Halberstadt (district)

Halberstadt was a district (Kreis) in the middle of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Bördekreis, Quedlinburg, Wernigerode, Goslar, Wolfenbüttel, Helmstedt.

History

The region around Halberstadt was a clerical principality, which emerged with the creation of the Bishopric of Halberstadt in 804 and existed until the Thirty Years' War. In 1648 it was secularized and became part of Brandenburg-Prussia as the Principality of Halberstadt. During the Napoleonic Wars it became part of the French-controlled Kingdom of Westphalia, where Halberstadt was the capital of the Département of the Saale. In 1815 it came back to the Kingdom of Prussia, and in 1816 it became part of the Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg within the newly established Prussian Province of Saxony. At the same time the Landkreis (district) of Halberstadt was created. In 1825 it was merged with the Osterwieck district.

On July 1, 2007, the district was merged with the districts of Quedlinburg and Wernigerode to form the new district of Harz.

The district is located at the northern end of the Harz mountains.

The coat of arms is the same as that used by the principality and the diocese of Halberstadt historically.

Towns	Verwaltungsgemeinschaften	Free municipalities
Halberstadt	Bode-Holtemme (incl. towns Schwanebeck and Wegeleben) Harzvorland-Huy Osterwieck-Fallstein (incl. town Osterwieck)	Huy

Urban and rural districts in the state of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany

Urban districts	Dessau-Roßlau Halle (Saale) Magdeburg

Rural districts	Altmarkkreis Salzwedel Anhalt-Bitterfeld Börde Burgenlandkreis Harz Jerichower Land Mansfeld-Südharz Saalekreis Salzlandkreis Stendal Wittenberg

Former districts	Anhalt-Zerbst Aschersleben-Staßfurt Bernburg Bitterfeld Bördekreis Burgenlandkreis Halberstadt Köthen Mansfelder Land Merseburg-Querfurt Ohrekreis Quedlinburg Saalkreis Sangerhausen Schönebeck Weißenfels Wernigerode

Cities and towns in the former district of Halberstadt (district)

Aspenstedt Athenstedt Aue-Fallstein Berßel Danstedt Groß Quenstedt Halberstadt Harsleben Huy Langenstein Lüttgenrode Nienhagen Osterwieck Rhoden Sargstedt Schauen Schwanebeck Ströbeck Wegeleben Wülperode

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 146650164 LCCN: n85207961 GND: 4302087-2

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