Vorharz
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Vorharz is a Verbandsgemeinde
("collective municipality") in the Saalekreis
district, in Saxony-Anhalt
, Germany
. It is situated east of Halberstadt
. It was created on 1 January 2010. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Wegeleben.
The Verbandsgemeinde Vorharz consists of the following municipalities:
Verbandsgemeinde
A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:...
("collective municipality") in the Saalekreis
Saalekreis
Saalekreis is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The district seat is Merseburg. It is bounded by the districts Kyffhäuserkreis , Mansfeld-Südharz, Salzlandkreis, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Nordsachsen, Leipzig and Burgenlandkreis. The district-free city of Halle is completely surrounded by the...
district, in Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is situated east of Halberstadt
Halberstadt
Halberstadt is a town in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt and the capital of the district of Harz. It is located on the German Half-Timbered House Road and the Magdeburg–Thale railway....
. It was created on 1 January 2010. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Wegeleben.
The Verbandsgemeinde Vorharz consists of the following municipalities:
- DitfurtDitfurtDitfurt is a municipality in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.-Sites of interest:Ditfurt's history museum has crafts and information about the history of the village, it also displays the artifacts from the village's agricultural past....
- Groß QuenstedtGroß QuenstedtGroß Quenstedt is a municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany....
- HarslebenHarslebenHarsleben is a municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany....
- Hedersleben
- SchwanebeckSchwanebeckSchwanebeck is a town in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated northeast of Halberstadt. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde Vorharz....
- Selke-AueSelke-AueSelke-Aue is a municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2010 by the merger of the former municipalities Hausneindorf, Heteborn and Wedderstedt....
- WegelebenWegelebenWegeleben is a town in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Bode, east of Halberstadt. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde Vorharz. The town was the birthplace of Martin Bormann in 1900. It has a station on the Magdeburg–Thale railway....