Quedlinburg (district)

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Quedlinburg
Map of Saxony-Anhalt highlighting the district Quedlinburg
State	Saxony-Anhalt
County seat	Quedlinburg
Area	540.36 km²
Population	76,812 (2002)
pop. density	142 inh./km²
Car identification	QLB
Web page	landkreis-quedlinburg.de

Quedlinburg is a district (Kreis) in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Wernigerode, Halberstadt , Bördekreis, Aschersleben-Staßfurt, Mansfelder Land, Sangerhausen and the district Nordhausen in Thuringia.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

[edit] History

In 1950 the district Ballenstedt was added to the district, in 1994 parts of the district Blankenburg and Aschersleben were added.

It is planned to merge the district together with the districts Halberstadt and Wernigerode to a new district Harz becoming effective on July 1 2007.

[edit] Geography

The northern part of the district is located in the Harz mountains.

[edit] Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows symbols for the three historic landscapes in the district. In the topleft part is an antler symbolizing the Regenstein county. The two knives are special knives used at a buffet (German: Kredenzmesser), which stand for the Abbey of Quedlinburg. The yellow-black stripes (fesses) derive from the coat of arms of the county Ballenstedt.

The coat of arms were granted on September 24, 1990, replacing the older arms which only contained the knives of Quedlinburg.

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Verwaltungsgemeinschaften
Quedlinburg	Ballenstedt/Bode-Selke-Aue (incl. town Ballenstedt) Gernrode/Harz (incl. town Gernrode) Thale (incl. town Thale) Unterharz (incl. towns Güntersberge and Harzgerode)

[edit] External links

Official website (German, English)
Regional portal site (German)
Touristic website (German, English)

	Urban and rural districts in the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany
Urban districts	Dessau \| Halle (Saale) \| Magdeburg
Rural districts	Altmarkkreis Salzwedel \| Anhalt-Zerbst \| Aschersleben-Staßfurt \| Bernburg \| Bitterfeld \| Bördekreis \| Burgenlandkreis \| Halberstadt \| Jerichower Land \| Köthen \| Mansfelder Land \| Merseburg-Querfurt \| Ohrekreis \| Quedlinburg \| Saalkreis \| Sangerhausen \| Schönebeck \| Stendal \| Weißenfels \| Wernigerode \| Wittenberg