Wallhausen, Saxony-Anhalt

Wallhausen
Coat of arms
Wallhausen
Location of Wallhausen within Mansfeld-Südharz district
Coordinates: 51°28′N 11°11′E / 51.467°N 11.183°E / 51.467; 11.183Coordinates: 51°28′N 11°11′E / 51.467°N 11.183°E / 51.467; 11.183
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Mansfeld-Südharz
Municipal assoc.	Goldene Aue
Subdivisions	4
Government
• Mayor	Klaus Udo Härtig
Area
• Total	35.34 km2 (13.64 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
• Total	2,540
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	06528
Dialling codes	034656
Vehicle registration	MSH, EIL, HET, ML, SGH
Website	www.wallhausen-helme.de

Wallhausen is a municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is located on the Helme river north of the Kyffhäuser mountain range and the border with Thuringia. Wallhausen is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Goldene Aue. The municipality consists of the 4 villages Wallhausen, Hohlstedt, Martinsrieth and Riethnordhausen.

In 909 Henry the Fowler, the son of Duke Otto I of Saxony, married Matilda at the Pfalz of Wallhausen, their son Otto was possibly born here in 912. King Otto III gave the castle to his aunt Abbess Matilda of Quedlinburg in 985. Wallhausen later was a possession of the Saxon Electorate, it became part of the Prussian Province of Saxony in 1815.

Towns and municipalities in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz Ahlsdorf Allstedt Arnstein Benndorf Berga Blankenheim Bornstedt Brücken-Hackpfüffel Edersleben Eisleben Gerbstedt Helbra Hergisdorf Hettstedt Kelbra Klostermansfeld Mansfeld Sangerhausen Seegebiet Mansfelder Land Südharz Wallhausen Wimmelburg

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