represents a new future under a golden sky, symbolized by the upper field.
An overview of the coat of arms of cities and villages of the district can be found in the list of the coat of arms in the district of Nordhausen.
Economy and infrastructure
Economy
In the north of the county, tourism is an important economic factor dar. particular, the places Rothesütte, Sophienhof, Neustadt / Harz and Ilfeld play an important role, but they are only a few kilometers from the Brocken, the highest mountain of the Harz, removed.
By 1990, the potash mining among others played a large role in Bleicherode and Sollstedt. In the course of political and economic reunification of all mining operations were closed, which is the largest employer in the region was lost.
Traffic
The county is traversed from east to west of the A38 ( South Harz tangent ). In parallel to this highway the highway runs 80 ( Hinabstufung from national road L3080 ). From north to south crosses the main road 4 the county ( partially blocked in the north for trucks). To the north of Nordhausen branches at Netzkater the important B 81 to Magdeburg from. In the northwest the B leads 243 in the district of Osterode.
Main railway line is the hall - Kassel railway. It is electrified double track and since 1994. Other major routes are the lines from Nordhausen to Seesen and Northeim ( " Suedharz route " ) and Wolkramshausen to Erfurt. Nordhausen is the southern terminus of the Harz narrow gauge railways.
Education
The highest educational institution in the district is the Fachhochschule Nordhausen, founded in 1997.
Cities and Towns
See also: List of places in the district of Nordhausen
(Population at 31 December 2012)
Cities ¹ fulfilling community for 7 other municipalities ² fulfilling community for 2 more communities
Communities ³ fulfilling municipality is the town Bleicherode ⁴ fulfilling community is the rural community of herring / Helmets
Management Communities * County seat
- Administration Community Hainleite ( 5650 )
- Administration Community Hohenstein / South Harz ( 8002 )
Regarding the terms " administrative community " or " community -fulfilling " see administrative community in Thuringia.
Territorial changes
Communities
- Resolution of the municipality Rüdigsdorf - Integration to Nordhausen (23 March 1993)
- Resolution of the municipality woes - Integration by Bleicherode (22 January 1994)
- Resolution of the communities Appenrode, Gudersleben, Rothesütte and Woffleben - Integration by direction of adjustment (9 April 1994)
- Resolution of the communities Bielen, Leimbach, Mr. Eden, Hörningen, stone bridges and Sundhausen - Integration to Nordhausen (July 1, 1994)
- Resolution of the municipality Wülfingerode - Integration by Sollstedt (1 May 1996)
- Resolution of the municipality Hesserode - Integration to Nordhausen (1 January 1997 )
- Resolution of the municipality Steigerthal - Integration to Nordhausen ( 1 April 1999)
- Resolution of the municipalities Petersdorf, Nordhausen and Stempeda - Integration to Nordhausen (1 December 2007)
- Resolution of the municipality Obergebra - Integration by Bleicherode (1 December 2007)
- Resolution of the municipality Rehungen - Integration by Sollstedt (1 January 2009 )
- Resolution of the city pegs / helmets and the communities Auleben, Hamma, Uthleben and Windehausen - refounding of the city pegs / helmet ( 1 December 2010)
- Resolution of the communities Ilfeld and Niedersachswerfen - reestablishment of the rural community Harztor (1 January 2012 )
Management Communities
- Establishing the VG Helmetal (6 June 1991)
- Establishing the VG Hainleite (1 August 1991)
- Establishing the VG Goldene Aue (18 March 1992)
- Establishing the VG Eichsfelder gate (9 April 1993)
- Extension of the VG Hainleite to help communities Großlohra, Kleinfurra and Wipperdorf (6 November 1993)
- Establishing the VG Hohenstein / Suedharz (6 April 1994)
- Extension of the VG Helmetal to help communities Mauderode and Pützlingen (18 June 1994)
- Extension of the VG Goldene Aue to the community Urbach (21 December 1995)
- Resolution of VG Eichsfelder gate (3 June 1996)
- Resolution of VG borderland - formation of a unified community Hohenstein from the member municipalities (17 October 1996)
- Resolution of VG Helmetal - formation of a unified community Werther from the member communities (31 December 1996)
- Resolution of VG Goldene Aue (1 December 2010 )