Nordhausen district
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Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ' N , 10 ° 44' E |
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Basic data | |
State : | Thuringia |
Administrative headquarters : | Nordhausen |
Area : | 713.9 km 2 |
Residents: | 83,416 (Dec. 31, 2019) |
Population density : | 117 inhabitants per km 2 |
License plate : | NDH |
Circle key : | 16 0 62 |
NUTS : | DEG07 |
Circle structure: | 15 municipalities |
Address of the district administration: |
Grimmelallee 23 99734 Nordhausen, Germany |
Website : | |
District Administrator : | Matthias Jendricke ( SPD ) |
Location of the district of Nordhausen in Thuringia | |
The district of Nordhausen is the northernmost district of Thuringia . The Nordhausen district, founded in the GDR in 1952, is congruent with today's Nordhausen district. From 1816 to 1952, most of the region belonged to the County of Hohenstein .
geography
location
In the north the district is bounded by the Harz Mountains , in the south by the ridges of the Dün , the Hainleite and the Windleite . The highest point is at 634 m above sea level. NN in the Harz Mountains, on the border with Lower Saxony. It is the only district in Thuringia that has a share in the Harz Mountains.
Neighboring counties
Neighboring districts in the north and east are the two Saxony-Anhalt districts of Harz and Mansfeld-Südharz , in the south the Kyffhäuserkreis , in the west the district of Eichsfeld and in the northwest the districts of Göttingen and Goslar in Lower Saxony .
Waters
The largest rivers are the Helmets , the Zorge and the Wipper . In addition, there are still some water-filled karst phenomena in the Nordhausen district, such as the large lake hole with small changes .
The standing waters worth mentioning are the gravel ponds between Nordhausen and Heringen, the lye stacking basins near Wipperdorf , the reservoir near Schiedungen , the Neustadt dam and two ponds at Riedgraben near Werther.
natural reserve
The southern Harz karst landscape in the districts of Nordhausen, Mansfeld-Südharz and the old district of Osterode am Harz is unique and of great importance for nature conservation and sustainable regional development. It is therefore partially designated as a biosphere reserve. There is also a karst hiking trail .
Protected areas
There are 16 designated nature reserves in the district (as of January 2017).
history
The center and administrative seat is the city of Nordhausen, which was a free imperial city from 1220 to 1802 . In the Middle Ages , the counties Lohra , Klettenberg and Hohnstein existed in the area of today's district in addition to the imperial city of Nordhausen ; the Counts of Hohnstein held a dominant position in the male line until they died out in 1593.
Due to the Peace of Westphalia (1648), most of the district fell to Kurbrandenburg . In 1802 Nordhausen lost its imperial city status. In 1816 a district of Nordhausen was created within the newly formed Prussian province of Saxony . In 1888 the district was renamed Grafschaft Hohenstein . Nordhausen was an independent city from 1882 to 1945 .
In April 1945 the district was occupied by the US Army , then added to the Soviet occupation zone and belonged to the GDR from 1949 . In this context (April 1945) an exchange of territory was agreed: the town of Bad Sachsa was added to the district of Osterode, so it came into the British zone of occupation , later Lower Saxony . The reason was the desire to keep the Northeim – Nordhausen railway line passable at least as far as Ellrich .
In October 1945, Nordhausen became the district town of the district, which was now renamed the district of Nordhausen . When the federal states were dissolved in 1952, the Nordhausen district emerged from the Nordhausen district and became part of the Erfurt district .
Since German reunification in 1990, as from 1945 to 1952, it belonged to the Land of Thuringia as the Nordhausen district .
It was the only district that remained unaffected by the Thuringian district reform of 1994 .
