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Harz
Map of Saxony-Anhalt highlighting the district of Harz
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District seat	Halberstadt
Area	2.104 km²
Population	241.017 (2007-12-31)
Pop. density	115 /km²
Licence plate code	HZ
Web page	www.kreis-hz.de

Harz is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

History

The district was established by merging the former districts of Halberstadt, Wernigerode and Quedlinburg as well as the city of Falkenstein (from the district of Aschersleben-Staßfurt) as part of the reform of 2007.

The district Harz consists of the following subdivisions:^[1]

Free towns	Free municipalities
Elbingerode Falkenstein Halberstadt Harzgerode Ilsenburg Quedlinburg Wernigerode	Huy Neudorf

Verwaltungsgemeinschaften
1. Ballenstedt/Bode-Selke-Aue Ballenstedt^{1, 2} Ditfurt Hausneindorf Hedersleben Heteborn Radisleben Wedderstedt 2. Blankenburg Blankenburg am Harz^{1, 2} Cattenstedt Heimburg Hüttenrode Timmenrode Wienrode 3. Bode-Holtemme Groß Quenstedt Harsleben Nienhagen Schwanebeck² Wegeleben^{1, 2}	4. Brocken-Hochharz Allrode Benneckenstein² Elend Hasselfelde^{1, 2} Sorge Stiege Tanne 5. Gernrode/Harz Bad Suderode Friedrichsbrunn Gernrode^{1, 2} Rieder Stecklenberg 6. Harzvorland-Huy Aspenstedt Athenstedt Danstedt Langenstein Sargstedt Ströbeck¹	7. Nordharz Abbenrode Derenburg² Heudeber Langeln Reddeber Schmatzfeld Stapelburg Veckenstedt¹ Wasserleben 8. Osterwieck-Fallstein Aue-Fallstein Berßel Bühne Lüttgenrode Osterwieck^{1, 2} Rhoden Schauen Wülperode 9. Thale Thale^{1, 2} Westerhausen
¹seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft; ²town

¹seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft; ²town

v • d • e Urban and rural districts in the state of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany

Urban districts	Dessau-Roßlau · Halle (Saale) · Magdeburg

Rural districts	Altmarkkreis Salzwedel · Anhalt-Bitterfeld · Börde · Burgenlandkreis · Harz · Jerichower Land · Mansfeld-Südharz · Saalekreis · Salzlandkreis · Stendal · Wittenberg

Former districts	Anhalt-Zerbst · Aschersleben-Staßfurt · Bernburg · Bitterfeld · Bördekreis · Burgenlandkreis · Halberstadt · Köthen · Mansfelder Land · Merseburg-Querfurt · Ohrekreis · Quedlinburg · Saalkreis · Sangerhausen · Schönebeck · Weißenfels · Wernigerode

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