Harz (district of Goslar)

The Harz administrative district (Goslar district) is a municipality-free area in the Goslar district .

The uninhabited area is located in the Upper Harz ( Lower Saxony ). With a size of 371.76 km² (December 31, 2006) it is the largest municipality-free area in Germany. Although no residents are registered there, for administrative reasons it has the official community key 03 1 53 504. The area extends over large parts of the Upper Harz, from Seesen / Langelsheim in the northwest to Hohegeiß in the south of the Goslar district. The community-free area Harz in the district of Goslar has many enclaves: It completely encloses the districts of Wildemann and Altenau-Schulenberg in the Upper Harz of the mountain and university town of Clausthal-Zellerfeld , the Braunlager district of St. Andreasberg and other settlements (mostly restaurants).

The administration of the community-free area is the responsibility of the Lower Saxony Forestry Office in Clausthal, which also collects trade taxes from some quarries and issues the relevant certificate ( birth certificate , death certificate ) in the case of civil status . In addition, it also creates security and order.

history

The development of the community-free areas in the Upper Harz is related to the history of mining. The unincorporated area of ​​Harz in its current dimensions was created on July 1, 1972 with the division of the district of Zellerfeld into the two districts of Goslar and Osterode am Harz : The former unincorporated area of ​​Harz was divided into the two unincorporated areas of Harz (district of Goslar) and Harz (district Osterode) shared. With the connection of the Osterode district to the Göttingen district, the southern part became the Harz (Göttingen district) at the end of 2016 .

On January 1, 1980, the community-free areas Braunlage , Gittelde , Hahausen , Harzburg II , Hohegeiß , Langelsheim , Riechenberger Klosterforsten , Seesen I , Seesen II and Wolfshagen were incorporated into the community-free area Harz (district of Goslar). Before the Goslar district was enlarged, they belonged to the Blankenburg , Gandersheim and Wolfenbüttel districts .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Community-free area Harz ( memento from June 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) at www.landesforsten.de, accessed on June 1, 2016

Coordinates: 51 ° 47 '  N , 10 ° 25'  E