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Halberstadt (district)
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| State: | Saxony-Anhalt |
| Adm. Region: | Magdeburg |
| Capital: | Halberstadt[?] |
| Area: | 665 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 79,954 (2000) |
| pop. density: | 122 inh./km² |
| Car identification: | HBS |
| Homepage: | http://www.landkreis.halberstadt.de | Map |
Halberstadt is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Bördekreis, Quedlinburg[?], Wernigerode[?], Goslar, Wolfenbüttel, Helmstedt.
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History The region around Halberstadt was a clerical principality, starting with the creation of the diocese Halberstadt in 804 until the Thirty Years' War. In 1680 it was secularized and became part of Brandenburg-Prussia. During the Napoleonic wars it became part of the french Westphalia, Halberstadt was capital of the departement Saale. 1815 it came back to Prussia, and in 1816 became part of the Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg in the new province Saxony. At the same time the Landkreis Halberstadt was created. In 1825 it was merged with the Osterwieck district.
Geography The district is located at the northern end of the Harz mountains.
| The coat of arms are the same as those used by the principality and the diocese of Halberstadt historically. |
¹ administered in a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft
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- Official website (http://www.landkreis.halberstadt.de) (German)
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