Breitungen (southern Harz)

Spreads South Harz municipality Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ N , 11 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ E
Height :	266 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.52 km²
Residents :	470 (December 31, 2008)
Population density :	41 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 2010
Postal code :	06536
Area code :	034651
	Location of Breitungen in the southern Harz
	View from the karst hiking trail to Breitungen

Breitungen is a district of the municipality of Südharz in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz in Saxony-Anhalt .

Geographical location

Breitungen is located in the southern Harz on the spur road that branches off the Roßla - Hayn road southwest of Agnesdorf . Not far from Breitungen is the Bauerngraben , an episodic lake in the southern Harz gypsum karst landscape .

Breitungen was first mentioned as Breydinge on July 29, 961 , when King Otto II gave this place to the Moritz monastery in Magdeburg .

Breitungen belonged to the rule of the Counts of Stolberg and was a village in the Office Roßla of the County of Stolberg-Roßla .

In 1819, 665 people lived in 115 houses in Breitungen.

From 1952 to 1990 Breitungen belonged to the GDR district of Halle .

2006 big celebration for the 1045th anniversary.

On January 1, 2010 the communities Breitungen, Bennungen , Breitenstein , Dietersdorf , Drebsdorf , Hainrode , Hayn (Harz) , Kleinleinungen , Questenberg , Roßla , Rottleberode , Schwenda and Uftrungen merged to form the new community Südharz. At the same time the administrative community Roßla-Südharz , to which Breitungen belonged, was dissolved.

Reg. Thur. No. 414, p. 94.

Commons : Spreads - collection of images, videos, and audio files