population
Development of the population since 1994 until today | ||||
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year | Residents | |||
1994 | 102.405 | |||
1995 | 101,870 | |||
1996 | 101,309 | |||
1997 | 100,743 | |||
1998 | 100.112 | |||
1999 | 99,355 | |||
2000 | 98,609 | |||
2001 | 97,685 | |||
2002 | 96,628 | |||
2003 | 95,620 | |||
2004 | 94,519 | |||
2005 | 93,612 | |||
2006 | 92,630 | |||
2007 | 91,762 | |||
2008 | 91.120 | |||
2009 | 90.357 | |||
2010 | 89.963 | |||
2011 | 1 89.192 | |||
2012 | 85,921 | |||
2013 | 85,380 | |||
2014 | 85,055 | |||
2015 | 85,355 | |||
2016 | 85,098 | |||
2017 | 84,697 | |||
2018 | 83,822 | |||
2019 | 83,416 | |||
- Data source: from 1994 Thuringian State Office for Statistics - values from December 31st
Population structure
December 31, 1998 | December 31, 2000 | December 31, 2001 | 12/31/2003 | December 31, 2004 | 12/31/2007 | December 31, 2009 | December 31, 2010 | December 31, 2011 | December 31, 2012 | December 31, 2013 | December 31, 2014 | December 31, 2015 | December 31, 2016 | December 31, 2017 | ||
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male | 49 001 | 48 324 | 47 964 | 47 038 | 46 541 | 45 215 | 44 633 | 44 497 | 42 782 | 42 379 | 42 137 | 41 962 | 42 292 | 42 163 | 41 963 | |
Female | 51 111 | 50 285 | 49 721 | 48 582 | 47 978 | 46 547 | 45 724 | 45 466 | 43 952 | 43 542 | 43 243 | 43 093 | 43 063 | 42 935 | 42 734 | |
all in all | 100 112 | 98 609 | 97 685 | 95 620 | 94 519 | 91 762 | 90 357 | 89 963 | 86 734 | 85 921 | 85 380 | 85 055 | 85 355 | 85 098 | 84 697 | |
Foreigners | male | 1 136 | 1 188 | 1 196 | 1 271 | 1 254 | 1 168 | 1 207 | 1 246 | 685 | 805 | 932 | 1 098 | 1,770 | 1 969 | 2 145 |
Foreigners | Female | 802 | 899 | 921 | 961 | 946 | 911 | 988 | 1,000 | 574 | 637 | 698 | 824 | 1 111 | 1 230 | 1 403 |
Foreigners | together | 1 938 | 2,087 | 2 117 | 2 232 | 2,200 | 2 079 | 2 195 | 2 246 | 1 259 | 1 442 | 1 630 | 1 922 | 2,881 | 3 199 | 3,548 |
Foreigners | Proportion of foreigners | 1.9% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 2.3% | 3.4% | 3.8% | 4.2% |
politics
District council
In the local elections on May 26, 2019 , there were 71,065 eligible voters in the Nordhausen district.
The district council has 46 members; the result of the election to the district council led to the following distribution of seats:
The district administrator is an officially authorized member.
District administrators
- see also: District administrators of the County of Hohenstein (1816–1953)
- see also: District administrators or chairmen of the council of the Nordhausen district (1953–1990)
- 1990–2012: Joachim Claus ( CDU )
- 2012–2014: Birgit Keller ( Die Linke )
- 2014–2015: (acting) Jutta Krauth (SPD)
- since 2015: Matthias Jendricke (SPD)
In the district election on April 26, 2015, no candidate was able to gain an absolute majority of the votes. The successor of the acting district administrator Jutta Krauth was decided in a runoff election on May 10, 2015 between Stefan Nüßle (CDU; 23.8% of the votes in the first ballot) and Matthias Jendricke (SPD; 34.0%). Jendricke won the runoff election with 64.7 percent and a turnout of 26.1 percent.
Partner circles
The sponsor district is the Unterallgäu .
coat of arms
The slaughtered field stands for the former County of Hohnstein , the tree stump for Nordhausen, which was badly destroyed in 1945. The newly sprouting branch stands for a new future under a golden sky, symbolized by the upper field.
An overview of the coats of arms of the cities and municipalities of the district can be found in the list of coats of arms in the Nordhausen district .
Economy and Infrastructure
economy
In the north of the district, tourism is an important economic factor. The towns of Rothesütte , Sophienhof , Neustadt / Harz and Ilfeld in particular play an important role, as they are only a few kilometers away from the Brocken , the highest mountain in the Harz.
Until 1990 the potash mining a . a. played a major role in Bleicherode and Sollstedt . In the course of political and economic reunification , all mining operations were closed, which resulted in the loss of the largest employer in the region.
