Wolfshagen in the Harz Mountains

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Wolfshagen in the Harz Mountains
City of Langelsheim
Wolfshagen coat of arms in the Harz Mountains
Coordinates: 51 ° 54 ′ 38 ″  N , 10 ° 19 ′ 17 ″  E
Height : 254 m above sea level NN
Residents : 2257  (Jun. 30, 2018)
Incorporation : July 1, 1972
Postal code : 38685
Area code : 05326
View of Wolfshagen in the Harz Mountains
View of Wolfshagen in the Harz Mountains

Wolfshagen in the Harz is a climatic health resort and district of Langelsheim in the district of Goslar , Lower Saxony .

geography

Wolfshagen is located in the north-western Upper Harz in the Harz Nature Park . It is located between the Innerste Reservoir in the west and the Granetalsperre in the east and between the towns of Seesen in the west-southwest and Goslar in the east at around 260 to 430  m above sea level. NHN . To the northeast of the town center lies the Heimberg ( 352.5  m above sea level ). The Harzer Försterstieg runs through the village . The Steinway Trail leads from Wolfshagen to Seesen.

history

Wolfshagen in the Harz was first mentioned in a document as Wulveshagen in 1316 ; the ending -hagen identifies the settlement as a place of the medieval clearing period . In 1958 there were around 2800 inhabitants in Wolfshagen, today there are around 2300.

The place was incorporated into the town of Langelsheim on the occasion of the Lower Saxony regional reform on July 1, 1972.

politics

Local council election 2016
Turnout: 54.75% (+ 0.04% p)
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-17.90  % p
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c Voting Community Langelsheim

After the local elections in September 2016, the local council is composed as follows (changes compared to 2016):

  • SPD : 4 seats (± 0)
  • CDU : 3 seats (+1)
  • Voting community Langelsheim: 0 seats (−1)

The local mayor is Burkhard Pahl (SPD).

nature

The nature around Wolfshagen is largely intact; some of the animal and plant species found there are endemic to the Harz region. About as home to a large population of spadefoot ( Pelobates fuscus ) by the IUCN on the endangered Red List species , is performed in a disused quarry at Heimberg. Every year during the spawning season , amphibian protection measures such as toad tunnels and fences are taken to ensure the continued existence of the toad population.

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View from Stempelstelle 109 Heimberg to the mountain of the same name on the site of a former quarry

Personalities

Rock on the edge of the pool

The rock at the edge of the pool-Festival is a place held annually open air - Festival in Wolf Hagen in the resin . The venue is the health resort's forest swimming pool, which is adjacent to the nature reserve and biotope Diabase Quarry.

In 2017 the music festival took place for the first time over two days, including Anti-Flag from the USA and Royal Republic from Sweden in 2017 . The organizer from 2007 to 2014 was Waldfreibad Wolfshagen e. V., since 2015 the non-profit association Rock am Beckenrand eV has been organizing the rock festival.

Web links

Commons : Wolfshagen im Harz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population of the municipalities and districts of the district of Goslar , accessed on March 17, 2019.
  2. ↑ Lower Saxony State Parliament, 16th electoral period, printed matter 16/3359: Small question "What is the significance of predicates such as" state-approved climatic health resort "especially for heather tourism and the tourism industry in Lower Saxony?" (PDF; 102 kB) . Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  3. ^ 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. 268 .
  4. ^ Website of the communal data processing in Oldenburg , accessed on October 1, 2016
  5. ↑ Rock at the pool edge 2017 in Wolfshagen. http://www.ringrocker.com , accessed October 29, 2017 .