Joint municipality of Upper Harz
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Coordinates: 51 ° 48 ' N , 10 ° 20' E |
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| Basic data (as of 2014) | ||
| Existing period: | 1972-2014 | |
| State : | Lower Saxony | |
| County : | Goslar | |
| Area : | 43.72 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 15,857 (Dec. 31, 2014) | |
| Population density : | 363 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| License plate : | GS, BRL, CLZ | |
| Association key : | 03 1 53 5402 | |
| Association structure: | 4 municipalities | |
| Association administration address : |
At the Marktkirche 8 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld |
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The joint municipality of Upper Harz , which existed from 1972 to 2014, was in the Lower Saxony district of Goslar . On January 1, 2015, it was absorbed in the newly formed mountain and university town of Clausthal-Zellerfeld with its associated municipalities .
geography
location
The entire community was located in southeastern Lower Saxony near the state border with Saxony-Anhalt in the Upper Harz at an altitude of around 400–800 m above sea level. NHN. Most of the Upper Harz water shelf lay in their area .
Joint community structure
- Bergstadt Altenau with Sperberhaier Dammhaus , Gemkenthal , Bastesiedlung , Polstertaler Zechenhaus and Torfhaus
- Mountain town Clausthal-Zellerfeld with Buntenbock , Clausthal and Zellerfeld with hereditary prince fir
- Community Schulenberg im Oberharz with the nucleus Schulenberg, Festenburg , middle school mountain and Oberschulenberg
- Mountain town of Wildemann
Neighboring communities
The combined municipality of Upper Harz was enclosed on all sides by the municipality-free Harz region . The nearest communities were Goslar and Langelsheim in the north, Braunlage in the southeast , Osterode am Harz in the south and Seesen and Bad Grund in the west .
history
Incorporations
On January 1, 2015, the Upper Harz municipality was dissolved. The mining and university town of Clausthal-Zellerfeld was newly formed from the municipalities belonging to it, Bergstadt Clausthal-Zellerfeld , Bergstadt Altenau , Bergstadt Wildemann and Gemeinde Schulenberg in the Upper Harz Mountains.
Population development
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1975 | 21,154 ¹ | |
| 1980 | 20,710 ¹ | |
| 1985 | 20,591 ¹ | |
| 1990 | 21,223 ¹ | |
| 1995 | 20,718 ¹ | |
| 2000 | 19,087 ¹ | |
| 2005 | 18,506 ¹ | |
| 2010 | 17,710 ¹ | |
| 2014 | 15,857 ¹ |
¹ as of December 31st
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politics
Joint council
After the local elections on September 11, 2011, the last joint municipal council consisted of:
- SPD : 13 seats
- CDU : 9 seats
- Greens : 4 seats
- Independent : 4 seats
- FDP : 2 seats
Joint mayor of the municipality
The last joint mayor was Walter Lampe (SPD). He was able to unite 63.2% of the votes in the local election on September 10, 2006.
coat of arms
Since October 22, 1973, the Samtgemeinde Oberharz has essentially had the coat of arms of the former Zellerfeld district , most of which was located in the area of today's Samtgemeinde. The coat of arms shows the Lower Saxony horse on a ground divided by red and gold seven times. In addition to the Zellerfeld coat of arms, a blue helmet with a gold-red helmet cover rests on the shield, above it a jumping horse as well as miners' mallets and irons .
Name dispute
In the course of municipal reform in Saxony-Anhalt in 2008 the places intended Benneckenstein , Elbingerode , misery , Hasselfelde , worry , stairs and fir the formation of the unified community Oberharz am Brocken . The Upper Harz municipality saw this as a name violation and feared that there is a risk of confusion due to the similarity of the names.
After the Ministry of the Interior of Saxony-Anhalt had approved the name Oberharz am Brocken , the joint community filed an urgent action with the Magdeburg Administrative Court in August 2009 , primarily to protect the name of the Upper Harz community . The combined community failed . A complaint to the Magdeburg Higher Administrative Court was dismissed in November 2009. In April 2010, the Upper Harz municipality announced that it would now file a new lawsuit in the main proceedings. In July 2011, the Magdeburg Administrative Court again rejected the action brought by the “Samtgemeinde Oberharz” due to a name violation. A previous application by the joint municipality for a temporary injunction was rejected by the administrative court. The complaint lodged against this with the Higher Administrative Court of the State of Saxony-Anhalt was unsuccessful.
Culture and sights
Buildings
Museums
- Upper Harz Mining Museum in the Zellerfeld district
- GeoMuseum of Clausthal University of Technology
- 19-Lachter-tunnel with pit Ernst-August , Wildemann
Parks
Economy and Infrastructure
economy
Tourism is an essential branch of the economy in the Upper Harz, but it has been in decline since the early 1990s for various reasons. The economy in Clausthal-Zellerfeld is today very strongly dominated by the TU Clausthal ; In addition, the State Office for Mining, Energy and Geology , CUTEC (Clausthaler Umwelttechnik-Institut) and some private companies, especially in testing technology, play an important role. The importance of forestry, on the other hand, is declining due to mechanization in the timber harvest. Due to the soil and climatic conditions, agriculture is based almost exclusively on dairy and cattle farming and only plays a subordinate role.
traffic
Three federal highways ( B 241 , B 242 and B 498 ) run through the former area of the joint municipality . Up until the 1970s, the Innerstetalbahn route ran from Langelsheim through Wildemann and Clausthal-Zellerfeld to Altenau.
Public facilities
- State Construction Management South Lower Saxony
- State Office for Mining, Energy and Geology
- City libraries in Altenau, Clausthal-Zellerfeld and Schulenberg
- Youth centers in Altenau, Wildemann and Clausthal-Zellerfeld
- Volunteer fire brigade in five guards
education
- Primary schools in Clausthal, Wildemann and Zellerfeld
- Clausthal-Zellerfeld secondary and secondary school
- Robert Koch School (grammar school)
- Calvör School (School for Learning Assistance)
- Upper Harz Youth Home School (special school with a focus on emotional and social development)
- Oberbergrat-Albert-Schule (vocational school)
- Clausthal-Zellerfeld School of Economics and Technology
- Clausthal Environmental Technology Institute
- Clausthal University of Technology
Individual evidence
- ^ Law on the rebuilding of the mountain and university town of Clausthal-Zellerfeld, district of Goslar . In: Niedersächsische Staatskanzlei (Ed.): Niedersächsisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt (Nds. GVBl.) . No. 21/2014 . Hanover October 22, 2014, p. 299 , p. 13 ( digitized version [PDF; 1,2 MB ; accessed on November 9, 2019]).
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i municipality directory - archive - regional structure - annual editions - Lower Saxony. (All politically independent municipalities in EXCEL format). In: Destatis website. Federal Statistical Office, accessed on June 14, 2020 .
- ^ Resolution of the Upper Harz Joint Community
- ↑ goslarsche.de: Court rejects urgent application ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Press release of the Higher Administrative Court of Magdeburg ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Goslarsche Zeitung on April 10, 2010 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Administrative Court Magdeburg 9 A 247/09 MD
