Verbandsgemeinde Vorharz
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Coordinates: 51 ° 52 ' N , 11 ° 10' E |
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| State : | Saxony-Anhalt | |
| County : | resin | |
| Area : | 204.85 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 12,120 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 59 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| License plate : | HZ, HBS, QLB, WR | |
| Association key : | 15 0 85 5051 | |
| Association structure: | 7 municipalities | |
| Association administration address : |
Markt 7 38828 Wegeleben |
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| Location of the Vorharz community in the Harz district | ||
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The Vorharz is in January 1, 2010 the district of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt resulting municipality . It is based in Wegeleben with branches in Harsleben, Schwanebeck, Selke-Aue and Wedderstedt.
geography
The association is located in the Harz foreland on the rivers Bode , Holtemme and Selke . She also has a share in the hook .
The following seven member communities have come together in the Vorharz community:
- Ditfurt
- Great Quenstedt
- Harsleben
- Hedersleben
- Schwanebeck , city
- Selke-Aue
- Way life , city
history
When it was founded, the Verbandsgemeinde took on the administrative tasks of the Bode-Holtemme administrative association, which was dissolved at the same time, and the Ballenstedt / Bode-Selke-Aue administrative association , insofar as the latter concerned the municipalities of Ditfurt, Hausneindorf, Hedersleben, Heteborn and Wedderstedt, as well as some tasks that were previously at the member communities.
Since association communities are allowed to have a maximum of eight member communities with 1,000 inhabitants each, the following changes were made on the day they were formed:
- Incorporation of the municipality of Nienhagen into the city of Schwanebeck
- Merger of the municipalities of Hausneindorf and Wedderstedt to form the new municipality of Selke-Aue
- Incorporation of the municipality of Heteborn into the municipality of Selke-Aue
politics
mayor
- since 2010 Ute Pesselt
coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved by the district on October 26, 2010.
Blazon : "Three silver wave poles in blue, between two golden ears of wheat with two stalk leaves each."
The main colors of the coat of arms are - derived from the main coat of arms motif (wave posts) and shield color - silver (white) / blue.
The coat of arms was designed by the Magdeburg heraldist Jörg Mantzsch . It refers to the three rivers Bode, Holtemme and Selke as well as to the agriculture that has been practiced in the villages since ancient times. Bode, Holtemme and Selke were essential for the former settlement and development of cities and communities. Their water was used for nutrition, for drinking cattle, for agriculture and was a basis for the beginning industrialization through the emergence of grinding, cutting and fulling mills. Agriculture, on the other hand, was the main livelihood in large parts of the population.
flag
The flag is striped blue - white - blue (1: 4: 1) (horizontal shape: stripes running horizontally, lengthways shape: stripes running vertically) and centered with the coat of arms of the municipality.
traffic
The Verbandsgemeinde is located on federal highways 81 , 79 and 245 . There are stations on the Magdeburg – Thale railway line in Nienhagen, Wegeleben and Ditfurt . In addition, the Wegeleben station is next to the Hedersleben-Wedderstedt stop on the Halle-Halberstadt railway line .
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, population of the municipalities - as of December 31, 2019 (PDF) (update) ( help ).
- ↑ Official Gazette of the Harz District ( Memento of the original dated December 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 21
- ↑ a b Official Gazette of the District No. 11/2010 p. 23 ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ Jörg Mantzsch : The coat of arms of the Vorharz community, documentation on the approval process , deposited with the Harz district in 2010 (report: State Main Archive Wernigerode)
