Oberharz (Samtgemeinde)
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The existing since 1972 Samtgemeinde Upper Harz is adjacent to the integrated municipality Lutter am Barenberg one of the two collective municipalities in the district of Goslar.
- 3.1 Population development
- 4.1 Samtgemeinderat
- 4.2 Samtgemeinde Mayor
- 4.3 Coat of Arms
- 4.4 name dispute
- 5.1 Museums
- 5.2 parks
- 5.3 Cultural Monuments
- 6.1 Economics
- 6.2 traffic
- 6.3 Public bodies
- 6.4 Education
Geography
The integrated municipality in the southeastern Lower Saxony near the border with Saxony -Anhalt is located in the Upper Harz Mountains at an altitude of approximately 400-800 m above sea level. NN. Within their territory, is the largest part of the Upper Harz Water Regale.
Neighboring communities
The Samtgemeinde Upper Harz is enclosed on all sides by unincorporated territory resin. The nearest towns are in the north of Goslar and Langelsheim, in southeastern Brown position, in the south of Osterode am Harz in the west and Seesen and Bad Grund.
Samtgemeinde outline
- Mountain town Altenau with Sperberhai Dammhaus, Gemkenthal, upholstery Taler Zechenhaus and peat house
- Mountain town of Clausthal- Zellerfeld with Buntenbock, Clausthal and Zellerfeld with Prince fir
- Community school in the Upper Harz mountain with the nucleus Schulenberg, Festenburg, middle school and high school mountain mountain
- Mountain town of Wild Man
History
Population Development
(As of December 31 )
Policy
Samtgemeinderat
The Samtgemeinderat continues after the local elections on September 11, 2011 consist of:
- SPD: 13 seats
- CDU: 9 seats
- Green: 4 seats
- Independent: 4 seats
- FDP: 2 seats
Samtgemeinde Mayor
Samtgemeinde mayor is Walter lamp from the SPD. He could unite 63.2 % of the vote in the local elections on 10 September 2006 to be.
- 2001 -present: Walter Lamp (SPD )
Coat of arms
In essence, the Municipality Upper Harz leads since October 22, 1973, the coat of arms of the former district Zellerfeld, which was for the most part on the territory of today Samtgemeinde. The coat of arms shows the Lower Ross on seven of red and gold split reason. In addition to Zellerfelder coat of arms resting on the shield a blue helmet with gold - red helmet cover, above a jumping horse and mallet and iron miners.
Name dispute
In the course of municipal reform in Saxony-Anhalt from 2008 places Benneckenstein, Elbingerode, misery, Hasselfelde, worry, stairs and fir intend the formation of the unified community Upper am Brocken. Herein, the Samtgemeinde Upper Harz sees a name infringement and fears that consists of the name confusion by the similarity. After the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs of Saxony-Anhalt had the name of the Upper Harz approved on the Brocken, the Municipality filed in August 2009 action in summary proceedings before the Administrative Court of Magdeburg, primarily to protect the name Samtgemeinde Upper Harz. It failed the Municipality. A complaint to the Supreme Administrative Court of Magdeburg was dismissed in November 2009. In April 2010, the Municipality Upper Harz Mountains announced that they will now file a new lawsuit at trial. The Administrative Court of Magdeburg dismissed in July 2011, the action of " Samtgemeinde Upper Harz " because of a naming violation back again. A previous application of the velvet municipality on a temporary injunction was rejected by the Administrative Court. The appeal lodged a complaint with the Supreme Administrative Court of Saxony- Anhalt was unsuccessful.
Culture and sights
- Okertalsperre
Museums
- Upper Harz Mining Museum in the Zellerfeld district
- GeoMuseum TU Clausthal
- 19 - Lachter studs with pit Ernst August, Wild Man
Parks
- Herbal park relaxed Sunday
Cultural monuments
- Upper Harz Water Regale
Economy and infrastructure
Economy
Tourism is an important economic activity in the Upper Harz, which since the early 1990s for various reasons but declined. The economy in Clausthal- Zellerfeld is very strong today dominated by the Technical University of Clausthal, further plays the State Authority for Mining, Energy and Geology, CUTEC - Institut GmbH ( Clausthal Institute for Environmental Technologies ) and some private companies, especially in the testing, a significant role. The importance of forestry is, however, rather slacking because of mechanization in timber harvesting. Agriculture is based due to soil and climatic conditions almost exclusively on milk and livestock and plays only a minor role.
Traffic
Through the territory of the Samtgemeinde lead three federal highways (B 241, B 242 and B 498 ). Until the 1970s, the route of the railway Innerstetal of Langelsheim coming led by Wild man and Clausthal- Zellerfeld to Altenau.
Public institutions
- State Construction Südniedersachsen
- State Authority for Mining, Energy and Geology
- City Libraries in Altenau, Clausthal- Zellerfeld and Schulenberg
- Youth centers in Altenau, Wilde man and Clausthal- Zellerfeld
- Volunteer fire department in five guards
Education
- Primary schools in Clausthal, Wilde man and Zellerfeld
- Elementary and secondary school Clausthal- Zellerfeld
- Robert - Koch-Schule (Gymnasium)
- Calvör School ( school learning support )
- Upper Harz youth home school ( special school with a focus on emotional and social development )
- Oberbergrat Albert school ( vocational school )
- College for Business and Technology Clausthal- Zellerfeld
- Clausthal Institute for Environmental Technologies
- Technical University of Clausthal
Personalities
- Robert Koch (1843-1910), microbiologist, Nobel Prize for Medicine 1905
- Caspar Calvör (1650-1725), theologian
- Henning Calvör, theologian and teacher
- Julius Albert, Oberbergrat, 1836-1846 supreme leader of the Harz mining, inventor of the steel cable