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Sangerhausen
District
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
Disbanded	2007-07-01
Capital	Sangerhausen
Area
• Total	689.73 km (266.31 sq mi)
Population
• Total	66,134
• Density	96/km (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	SGH

Sangerhausen was a district (Kreis) in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts were (from north clockwise) Quedlinburg, Mansfelder Land, Merseburg-Querfurt, and the districts Kyffhäuserkreis and Nordhausen in Thuringia. Sangerhausen was merged on July 1, 2007, with Mansfelder Land into the new district Mansfeld-Südharz as part of a reform.

History

The district was created on October 1, 1816, after Sachsen-Weißenfels became part of Prussia in 1815. In 1945 the Amt Allstedt was added to the district, in 1952 some municipalities were removed from the district, which decreased the area from 773 to 689 km. In the communal reform of 1994 the district remained unchanged.

Geography

The highest elevation of the district is the Großer Auerberg near Stolberg with 579 m above sea level, the lowest elevation with 119.8 m is near Curtsgehofenmühle southwest of Allstedt.

Coat of arms

The triangle in the coat of arms symbolizes the hills of used ore left over from the mining industry in the district. Inside the triangle is a rose, which stands for the famous rosarium in the city Sangerhausen. Below the triangle are two hooks, which are taken from the coat of arms of the city Sangerhausen.

Towns and municipalities

v t 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
Districts of German states (Full list) Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Brandenburg Bremen Hesse Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia

v t e Cities and towns in the former district of Sangerhausen (district)
Allstedt Bennungen Berga Beyernaumburg Blankenheim Breitenstein Breitungen Brücken Dietersdorf Drebsdorf Edersleben Emseloh Hackpfüffel Hainrode Hayn Holdenstedt Katharinenrieth Kelbra Kleinleinungen Liedersdorf Martinsrieth Mittelhausen Niederröblingen Nienstedt Pölsfeld Questenberg Riethnordhausen Roßla Rottleberode Sangerhausen Schwenda Sotterhausen Stolberg Tilleda Uftrungen Wallhausen Wickerode Winkel Wolferstedt

51°28′00″N 11°18′00″E / 51.4667°N 11.3000°E / 51.4667; 11.3000

• Former districts of Saxony-Anhalt