Harsleben

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 51 ° 52 '  N , 11 ° 6'  E
Basic data
State :	Saxony-Anhalt
County :	resin
Association municipality :	Pre-resin
Height :	123 m above sea level NHN
Area :	27.85 km 2
Residents:	2145 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	77 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	38829
Area code :	03941
License plate :	HZ, HBS, QLB, WR
Community key :	15 0 85 140
Association administration address:	Markt 7 38828 Wegeleben
Website :	vorharz.net
Mayor :	Christel Bischoff (non-party)
Location of the community of Harsleben in the Harz district

Harsleben Church

Aerial view of Harsleben with Halberstadt

Harsleben is a municipality that belongs to the Vorharz association in the Harz district ( Saxony-Anhalt ).

geography

The place is located in the northern Harz foreland on the Goldbach, southeast of the district town of Halberstadt . The federal road 79 leads through the village to Quedlinburg , from which a connecting road branches off to the east to Wegeleben .

Harsleben from a height of 1000 m

history

Harsleben was first mentioned in a document in 1136. The place belonged to the Diocese of Halberstadt until 1648 , which was then secularized and united as the Principality of Halberstadt with the Electorate of Brandenburg . Harsleben was the seat of its own office and in 1815 came to the administrative district of Magdeburg of the Prussian province of Saxony .

politics

Municipal council

In the local elections on May 26, 2019 , the 14 seats of the local council were allocated to the following parties and groups of voters . The turnout in 2019 was 58.4%. The free voters did not get a seat with 3.37% of the vote.

• Citizens' community of voters for Harsleben: 40.21%, 6 seats
• Voting community Alternative für Harsleben: 32.41%, 5 seats
• CDU : 24.01%, 3 seats

coat of arms

The coat of arms was awarded on February 17, 1936 by the President of the Province of Saxony.

Blazon : “Diagonally divided from red over silver; above three six-pointed silver stars turned downwards at right angles, below a waning red moon. "

Culture and sights

• see list of cultural monuments in Harsleben
• The Protestant church of St. Simon and Judas , which characterizes the townscape, is a church from the early 17th century with a Romanesque tower and rich furnishings, including a valuable organ prospect.
• Graves in the local cemetery for one Soviet and three Polish forced laborers (including a 13-year-old girl) who were abducted to Germany during the Second World War and were victims of forced labor

economy

The traditional Rusack cheese dairy was located in Harsleben until August 2007 and was closed just a few years after it was taken over by the Müller Group . There are the usual handicraft businesses in the village, there are also a few car dealerships as well as food production companies and medical article manufacturers in the industrial park. There is also a gas station in Harsleben.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Karl Sigismund Kramer (1759–1808), doctor, writer and translator
• Alfred Freyberg (1892–1945), NSDAP politician, 1932–1940 Prime Minister of Anhalt , 1939–1945 Mayor of Leipzig

Web links

Commons : Harsleben  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, population of the municipalities - as of December 31, 2019 (PDF) (update) ( help ).
2. ↑ Result of the election for the Harsleben municipal council on May 26, 2019. (PDF; 606 kB) In: vorharz.net. June 5, 2019, accessed August 28, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Main statute of the municipality § 2 paragraph 1