Osterode (district)
The district of Osterode am Harz is a district in the southeast of Lower Saxony.
- 4.1 Coat of arms of the district
- 4.2 Kreistag
- 4.3 District Administrators
- 4.4 District Partnerships
- 5.1 rail
- 5.2 street
- 6.1 Healthcare
Geography
The district of Osterode am Harz is bordered to the west by the district of Northeim, in the north and north-east by the district of Goslar, in the southeast by the Thuringian district of Nordhausen, in the south of the Thuringian district of calibration field and on the southwest by the district of Göttingen.
In the division of Germany into the natural environment main units of the district includes the one with the upper and middle parts of resin of the resin and on the other to the south-western Harz foothills and smaller parts of the basin Eichsfelder landscapes of Weser -Leine Bergland. Also, is the westernmost part of the Südharzer Zechsteingürtels in the district.
The greatest heights reach the mountains in the district of Harz, such as the highest point of the ridge on the farm (865 m), the Great tubers ( 687 m) and the Stöberhai (720 m).
The largest rivers are the Söse ( with the creek Markau ), the Oder ( with its tributaries Sieber and Lutter ) and Steina, Wieda and Zorge. In addition, the district of Osterode am Harz has three different types of larger water areas on:
- The two reservoirs of the Söse and Odertalsperre,
- Wiesenbeker the pond, which served the mining, and
- Attributable to the karst lakes such as the Juessee or Wiedensee.
Conservation
The entire portion of the resin in the district of Osterode is a marine nature reserve and national park resin under protection. There are also in the district of 17 conservation areas:
Butterberg / hop bush | Fin break, Large Butterloch and Floating Island | Gypsum karst landscape Bad Sachsa and Walkenried | gypsum karst landscape at Ührde | Gypsum karst landscape grove wood | Itelteich | Juliushütte | Oderaue | Prior pond / Sachsensteinblick | Rhumeaue / Ellerniederung / Giller Heimer Bachtal | Floating Island | Siebertal | Staufenberg | Steinberg | Steingrabental - Mack Röderswald | devil baths | Weissensee and Steinatal
History
The circle Osterode am Harz was formed at the launch of the new district regulations for the province of Hannover on April 1, 1885 the largest part of the Office Osterode, the Office Herzberg and Osterode. Since 1939, the county district of Osterode am Harz said.
1945, the municipalities of Bad Sachsa Tettenborn from the district county Hohenstein were reclassified in the district of Osterode. In 1972, a portion of the dissolved district Blankenburg Neuhof, Walk Ried, Wieda and Zorge the district of Osterode, also a part of the dissolved district Zellerfeld with Bad Grund, Lerbach, Lonau, Riefensbeek - Kamschlacken and Sieber. The details are described in the law on the restructuring of the municipalities in the area of the resin. From the district of Gander Home Badenhausen, Windshausen, Pond Cottage and Gittelde were added, while Lütge Hausen and Wollershausen were delivered to the district of Göttingen. 1974 different Harriehausen out of the circle Osterode and was incorporated into Bad Gandersheim. 1977 Kalefeld was reclassified in the district of Northeim.
Main article: District of Göttingen ( 2016 )
In the years 2012 and 2013 plans were made, the district of Göttingen, with the districts of Osterode am Harz and Northeim summarize. An important reason for this was that the Government of Lower Saxony relief aids, so-called " merger premium " to the newly formed circles pays after a merger - provided that a merger is decided, by 31 March 2013. In addition to debt relief help the parties also intend to offset the expected loss of population.
Early 2013, the Northeim district withdrew from the talks. Mid- February 2013 was characterized only from the merger of the districts Göttingen and Osterode. The circle days of Göttingen ( March 6, 2013) and Osterode ( 11 March 2013 ) the inclusion of merger negotiations have decided. On August 28, 2013, the Göttingen district council agreed to a merger by a majority. On November 1, 2016, the new, larger Göttingen district is then created ( from 2016 ) with Göttingen as the county seat, which was adopted on 1 February 2014 with a corresponding area change agreement.
Population and Demographics
Data from the State Office of Statistics of Lower Saxony ( LSN) as of December 31. Up to and including 1970 according to the respective territorial status.