In the 2016 future atlas , the Nordhausen district was ranked 351 out of 402 districts and urban districts in Germany, making it one of the districts with “future risks”.
traffic
The district is crossed from east to west by the A 38 (Südharzautobahn) . The federal road 80 ran parallel to this (downgraded to the state road L3080). The federal highway 4 crosses the district from north to south (partly closed to trucks in the north). The important B 81 to Magdeburg branches off north of Nordhausen at Netzkater . In a north-west direction, the B 243 leads into the old district of Osterode and on to the A 7 .
The most important railway line is the Halle – Hann railway line. Münden . It is two-pronged and has been electrified since 1994. Other important routes are the routes from Nordhausen to Herzberg am Harz and Northeim (" Südharz route ") and from Wolkramshausen to Erfurt . Nordhausen is also the southern terminus of the Harz narrow-gauge railways .
education
The highest educational institution in the district is the Nordhausen University , founded in 1997.
Communities
The city of Nordhausen is designated as a middle center with partial function of a regional center .
The basic centers are the cities of Bleicherode , Ellrich and Heringen / Helme .
(Residents on December 31, 2019)
community-free municipalities
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Territorial changes
Communities
- Dissolution of the community of Rüdigsdorf - incorporation into Nordhausen (March 23, 1993)
- Dissolution of the community of Elende - incorporation into Bleicherode (January 22, 1994)
- Dissolution of the municipality of Appenrode , Gudersleben , Rothesütte , Woffleben - incorporation into Ellrich (April 9, 1994)
- Dissolution of the communities of Bielen , Leimbach , Herreden , Hörningen , Steinbrücken and Sundhausen - incorporation into Nordhausen (July 1, 1994)
- Dissolution of the municipality of Wülfingerode - incorporation into Sollstedt (May 1, 1996)
- Dissolution of the communities of Branderode , Holbach , Klettenberg , Liebenrode , Limlingerode , Mackenrode , Obersachswerfen , Schiedungen and Trebra - new formation of the community of Hohenstein (October 18, 1996)
- Dissolution of the municipalities of Großwechselungen , Günzerode , Haferungen , Immenrode , Kleinwechselungen , Mauderode , Pützlingen and Werther - reorganization of the municipality of Werther (January 1, 1997)
- Dissolution of the municipality of Hesserode - incorporation into Nordhausen (January 1, 1997)
- Dissolution of the Steigerthal community - incorporation into Nordhausen (April 1, 1999)
- Dissolution of the communities of Petersdorf , Rodishain and Stempeda - incorporation into Nordhausen (December 1, 2007)
- Dissolution of the municipality of Obergebra - incorporation into Bleicherode (December 1, 2007)
- Dissolution of the Rehungen community - incorporation into Sollstedt (January 1, 2009)
- Dissolution of the city of Heringen / Helme and the communities of Auleben , Hamma , Uthleben and Windehausen - re-establishment of the city of Heringen / Helme (December 1, 2010)
- Dissolution of the communities of Ilfeld and Niedersachswerfen - new formation of the rural community Harztor (January 1, 2012)
- Outsourcing of the hamlet of Fronderode from Friedrichsthal to Werther (February 13, 2015)
- Dissolution of the Buchholz community - incorporation into Nordhausen (July 6, 2018)
- Dissolution of the communities Harzungen , Herrmannsacker and Neustadt / Harz - integration into Harztor (July 6, 2018)
- Dissolution of the city of Bleicherode and the communities Etzelsrode , Friedrichsthal , Kleinbodungen , Kraja , Hainrode , Nohra , Wipperdorf and Wolkramshausen - reorganization of the city and rural community of Bleicherode (January 1, 2019)
Administrative communities and fulfilling communities
- Founding of the Helmetal administrative association (June 6, 1991)
- Foundation of the Hainleite administrative association (August 1, 1991)
- Foundation of the administrative association Goldene Aue (March 18, 1992)
- Foundation of the Eichsfelder Pforte administrative association (April 9, 1993)
- Expansion of the administrative community Hainleite to include the communities Großlohra, Kleinfurra and Wipperdorf (November 6, 1993)
- Foundation of the administrative community Hohnstein / Südharz (April 6, 1994)
- Expansion of the Helmetal administrative community to include the municipalities of Mauderode and Pützlingen (June 18, 1994)
