Law to reorganize the municipalities in the Harz region

The law for the reorganization of the municipalities in the Harz region - colloquially known as the Harz Act - is a law for the reorganization of the municipalities in the Harz region , which came into force on July 1, 1972. It was enacted by the Lower Saxony state parliament to remove the old administrative structures that came before the Second World War .

This regional reform reduced the number of municipalities by 51 through incorporation and mergers. In addition, the number of districts was reduced by two and the district boundaries changed. The Harz Act is one of a series of regional reforms in the state of Lower Saxony that took place from 1972 to 1977.

Reform of the counties

The existing districts of Blankenburg , Goslar and Zellerfeld were dissolved. The new Goslar district was partially formed with their territories , which became the legal successor to these three dissolved districts. The new district of Goslar comprised the cities of Altenau , Bad Harzburg , Braunlage , Clausthal-Zellerfeld , Goslar , Seesen , St. Andreasberg , Vienenburg and Wildemann , the communities of Hahausen , Liebenburg , Lutter am Barenberge , Schulenberg in the Upper Harz and Wallmoden as well as part of the community-free Harz region, the southern border of which has been redefined. This newly formed district was assigned to the Braunschweig administrative district .

The mining town of Bad Grund (Harz) and the communities of Lerbach , Lonau , Riefensbeek-Kamschlacken and Sieber , which previously all belonged to the Zellerfeld district, the communities of Badenhausen and Windhausen (previously the district of Gandersheim ), and the communities of Wieda became the district of Osterode am Harz , Walkenried and Zorge (previously the district of Blankenburg) and the southern part of the non-parish Harz region. This extended district was part of the Hildesheim administrative district .

Incorporations and community associations

• The communities Bettingerode , Bündheim , Harlingerode and Westerode (Wolfenbüttel district) were merged with the city of Bad Harzburg .

• The communities Dörnten , Groß Döhren , Heißum , Klein Döhren , Klein Mahner , Liebenburg, Neuenkirchen , Ostharingen , Othfresen and Upen were incorporated into the new community Liebenburg .

• The municipalities of Immenrode , Lengde , Lochtum , Weddingen and Wiedelah were incorporated into the city of Vienenburg .

• The city of Oker and the communities of Hahndorf , Hahnenklee-Bockswiese and Jerstedt were incorporated into the city of Goslar .

• The community of Buntenbock was incorporated into the mining town of Clausthal-Zellerfeld .

• The community of Hohegeiß was incorporated into the city of Braunlage .

• The community of Neuhof , Steina and Tettenborn were incorporated into the city of Bad Sachsa .

• The communities Barbis , Bartolfelde and Osterhagen were incorporated into the town of Bad Lauterberg in the Harz region .

• The communities Lonau , Pöhlde , Scharzfeld and Sieber were incorporated into the city of Herzberg am Harz .

• The communities of Dorste , Förste , Lerbach , Marke , Nienstedt am Harz and Riefensbeek-Kamschlacken as well as the district of Düna of the municipality Hörden am Harz were incorporated into the town of Osterode am Harz .

• The community Teichhütte was incorporated into the Gittelde area.

• The municipality of Willensen was incorporated into the municipality of Eisdorf .

• The communities of Bilderlahe , Engelade , Herrhausen , Ildehausen , Kirchberg and Münchehof were incorporated into the town of Seesen .

• The mountain town of Lautenthal , the communities of Astfeld , Bredelem and Wolfshagen in the Harz Mountains were merged with the town of Langelsheim .

literature

• Georg-Christoph von Unruh: Territorial and administrative reform in Lower Saxony 1965–1978 . Lower Saxony State Center for Political Education, Hanover 1978.

Web links

• Text of the Harz Act (PDF file; 22 kB)