Administrative community Blankenburg
In the administrative community of Blankenburg in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt , six municipalities had come together to carry out their administrative business into an administrative community based on the carrier model. The sponsoring community was the city of Blankenburg (Harz). 19,742 inhabitants lived in an area of 111.66 km² (as of December 31, 2008). On January 1, 2010, it was dissolved by incorporating all associated communities into the city of Blankenburg (Harz). The last head of the administrative community was the mayor of Blankenburg (Harz), Hanns-Michael Noll.