Harriehausen

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Harriehausen
Harriehausen coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 50 ′ 47 "  N , 10 ° 5 ′ 23"  E
Height : 156 m
Residents : 689  (Feb. 1, 2016)
Incorporation : March 1, 1974
Postal code : 37581
Area code : 05382
Harriehausen (Lower Saxony)
Harriehausen

Location of Harriehausen in Lower Saxony

Harriehausen is a district of Bad Gandersheim in the Northeim district in Lower Saxony ( Germany ). It is the largest village in the urban area and the "center" of the Harz Boerde.

geography

Harriehausen is about six kilometers southeast of the town center of Bad Gandersheim. The next localities are Dannhausen in the north, Ildehausen in the east (in the district of Goslar ) and Düderode in the south .

history

On March 1, 1974, Harriehausen was incorporated into the city of Bad Gandersheim. Until then it belonged to the old Westerhof office in the former district of Osterode am Harz .

In the summer of 2008, impressive relics of an ancient Roman-Germanic battlefield were discovered in a forest near Harriehausen. The Harzhorn event attracted great scientific interest and is considered to be archaeologically significant.

politics

The mayor of Harriehausen is Thomas Meyer.

Sports

The largest club in town with 480 members is the sports club “SV Schwarz-Weiß e. V. from 1929 Harriehausen ”.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place:

  • Gustav Koch (1895–1975), German farmer and politician (DVP, DNVP), MdL Braunschweig
  • Hermann Koch (1899–1984), German furniture manufacturer and politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag
  • Felix Ehrlich (1877–1942), chemist
  • Hans-Dieter Klosa (* 1942), Police President in Hanover (1995–2007)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 269 .
  2. Internet site of the city of Bad Gandersheim ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bad-gandersheim-online.de archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Article of September 9, 2009)