Sangerhausen
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Sangerhausen (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany, capital of the district of Mansfeld-Südharz. It is situated southeast of the Harz, approx. Script error: No such module "convert". east of Nordhausen, and Script error: No such module "convert". west of Halle (Saale). About 26,000 people live in Sangerhausen (2020).
History
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File:K.S.Wappenbanner Meißner Löwe.svg Margraviate of Meissen 1249–1291
File:Wappen Mark Brandenburg.png Margraviate of Brandenburg 1291–1372
Template:Country data Electorate of Saxony 1372–1806
- File:Polish Royal Banner of The House of Wettin.svg Poland-Saxony 1697–1706, 1709–1763
File:State flag of Saxony before 1815.svg Kingdom of Saxony 1806–1815
Template:Country data Kingdom of Prussia 1815–1871
File:Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire 1871–1918
File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg Weimar Republic 1918–1933
File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Nazi Germany 1933–1945
Template:Country data Allied-occupied Germany 1945–1949
File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany 1949–1990
Template:Country data Federal Republic of Germany 1990–present
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Sangerhausen is one of the oldest towns in the historical region of Saxony-Anhalt, being first mentioned in a document created between 780 and 802 in Fulda Abbey.
Sangerhausen is mentioned as the tithable place Sangerhus in Friesenfeld in the Hersfeld Tithe Register, created between 881 and 899.
It is mentioned in a document of 991 as appertaining to the estates of the emperor, as part of Memleben Abbey.
By marriage it passed to the landgrave of Thuringia, and after 1056 it formed for a while an independent country. Having been again part of Thuringia, it fell in 1249 to Meissen, and in 1291 to Brandenburg. In 1372 it passed to the Electorate of Saxony and formed a portion of that territory until 1815, when it became a part of the Prussian Province of Saxony.
Historical population
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* After annexation of neighboring districts
** Population of Sangerhausen town in brackets
Municipality
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The municipality of Sangerhausen currently consists of 15 divisions, also called (in German) Ortschafte. These are:
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- Breitenbach
- Gonna
- Grillenberg
- Großleinungen
- Horla
- Lengefeld
- Morungen
- Oberröblingen
- Obersdorf
- Riestedt
- Rotha
- Sangerhausen
- Wettelrode
- Wippra
- Wolfsberg
In 1994, the town of Sangerhausen, at that time still an independent municipality, became part of the so-called Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Sangerhausen, a municipal association consisting of Sangerhausen itself and the two villages/municipalities Edersleben and Oberröblingen. On 29 April 2000 Edersleben left for the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Helme. On 1 January 2005 the municipalities Gonna, Grillenberg, Horla, Lengefeld, Morungen, Obersdorf, Pölsfeld, Rotha and Wettelrode joined the association from the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Südharz which was dissolved. Six months later, on 3 July 2005 Pölsfeld left for the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Allstedt-Kaltenborn.
On 1 October 2005 the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Sangerhausen, consisting then of 10 municipalities was dissolved and turned into the single town/municipality Sangerhausen; which meant that the 9 villages were truly annexed. On the same date Breitenbach, Großleinungen and Wolfsberg also joined, coming from the municipal association Roßla-Südharz. On 1 December 2005 Riestedt followed, coming from the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Allstedt-Kaltenborn.[2] Finally, Wippra was incorporated on 1 January 2008, coming from the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Wipper-Eine.[3]
Main sights
- Old Town Hall, erected in 1431–1437 after a previous edifice burned down in 1358
- Church of St. Mary (Marienkirche), built in 1350 in Gothic style
- Church of St. James (Jakobikirche, 1457–1542), a late Gothic hall edifice with a nave and three aisles. It has a 61 m-high, slightly tilting bell tower with a Baroque cover. The interior has a rich decoration painted by Georg Bottschild in 1665, while the choir stalls and the high altar are from an Augustinian monastery closed in 1539. It also houses numerous tombs and effigies. Johann Sebastian Bach applied here in 1702 for the post of organist, but the job went to Johann Augustin Kobelius.
- Church of St. Ulrich (Ulrichkirche), one of the most interesting Romanesque edifices in Germany. It is a basilica built in 1116-1123, with a bell tower added in the 15th century. It has a nave and two aisles with groin vault. The eastern part has five apses.
- The Altes Schloss ("Old Castle"), built by the lords of Meissen. Only a tower remains. The New Palace or Neues Schloss was built by Kaspar Tryller, minister of Finances of the Electorate of Saxony, from 1612 to 1622. It is a Renaissance style, and now houses the county court.
Transport
Sangerhausen station lies on the Halle–Hann. Münden railway and the Sangerhausen–Erfurt railway.
Twin towns – sister cities
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- Template:Flagicon Trnava, Slovakia
- Template:Flagicon Zabrze, Poland
Notable people
- Andreas Knebel (born 1960), athlete
- Thomas Liese (born 1968), cyclist
- Max Ludwig (1871–1961), general
- Manfred Möck (born 1959), actor
- Norbert Nachtweih (born 1957), footballer
- Werner Rothmaler (1908–1962), botanist and professor at the University of Greifswald
- Einar Schleef (1944–2001), director and writer
- Werner Stock (1903–1972), actor
- Annekatrin Thiele (born 1984), rower
- Julius von Bose (1809–1894), Prussian general of the infantry
References
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- ↑ Zensusdatenbank
- ↑ Gebietsänderungen vom 01.01. bis 31.12.2005, Statistisches Bundesamt
- ↑ Gebietsänderungen vom 01.01. bis 31.12.2008, Statistisches Bundesamt
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