The county is affected by a sharp decline in population since 1990. In the area- largest city in Osterode am Harz lived in 2011 with 22,987 inhabitants, almost one third of the population of the county. The next largest cities are Herzberg am Harz with 13,573 inhabitants and Bad Lauterberg with 11,080 inhabitants.
Policy
Coat of arms of the district
Shared by red and blue: above a border, blue reinforced golden leopard; below a red reinforced golden lion.
Council
Election results and the distribution of seats:
District administrators
After the current incumbent Reuter has started on November 1, 2011 will be a new post as district administrator in Göttingen, the county is managed until further without district.
District partnerships
- Borough of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Traffic
Rail
The major east-west route Nordhausen Northeim ( Suedharz route) was built in 1868/69 of the Prussian State Railways. The connection of the county town of Osterode by the railway line Herzberg Seesen followed 1870 /71.
No further State branch paths went from the main railway from:
Furthermore, were added as private or branch line:
The 1931 to 1994 operated railway Herzberg Siebertal served only to freight, temporary workers also nichtöffentlichem traffic.
The network of passenger routes included in 1945 about 120 km; of which 58 km were shut down:
Road
Through the county's federal road 27 runs (Section Göttingen- Blankenburg ( Harz) ) via Herzberg and Bad Lauterberg. Cross leads the federal highway 243 along the edge of the Harz via Osterode of Seesen and Herzberg to Nordhausen.
It runs no highway through the county, a few miles west runs the Federal Highway 7, the connection points for the circle to the north and in Northeim and Gottingen southbound have importance in Seesen. To the south of the district runs the federal motorway 38
Economy
Health service
In 2000, the clinic was closed with Osterode last 70 regular beds for internal medicine. The Kirchberg - clinic has in addition to the 35 permanent beds in the acute sector still over 262 beds in the rehabilitation field.
Attractions
- Unicorn cave and stone church Scharzfeld, rock shelters on Schulberg.
- Grave mound fields: Hattorfer cooperative forestry, Knitterhai and sliding Half
- Abbey Walk Ried
- Cross Stone in Barbis
- Landwehr and waiting at Barbis, Landwehr and defile bundle in Bad Sachsa
- Palatinate Pöhlde and Wallburg Pöhlde
- Pipinsburg and Ruin Old castle, Schloss Herzberg, castle Sachsensteinblick in Bad Sachsa
- Wüstung Königshagen
- Many sights and natural monuments are located on Karstwanderweg
Regional cooperation
To care for cultural bodies of the Regional Association of Southern Lower Saxony was founded as a registered association, composed of parts of the district. Furthermore, parts of the district belong to the Regional Association resin. In addition, the county is a member of MEKOM Regional Management eV Osterode am Harz, in the Regional Association Southern Lower Saxony eV, in the Südniedersachsenstiftung and the metropolitan region Hannover -Braunschweig- Göttingen.
Merger plans
After lengthy discussions about possible mergers with one or more neighboring districts of Osterode district council decided to enter into merger negotiations with the district Göttingen on 19 February 2013. From the union, the Osteroder local politicians promise a faster relief of the circle, by aid of the country. In addition, there are signs that the number of inhabitants in the district of Osterode will shrink by a quarter by 2030. The district of Osterode days ( 11 March 2013 ) and Göttingen ( 6 March 2013) have agreed to enter into merger negotiations. The new district of Göttingen ( 2016 ) can then occur on November 1, 2016. Originally also the district of Northeim was involved in the merger talks. In February 2013 Northeim broke off negotiations, however. The merger with Göttingen encounters in Osterode, despite criticism. A citizens' initiative advocates instead for a tie-up with the district of Goslar. August 15, 2013, the merger of the districts Göttingen and Osterode am Harz is fixed at 1 November 2016. Circuit city will be Göttingen.
Cities and Towns
In brackets the number of inhabitants on 31 December 2012.
Unit communities
Joint communities with their member communities
* Head Samtgemeinde management
- 2 Walkenried ( 4732 )
Free community area
- Harz (Landkreis Osterode am Harz ) ( 267.37 km ², uninhabited )