District of Osterode am Harz

Osterode district was a redirect to this article. For the former district in East Prussia, see the district of Osterode in East Prussia .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 51 ° 41 ′  N , 10 ° 22 ′  E
Basic data (as of 2016)
Existing period:	1885-2016
State :	Lower Saxony
Administrative headquarters :	Osterode am Harz
Area :	636.02 km 2
Residents:	73,885 (Dec. 31, 2015)
Population density :	116 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	OHA
Circle key :	03 1 56
Circle structure:	12 municipalities
Address of the district administration:	Herzberger Strasse 5 37520 Osterode am Harz
Website :	www.landkreis-osterode.de

The district Osterode am Harz was until 31 October 2016 local authority in the southeast of Lower Saxony on the southwestern edge of the Harz . On November 1, 2016, it merged with the then Göttingen district to form the new Göttingen district with Göttingen as the district town .

In the district of Osterode am Harz there were three sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Upper Harz Water Management , the Walkenried Monastery , the Wiesenbeker Teich and the Ernst-August-Stollen .

geography

Location of the district in Lower Saxony

location

In the division of Germany into natural spatial main units , the district included on the one hand with the Upper and Central Harz parts of the Harz and on the other hand with the southwestern Harz foreland and smaller parts of the Eichsfeld Basin landscapes of the Weser-Leine-Bergland . In addition, the westernmost part of the southern Harz Zechstein belt lies in the former district area.

Neighboring areas

The district of Osterode am Harz bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the districts of Goslar (in Lower Saxony), Nordhausen and Eichsfeld (both in Thuringia ) and Göttingen and Northeim (both in turn in Lower Saxony).

caves

In the district of Osterode am Harz five known caves are the Lichtenstein cave that Jette cave that Martha cave , and the show caves Isenberg limestone cave and Unicorn Cave .

mountains

The highest mountains and ridges of the former district are all in the Harz Mountains; For example: Auf dem Acker ( 865.1  m ), the Stöberhai ( 720  m ), the Große Knollen ( 687.4  m ), the Ravensberg ( 659  m ). Lower Harz peaks are the Kummelberg ( 536  m ) and the Hausberg ( 420  m ).

Waters

The largest rivers are the Söse (with the Markau tributary ), the Oder (with the Sieber and Lutter tributaries ) and the Steina , Wieda and Zorge . In addition, the district of Osterode am Harz had three different types of larger water areas:

• the two reservoirs of the Söse and Oder reservoirs ,
• the Wiesenbeker pond , which was used for mining, and
• the lakes due to karst phenomena such as B. the Juessee or the Wiedensee .

natural reserve

The entire part of the Harz in the old district of Osterode is protected as a nature and national park Harz . There are also 16 nature reserves in the Altkreis area :

Butterberg / Hopfenbusch Finnenbruch, Big Butter Hole and Floating Island Gypsum karst landscape Bad Sachsa and Walkenried Gypsum karst landscape near Ührde Gypsum karst landscape Hainholz Itelteich Juliushütte Oderaue

Priorteich / Sachsenstein Rhumeaue / Ellerniederung / Gillersheimer Bachtal Siebertal Staufenberg Steinberg near Scharzfeld Steingrabental - Mackenröder Forest Devil baths Weißensee and Steinatal

history

The district of Osterode am Harz was formed when the new district order for the province of Hanover was introduced on April 1, 1885 from the majority of the Osterode office , the Herzberg office and the city of Osterode. Since 1939 the district has been called the district of Osterode am Harz.

In 1945, the municipalities of Bad Sachsa and Tettenborn were reclassified from the Grafschaft Hohenstein district to the Osterode district. On July 1, 1972, part of the dissolved district of Blankenburg with Neuhof , Walkenried , Wieda and Zorge came to the district of Osterode, as well as part of the dissolved district of Zellerfeld with Bad Grund (Harz) , Lerbach , Lonau , Riefensbeek-Kamschlacken and Sieber . The details are described in the law on the reorganization of the municipalities in the Harz region . The district Gandersheim came Badenhausen , Windhausen and Gittelde added while Lütge Hausen and Wollershausen to the district Göttingen yet. On March 1, 1974, Harriehausen left the Osterode district and was incorporated into Bad Gandersheim . On August 1, 1977 Kalefeld was reclassified to the Northeim district . On March 1, 2013, the combined municipality of Bad Grund (Harz) was converted into the unified municipality of Bad Grund (Harz).

