Halberstadt (district)
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 Map of Saxony-Anhalt highlighting the district Halberstadt |
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| State | Saxony-Anhalt |
| County seat | Halberstadt |
| Area | 664.99 km² |
| Population | 77,876 (2002) |
| pop. density | 117 inh./km² |
| Car identification | HBS |
| Web page | landkreis.halberstadt.de |
Halberstadt is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Bördekreis, Quedlinburg, Wernigerode, Goslar, Wolfenbüttel, Helmstedt.
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[edit] 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 1680 it was secularized and became part of Brandenburg. During the Napoleonic wars it became part of the French-occupied Kingdom of Westphalia, where Halberstadt was the capital of the Departement of the Saale. 1815 it came back to 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.
It is planned to merge the district with the districts of Quedlinburg and Wernigerode to a new District of the Harz, effective July 1, 2007.
[edit] Geography
The district is located at the northern end of the Harz mountains.
[edit] Coat of arms
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The coat of arms is the same as that used by the principality and the diocese of Halberstadt historically. |
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[edit] External links
- Official website (German)
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Urban and rural districts in the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany |
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Altmarkkreis Salzwedel | Anhalt-Zerbst | Aschersleben-Staßfurt | Bernburg | Bitterfeld | Bördekreis | Burgenlandkreis | Halberstadt | Jerichower Land | Köthen | Mansfelder Land | Merseburg-Querfurt | Ohrekreis | Quedlinburg | Saalkreis | Sangerhausen | Schönebeck | Stendal | Weißenfels | Wernigerode | Wittenberg |
