Falkenstein / Harz

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 51 ° 43 '  N , 11 ° 20'  E
Basic data
State :	Saxony-Anhalt
County :	resin
Height :	174 m above sea level NHN
Area :	102.97 km 2
Residents:	5273 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	51 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes :	06333 (Endorf, Neuplatendorf) , 06463 (Ermsleben, Meisdorf, Reinstedt) , 06543 (Pansfelde, Wieserode)
Primaries :	034741, 034742, 034743, 039245
License plate :	HZ, HBS, QLB, WR
Community key :	15 0 85 110
City structure:	7 districts
City administration address :	Markt 1 06463 Falkenstein / Harz
Website :	www.stadt- falkenstein- harz.de
Mayor :	Klaus Wycisk ( CDU )
Location of the town of Falkenstein / Harz in the Harz district

Falkenstein / Harz is a town in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany). The city was formed on January 1, 2002 through the merger of the formerly independent city of Ermsleben with the previously independent communities of Endorf , Meisdorf , Neuplatendorf , Pansfelde , Reinstedt and Wieserode and was in the Aschersleben-Staßfurt district until July 1, 2007 .

geography

The city, whose name was based on the Falkenstein Castle , is located on the northeastern edge of the Harz Mountains and extends from the narrow Selketal in the Harz Mountains over the upper valleys of some of the Eine tributaries ( Leine, Schwennecke ) to the flatter area of ​​the northern Harz foreland. Falkenstein / Harz is on the Romanesque Road . Until June 30, 2007, the city of Falkenstein / Harz was assigned to the dissolved district of Aschersleben-Staßfurt .

Falkenstein / Harz is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Seeland in the north, Aschersleben in the northeast, Arnstein in the southeast and south, Harzgerode in the southwest and Ballenstedt in the west.

Districts

Locality	The villages of Falkenstein / Harz (clickable map)
Endorf
Experience
Meisdorf
Neuplatendorf
Pansfelde
Reinstedt
Wieserode

politics

City council

The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following result with a turnout of 56.4%:

City council election 2019

Turnout: 56.4%

 %

30th

20th

10

0

29.03%

19.45%

12.82%

10.23%

9.14%

5.39%

3.12%

1.67%

9.14%

CDU

BFF ^b

AJR ^c

left

SPD

KWV ^f

Green

We ^h

Independent ⁱ

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

-12

-14

-12.44  % p

+ 6.05  % p

+ 0.72  % p

-1.51  % p

-1.71  % p

+1.15  % p.p.

+ 3.12  % p.p.

-0.91  % p

+ 6.71  % p

CDU

BFF ^b

AJR ^c

left

SPD

KWV ^f

Green

We ^h

Independent ⁱ

Remarks:

^b Falkenstein Citizens' Forum

^c Alternative Young Forum and Robin Hood

^f Local voters' association

^h We Reinstedter

ⁱ single applicants

Allocation of seats in 2019 in the city council of Falkenstein / Harz

        

A total of 20 seats

• Left : 2
• AJR : 3
• SPD : 2
• Greens : 1
• BFF : 4
• KWV : 1
• Independent: 1
• CDU : 6

Parties and constituencies		% 2019	Seats 2019		% 2014	Seats 2014
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	29.03	6th		41.47	8th
BFF	Citizens' forum Falkenstein	19.45	4th		13.40	3
AJR	Alternative Young Forum and Robin Hood	12.82	3		12.10	2
left	The left	10.23	2		11.47	2
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	9.14	2		10.85	2
KWV	Municipal voter association Pansfelde	5.39	1		4.24	1
We	We Reinstedter	1.67	-		2.58	1
Green	Alliance 90 / The Greens	3.12	1		-	-
Independent	Individual applicants	9.14	1		2.43	1
total		100	20th		100	20th
voter turnout		56.4%			49.0%

mayor

Mayor of Falkenstein is Klaus Wycisk (CDU). In the election on March 13, 2016, he was elected with 100 percent of the valid votes and a voter turnout of 61.8 percent.