Approved merger

In 2012 and 2013 plans arose to merge the Göttingen district with the Osterode am Harz and Northeim districts. An important reason for this was that the Lower Saxony state government pays debt relief aid, so-called "merger premiums", to the new district of Göttingen after a merger - provided that a merger is resolved by March 31, 2013. In addition to debt relief, the districts also want to compensate for the expected decline in population.

At the beginning of 2013, the Northeim district withdrew from the talks. In mid-February 2013, only the merger of the districts of Göttingen and Osterode emerged. The district assemblies of Göttingen (March 6, 2013) and Osterode (March 11, 2013) decided to start merger negotiations. On August 28, 2013, the Göttingen district assembly approved a merger by a majority. On November 1, 2016, the new, larger district of Göttingen was officially created with Göttingen as the district town , which was decided on February 1, 2014 with a corresponding area change agreement.

Population development

Data from the State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony (LSN) on December 31, up to and including 1970 according to the respective territorial status.

The district has been affected by a sharp decline in population since 1990. In 2011, the largest city of Osterode am Harz, with 22,987 inhabitants, lived almost a third of the district's population. The next largest cities in the district were Herzberg am Harz with 13,573 inhabitants and Bad Lauterberg in the Harz region with 11,080 inhabitants.

year Residents 2015 73,885 2014 73,793 2013 74,367 2012 75,245 2011 76,370 2010 77,378 2009 78,253 2008 79,355 2007 80,300 2006 81,073 2005 81,916 2004 82,706

year Residents 2003 83,375 2002 83.997 2001 84,750 2000 85,451 1999 86.192 1998 86,744 1997 87,531 1996 88.209 1995 88,862 1990 89,700 1987 87.111 1985 88,323

year Residents 1980 91.208 1975 94,807 1970 85,786 1961 84,253 1950 91,342 1939 50,402 1933 48,534 1925 46,050 1910 44.117 1900 41,403 1890 39.214

politics

District administrators

• 1868–1876: Franz Bollert
• 1876–1885: Julius Rasch
• 1885–1905: Privy Councilor Heinrich Rottländer
• 1905–1916: Government Councilor Gottfried Schwendy
• 1916–1919: Councilor Alfred Freiherr von Stockmar
• 1919–1928: Councilor Hans Windels (DVP)
• 1928–1933: Wilhelm Velthaus (SPD)
• 1933–1945: Hans von Schönfelder
• 1945–1946: Konrat Ziegler (appointed on April 17, 1945 by the British Major Crouch)
• 1946–1950: Wilhelm Hohmann
• 1950–1951: Adolf Bock (from January 25, 1950 to August 25, 1950, the 2nd deputy August Stein ran the business)
• 1951–1952: Wilhelm Hohmann
• 1952–1954: Heinz Müller (FDP)
• 1954–1955: Herbert Jordan
• 1955–1959: Wilhelm Hohmann
• 1955–1963: Karl Schmidt
• 1963–1964: Wilhelm Armbrecht
• 1964–1965: Jean Uebel
• 1965–1981: Albert Ohnesorge
• 1981–1986: Hermann Seifert
• 1986–1990: Otto Haberlandt (SPD)
• 1990–1999: Manfred Thoms
• 1999–2011: Bernhard Reuter (SPD)
• 2011–2016: Klaus Liebing (1st Deputy District Administrator) and Gero Geißlreiter (First District Administrator)

After the previous incumbent Reuter took up his new post as district administrator in the Göttingen district on November 1, 2011, the district was administered without a full-time district administrator until its dissolution. On November 21, 2011, the district council decided not to advertise the vacant position of the district administrator. In the cases stipulated by law (especially representation), representation was carried out by the first deputy district administrator Klaus Liebing and in all other cases (legal and administrative matters) by the first district administrator Gero Geißlreiter.

