Südharz

The community of South Harz was formed on 1 January 2010 in the district of Mansfeld- South Harz in Saxony -Anhalt through the merger of 13 of the 15 municipalities of the administrative community Roßla - South Harz. The management community was disbanded due to the municipal reform. On 1 September 2010, the remaining two communities ( Stolberg (Harz) and Wickerode ) were finally zwangseingemeindet by law in the municipality of South Harz.

Geography

The municipality is located in the karst landscape of the southern Harz and named after this geographical region. In the north, the Thyra Wipper, in the east the line and to the south the helmets through the municipal area flows to the west. With an area of ​​236.36 km ² southern Harz is on the list of the area 's largest cities and towns in Germany on 50th Place

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities are Harzgerode (HZ ) in the north, Sanger in the east, Wallenhausen, Kelbra and Hill in the south and Herrmannsacker, Nordhausen and Urbach (all three NDH ) in the west.

Districts

The community Suedharz consists of 17 districts, which are combined to form a total of 15 villages in the municipality.

1 As of December 31, 2008

Traffic

In the south the federal highway 38 - Halle Göttingen leads to the junction Roßla by the municipality.

Parallel runs the Halle- Kassel railway. At the stations Bennungen and keep Roßla operated by DB Regio AG regional trains (Hall ) Sangerhausen Nordhausen and part of the Regional Express trains Halle- Nordhausen.

From the hall - Kassel Railway branches off on Berga - Kelbra station that no longer operated passenger railway line Berga - Kelbra - Stolberg (Harz ) from. In the area of ​​the municipality Suedharz the breakpoints Uftrungen, Rottleberode and Stolberg were ( resin )