- The town of Bleicherode becomes a fulfilling municipality for Etzelsrode, Friedrichsthal, Kehmstedt, Kleinbodungen, Kraja, Lipprechterode, Niedergebra and Obergebra (July 1, 1994)
- The city of Nordhausen becomes a fulfilling municipality for Steigerthal (September 23, 1995)
- Extension of the administrative community Goldene Aue to include the municipality of Urbach (December 21, 1995)
- Dissolution of the administrative community Eichsfelder Pforte - Wülfingerode is incorporated into the community of Sollstedt, this becomes a fulfilling community for Rehungen (June 3, 1996)
- Dissolution of the Grenzland administrative community - formation of the Hohenstein community from the member communities (October 17, 1996)
- Dissolution of the Helmetal administrative community - formation of the Werther community from the member communities (December 31, 1996)
- The city of Nordhausen is no longer a fulfilling municipality for Steigerthal (March 31, 1999)
- The city of Bleicherode is no longer a fulfilling municipality for Obergebra (December 1, 2007)
- Outsourcing of the communities Petersdorf , Rodishain and Stempeda from the administrative community Hohnstein / Südharz (December 1, 2007)
- The community of Sollstedt is no longer fulfilling community for Rehungen (January 1st, 2009)
- Dissolution of the administrative community Goldene Aue - the member communities, with the exception of Görsbach and Urbach, merge to form the city / rural community of Heringen / Helme; this becomes a fulfilling municipality for Görsbach and Urbach (December 1, 2010)
- Dissolution of the administrative community Hohnstein / Südharz - The member community Buchholz comes to Nordhausen; Harzungen, Herrmannsacker and Neustadt / Harz come to Harztor (July 6, 2018)
- Dissolution of the administrative community Hainleite - the member communities of Hainrode , Nohra , Wipperdorf and Wolkramshausen merge with the city of Bleicherode and the communities of Etzelsrode , Friedrichsthal , Kleinbodungen and Kraja to form the city and rural community of Bleicherode; Bleicherode is no longer a fulfilling municipality for Etzelsrode, Friedrichsthal , Kleinbodungen and Kraja; Bleicherode becomes fulfilling community for Großlohra and Kleinfurra (January 1, 2019)
License Plate
At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinctive sign NDH . It is still issued today.
literature
- Frank Boblenz : The formation of the Hohnsteiner circle . In: Meyenburg-Museum (Hrsg.): Contributions to local history from the city and district of Nordhausen . Issue 24. Nordhausen 1999, DNB 015218104 , OCLC 29716216 , p. 9-18 .
- Paul Lauerwald: From the Prussian county of Hohnstein to the district of Nordhausen . In: Meyenburg-Museum (Hrsg.): Contributions to local history from the city and district of Nordhausen . Issue 24. Nordhausen 1999, DNB 015218104 , OCLC 29716216 , p. 3-8 .
- Heinrich Heine , Vincent Eisfeld (ed.): History of the city of Nordhausen and the district of Grafschaft Hohenstein (= sources and representations of Nordhausen's city history ; Volume 1), 1st reprint from 1900. BoD, Norderstedt 2018. ISBN 978-3-7481- 2995-0
- Steffen Iffland, Rainer Hellberg: From the county of Hohenstein to the district of Nordhausen . In: Der Heimatbote (Vol. 2.1999), pp. 5–11.
- Albrecht Pfeiffer: The history of agriculture in the district of Nordhausen . In: Meyenburg-Museum (Hrsg.): Contributions to local history from the city and district of Nordhausen . Issue 24. Nordhausen 1999, DNB 015218104 , OCLC 29716216 , p. 19-37 .
Web links
- Literature from and about the district of Nordhausen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website of the district of Nordhausen
- NordhausenWiki
- Article district office building
- Article Landkreis Nordhausen In: GenWiki.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).
- ↑ District election in Nordhausen 2019 In: wahlen.thueringen.de .
- ^ Jutta Krauth - NordhausenWiki
- ↑ NNZ-Online.de: District election 2015 - runoff election (preliminary final result) , May 10, 2015 .
- ↑ Partnerships of the Unterallgäu. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 15, 2008 ; Retrieved November 7, 2008 .
- ↑ Future Atlas 2016. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 2, 2017 ; accessed on March 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Regional plan North Thuringia from June 27, 2012 , accessed on October 16, 2016
- ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).