District council

Election results and mandate distribution in the last district assembly in 2011:

District election 2011

Turnout: 56.57%

 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

45.36

33.47

10.44

3.86

2.57

1.99

1.95

0.36

SPD

CDU

Green

FDP

left

BI

NPD

FWG

Gains and losses

compared to 2006

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

-2.26

-1.64

+5.46

-3.14

+0.12

+0.24

+1.95

-0.73

SPD

CDU

Green

FDP

left

BI

NPD

FWG

Distribution of seats in the district council

       

A total of 42 seats

• SPD : 19
• CDU : 14
• Greens : 4
• FDP : 2
• Left : 1
• BI : 1
• NPD : 1

Parties and constituencies		% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	45.36	19th	47.62	20th	49.07	21st
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	33.47	14th	35.11	15th	37.36	16
Green	Alliance 90 / The Greens	10.44	4th	4.98	2	4.48	2
FDP	Free Democratic Party	3.86	2	7.00	3	6.48	2
left	The left	2.57	1	2.45	1	-	-
BI	Voting group Bürgerinitiative Bad Lauterberg e. V. in the Osterode district	1.99	1	1.75	1	-	-
NPD - The People's Union	National Democratic Party of Germany - The People's Union	1.95	1	-	-	-	-
Single nomination	Single nomination for Steffen Blau	0.36	0	-	-	-	-
FWG	Free community of voters in the Osterode district	-	-	1.09	0	2.62	1
total		100.0	42	100.0	42	100.0	42
Voter turnout in%		56.57		54.89		59.00

coat of arms

Blazon

Divided by red and blue: above a striding, blue armored golden leopard ; below a red armored golden lion.

None of the old coats of arms was adopted for the new district of Göttingen.

District partnerships

The district of Osterode had partnerships with the following cities and administrative units:

• Borough of Scarborough , North Yorkshire ( United Kingdom )

traffic

rail

The important east-west route between Nordhausen and Northeim ( southern Harz route ) was built in 1868/69 by the Prussian State Railways .

Other state branch lines went from the main line:

• 1870 in Herzberg to Osterode and 1871 to Seesen ( western Harz route )
• 1884 in Scharzfeld to St. Andreasberg via Bad Lauterberg ( Odertalbahn )
• 1889 in Wulften to Duderstadt and later to Leinefelde ( Untereichsfeldbahn )
• 1911 in Herzberg to Rhumspringe and later to Bleicherode ( Bleicherode – Herzberg railway )

The Herzberg – Siebertal railway, which was operated from 1931 to 1994, was only used for freight traffic, and at times also for non-public worker traffic.

The following were also added as a private or branch line:

• 1898: The Osterode – Kreiensen circuit initially to Förste, then in 1901 across the current district boundary
• 1899: The narrow-gauge railway Walkenried – Braunlage / Tanne ("Südharzeisenbahn")
• 1907: The Kleinbahn AG Ellrich-Zorge and
• 1910: The Kleinbahn Gittelde-Grund GmbH .

The network of passenger train routes in 1945 comprised around 120 km; 58 km of which were shut down:

• 1945: (Ellrich–) Ellrich West – Unterzorge – Zorge 3 km and (Bischofferode–) Zwinge – Zwinge West (–Herzberg) 1 km
• 1961: (Bischofferode–) Zwinge West – Rhumspringe (–Pöhlde – Herzberg) 10 km
• 1962: Braunlage – Kaiserweg – Wieda – Walkenried 16 km (meter gauge)
• 1967: Osterode Nord – Förste – Kalefeld (–Kreiensen) 11 km (gauge: 750 mm)
• 1971: Gittelde – Bad Grund 4 km
• 1975: Odertal – St. Andreasberg 3 km
• 1984: Bad Lauterberg – Odertal 4 km
• 1996: Wulften – Duderstadt– (Leinefelde) 20 km
• 2005: Scharzfeld – Bad Lauterberg 4 km

Street

For the district roads, see the list of district roads in the district of Göttingen .

For the state roads, see the list of state roads in the Braunschweig district .

The federal road 27 (section Göttingen - Blankenburg (Harz) ) ran through the area of ​​the district via Herzberg and Bad Lauterberg. The federal highway 243 led across the edge of the Harz from Seesen via Osterode and Herzberg to Nordhausen ; in the old district of Osterode this was meanwhile consistently four lanes. The following non-supraregional federal roads also ran through the district:

• the B 241 from Goslar via Osterode to Northeim
• the B 242 from Seesen via Bad Grund to Braunlage
• the B 498 from Oker via Altenau to Osterode

There was no autobahn through the district, a few kilometers to the west ran the federal autobahn 7 , whose junction "Seesen" was important for the residents of the old district to the north and "Northeim-West" and "Göttingen-Nord" to the south. The federal highway 38 runs south of the district area, the junction of which "Großwechselungen" was important for the east.