coat of arms

Blazon : “In blue over a continuous black grooved silver crenellated wall with an open gate, a three-storey silver crenellated tower with 9 (3: 3) black arched window openings and a red pointed roof, accompanied on the right by a floating split coat of arms - in front in silver a black eagle at the gap, in the back divided three times by red over silver - to the left by a floating silver spangenhelm with silver covers and an open black flight; on the top of the roof a golden hawk, sitting ready to fly, turned to the left, between two golden hawks, which are turned towards them. "

traffic

The federal highway 185 from Ballenstedt to Aschersleben crosses the central district of Ermsleben. From Hoym via Ermsleben, Meisdorf and Pansfelde a country road leads to the federal highway 242 (Klausstraße) and to Wippra in the Lower Harz. The stations in Meisdof, Ermsleben and Reinstedt are on the former Frose – Quedlinburg railway line . All places are connected with each other by bus lines of the Harzer Verkehrsbetriebe .

Attractions

Tower windmill Endorf

• Falkenstein Castle
• Konradsburg
• Selketal
• Degenershausen old brickworks near Wieserode
• Degenershausen Landscape Park
• Tower windmill Endorf
• Friedrichshohenberg
• Two VVN memorials in the city ​​cemetery in Ermsleben in memory of six and nine murdered concentration camp prisoners on a death march from the Langenstein-Zwieberge concentration camp in April 1945
• Memorial stone to the victims of the Shoah in the former Jewish cemetery on the B 185 to Ballenstedt , Meisdorfer Straße
• Memorials for victims of the Langenstein-Zwieberge concentration camp in Ermsleben, Meisdorf, Endorf and Reinstedt
• Cenotaph to commemorate the victims of the Kapp Putsch in Sinsleben , as well as a memorial to the memory of Hans Beimler in Wieserode

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Christian Julius von Hoym (1586–1656), born in Ermsleben, treasurer of the Principality of Halberstadt and owner of the manor
• Joachim Ramdohr (1587–1667), born in Ermsleben, builder, entrepreneur and member of the magistrate in Aschersleben
• Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (1719–1803), born in Ermsleben, poet and writer, founder of the Halberstadt group of poets
• Achatz Ferdinand von der Asseburg (1721–1797), born in Meisdorf, diplomat
• Johann Ludwig Anton Rust (1721–1785), born in Reinstedt, lawyer, archivist and librarian
• Ludwig von Doetinchem de Rande (1826–1899), born in Pansfelde, Prussian District Administrator and Privy Councilor
• Werner Sombart (1863–1941), born in Ermsleben, sociologist and economist
• Carl Delius (1874–1953), born in Ermsleben, politician (DDP), member of the Reichstag
• Horst Keitel (1928–2015), born in Meisdorf, actor and voice actor

Other personalities associated with Falkenstein

• Jacob Friedrich Reimmann (1668–1743), scholar and bibliophile, lived in Ermsleben until his famous library was destroyed by flames in 1710
• Moritz Levin Friedrich Graf von der Schulenburg (1774–1814), Saxon Chamberlain, Majorate Lord on castle and church divisions, died in Meisdorf
• Ludwig Graf von der Asseburg (1796–1869), Lord of the Minorgrave Falkenstein, Prussian court hunter and member of the Prussian manor house
• Eduard Nehse (1794 – after 1855), natural scientist, operator of an inn at the foot of Falkenstein Castle and editor of a Falkenstein castle chronicle
• Friedrich Graf von der Asseburg (1861–1940), owner of Falkenstein Castle and Meisdorf Castle, Prussian officer and chamberlain

Web links

Commons : Falkenstein / Harz  - Collection of Images

• The Degenershausen Landscape Park

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, population of the municipalities - as of December 31, 2019 (PDF) (update) ( help ).
2. ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2002
3. ↑ Results of city council elections 2019 In: verwaltungsportal.de , accessed on August 20, 2019 (PDF)
4. ↑ Results of the city council election 2014 In: daten.verwaltungsportal.de (PDF)
5. ↑ Mayoral election for the city of Falkenstein / Harz - final result , accessed on June 19, 2020
6. ↑ Werner Binger (Ed.): Memorial sites for the victims of National Socialism in Saxony-Anhalt: An overview . Wenzel Verlag, Oppin 1998, ISBN 3-9806559-0-3 .