Nordhausen Rural District

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Landkreis Nordhausen
Map of Thuringia highlighting the district of Landkreis Nordhausen
State	Thuringia
District seat	Nordhausen
Area	711 km²
Population	96,628 (2002)
Pop. density	136 /km²
Licence plate code	NDH
Web page	landratsamt-nordhausen.de

Nordhausen is the northernmeost Landkreis (rural district) of Thuringia, Germany.

1 History
2 Coat of arms
3 Towns and municipalities
4 Other websites

[change] History

The district was created in 1815, when the Prussian province Saxony was created. There were many changes to the boundaries up to 1952, when some municipalities were brought into the district and others left.

[change] Coat of arms

The checkered red-silver part of the coat of arms is derived from the coat of arms of the County of Hohenstein, the historical territory the district belonged to. The tree trunk symbolizes the destruction of the city Nordhausen during World War II, with the new branch growing into the golden area symbolizing the reconstruction of the city and the bright future.

[change] Towns and municipalities

Verwaltungsgemeinschaft-free towns	and municipalities
Bleicherode Ellrich Nordhausen	Etzelsrode Friedrichsthal Hohenstein Kehmstedt Kleinbodungen Kraja Lipprechterode Niedergebra Rehungen Sollstedt Werther

Verwaltungsgemeinschaften
1. Goldene Aue Auleben Görsbach Hamma Heringen^{1, 2} Urbach Uthleben Windehausen	2. Hainleite Großlohra Hainrode Kleinfurra Nohra Wipperdorf Wolkramshausen¹	3. Hohnstein/Südharz Buchholz Harzungen Herrmannsacker Ilfeld¹ Neustadt/Harz Niedersachswerfen
¹seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft;²town

Verwaltungsgemeinschaften

1. Goldene Aue

Auleben
Görsbach
Hamma
Heringen^{1, 2}
Urbach
Uthleben
Windehausen

2. Hainleite

Großlohra
Hainrode
Kleinfurra
Nohra
Wipperdorf
Wolkramshausen¹

3. Hohnstein/Südharz

Buchholz
Harzungen
Herrmannsacker
Ilfeld¹
Neustadt/Harz
Niedersachswerfen

¹seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft;²town

[change] Other websites

Official website (German)

v • d • e Urban and rural districts in the Free State of Thuringia in Germany
Urban districts	Eisenach · Erfurt · Gera · Jena · Suhl · Weimar
Rural districts	Altenburger Land · Eichsfeld · Gotha · Greiz · Hildburghausen · Ilm-Kreis · Kyffhäuserkreis · Nordhausen · Saale-Holzland · Saale-Orla-Kreis · Saalfeld-Rudolstadt · Schmalkalden-Meiningen · Sömmerda · Sonneberg · Unstrut-Hainich · Wartburgkreis · Weimarer Land