Healthcare

Turned up hospital beds in the district of Osterode am Harz

hospital	Seat	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Kliniken Herzberg and Osterode GmbH, with HELIOS Kliniken GmbH since 2014	Herzberg am Harz	290	270	260	260	260	260	254	254	244	244	237
Diabetes center Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains	Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains	140	140	140	104	104	104	104	100	95	84	84
Clinic Dr. Muschinsky GmbH & Co. KG (orthopedic clinic)	Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains	55	55	48	44	39	39	39	39	39	39	39
Kirchberg Clinic (private clinic, sponsored by Gollée GmbH & Co.)	Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35
	total	520	500	483	443	438	438	432	428	413	402	395

In 2000 the Osterode Clinic was closed with around 70 beds for internal medicine. In addition to the 35 planned beds in the acute area, the Kirchberg Clinic also has 262 beds in the rehabilitation area.

Attractions

• Einhornhöhle and stone church Scharzfeld , Abris on Schulberg.
• Grave mound fields: Hattorf cooperative forest, knitter shark and sliding half
• Walkenried Monastery
• Cross stone in Barbis
• Landwehr and waiting at Barbis, Landwehr and ravine bundle at Bad Sachsa
• Pfalz Pöhlde and Wallburg Pöhlde
• Pipinsburg and ruin old castle , Schloss Herzberg , castle Sachsensteinblick near Bad Sachsa
• Königshagen desert
• Many sights and natural monuments are located on the Karst hiking trail

Regional cooperation

The Regional Association of Southern Lower Saxony was founded as a registered association to maintain cultural institutions, of which the district was a member. He is also a member of the Harz Regional Association. V. been. Furthermore, the district was a member of MEKOM Regional Management Osterode am Harz e. V., in the Harzer Tourismusverband e. V., in the Regionalverband Südniedersachsen e. V., in the Südniedersachsenstiftung and in the metropolitan region of Hanover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg .

Municipalities 2016

The number of inhabitants on December 31, 2015 in brackets.

Unified municipalities

1. Bad Grund (Harz) [Headquarters: Windhausen ] (8638)
2. Bad Lauterberg im Harz , City (10,596)
3. Bad Sachsa , City (7510)
4. Herzberg am Harz , City (13,059)
5. Osterode am Harz , district town , independent municipality (22,201)

Joint municipalities

With its member communities
* Seat of the integrated community administration,
population figures in brackets

• 1. Samtgemeinde Hattorf am Harz (7344)

1. Elbingerode (437)
2. Hattorf am Harz * (4074)
3. Hörden am Harz (991)
4. Wulften am Harz (1842)

• 2. Integrated municipality Walkenried (4537)

1. Walkenried * (2258)
2. Wieda (1295)
3. Zorge (984)

The municipalities of the integrated municipality Walkenried merged on November 1st, 2016 to form the new unit municipality Walkenried.

Community-free area

• Harz (district of Göttingen) (267.37 km², uninhabited)

Old communities

Old communities in the district of Osterode am Harz and their affiliation when the district was dissolved (October 31, 2016):

Old church	today's parish	Date of incorporation	annotation
Bad Grund (Harz)	Bad Grund (Harz)		until July 1, 1972 district of Zellerfeld
Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains	Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains
Bad Sachsa	Bad Sachsa		until September 1, 1945 County of Hohenstein
Badenhausen	Bad Grund (Harz)	1st of March 2013	until July 1, 1972 district of Gandersheim
Barbis	Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains	July 1, 1972
Bartolfelde	Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains	July 1, 1972
Dögerode	Kalefeld	March 1, 1974	since August 1, 1977 district of Northeim
Dorste	Osterode am Harz	July 1, 1972
Düderode	Kalefeld	March 1, 1974	since August 1, 1977 district of Northeim
Eboldshausen	Kalefeld	March 1, 1974	since August 1, 1977 district of Northeim
Real	Kalefeld	March 1, 1974	since August 1, 1977 district of Northeim
Ice village	Bad Grund (Harz)	1st of March 2013
Elbingerode	Elbingerode
Foresters	Osterode am Harz	July 1, 1972
freedom	Osterode am Harz	1st February 1971
Gittelde	Bad Grund (Harz)	1st of March 2013	until July 1, 1972 district of Gandersheim
Harriehausen	Bad Gandersheim	March 1, 1974	since August 1, 1977 district of Northeim
Hattorf am Harz	Hattorf am Harz
Herzberg am Harz	Herzberg am Harz
Hörden am Harz	Hörden am Harz
Kalefeld	Kalefeld		since August 1, 1977 district of Northeim
Katzenstein	Osterode am Harz	1st February 1971
Lasfelde	Osterode am Harz	1st February 1971
Luetgenhausen	Jump around	March 1, 1974	since March 1, 1974 district of Göttingen
brand	Osterode am Harz	July 1, 1972
Nienstedt am Harz	Osterode am Harz	July 1, 1972
Oldenrode	Kalefeld	March 1, 1974	since August 1, 1977 district of Northeim
Oldershausen	Kalefeld	March 1, 1974	since August 1, 1977 district of Northeim
Osterhagen	Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains	July 1, 1972
Osterode am Harz	Osterode am Harz
Petershütte	Osterode am Harz	1st February 1971
Poehlde	Herzberg am Harz	July 1, 1972
Scharzfeld	Herzberg am Harz	July 1, 1972
Schwiegershausen	Osterode am Harz	1st February 1971
Sebexen	Kalefeld	March 1, 1974	since August 1, 1977 district of Northeim
Steina	Bad Sachsa	July 1, 1972
Tettenborn	Bad Sachsa	July 1, 1972	until September 1, 1945 County of Hohenstein
Walkenried	Walkenried		until July 1, 1972 district of Blankenburg
Westerhof	Kalefeld	March 1, 1974	since August 1, 1977 district of Northeim
Again	Walkenried	November 1, 2016	until July 1, 1972 district of Blankenburg
Wiershausen	Kalefeld	March 1, 1974	since August 1, 1977 district of Northeim
Will	Bad Grund (Harz)	July 1, 1972 March 1, 2013	1972 to Eisdorf, 2013 to Bad Grund
Willershausen	Kalefeld	March 1, 1974	since August 1, 1977 district of Northeim
Windhausen	Bad Grund (Harz)	1st of March 2013	until July 1, 1972 district of Gandersheim
Wollershausen	Wollershausen		since March 1, 1974 district of Göttingen
Wulften am Harz	Wulften am Harz
Concern	Walkenried	November 1, 2016	until July 1, 1972 district of Blankenburg

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign OHA when the vehicle registration number that is still valid today was introduced . It is issued in the new district of Göttingen until today.

literature

• Claus Heinrich Gattermann : The deployment of foreigners in the district of Osterode, 1939–1945 ( Harz research . Vol. 18). Lukas-Verlag, Berlin a. a. 2003, ISBN 3-936872-13-9 .

Web links

Commons : Landkreis Osterode am Harz  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Former district of Osterode am Harz , on landkreis-osterode.de
• Literature from and about the district of Osterode am Harz in the catalog of the German National Library
• District of Osterode am Harz , administrative history and district list (Rolf Jehke), as of July 27, 2013, on territorial.de
• District of Osterode am Harz , on genwiki.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ District regulation for the province of Hanover (1884)
2. ^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 215 f .
3. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: information brochure of the district of Göttingen on the district merger (PDF; 490 kB) )
4. ^ NDR.de: Clear the way for the greater Göttingen district ( Memento from September 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) March 11, 2013.
5. ↑ The Göttingen district is growing: the district council votes for the merger with Osterode In: goettinger-tageblatt.de , March 27, 2014, accessed on December 18, 2018.
6. ↑ Area change agreement between the districts of Göttingen and Osterode am Harz November 12, 2013, last accessed: December 18, 2018 (PDF; 160 kB)
7. ↑ Population development in the municipalities of the district of Osterode am Harz (1939–2009) In: Statistical Information 2010 ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.96 MB)
8. ↑ Adopted from the list of coats of arms in Lower Saxony
9. ↑ Municipal directory 1910: District of Osterode am Harz
10. ↑ territorial.de: Directory of the district of Osterode am Harz (status: January 1, 1945)
11. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. osterode_harz.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).