Sangerhausen
Town
Sangerhausen
Sangerhausen
Coat of arms of Sangerhausen
Coat of arms
Location of Sangerhausen within Mansfeld-Südharz district
Sangerhausen is located in Germany
Sangerhausen
Sangerhausen
Sangerhausen is located in Saxony-Anhalt
Sangerhausen
Sangerhausen
Coordinates: 51°28′N 11°18′E / 51.467°N 11.300°E / 51.467; 11.300
CountryGermany
StateSaxony-Anhalt
DistrictMansfeld-Südharz
Government
 • Mayor (2017–24) Sven Strauß[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total207.64 km2 (80.17 sq mi)
Elevation
154 m (505 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total25,419
 • Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
03464, 034656 (Großleinungen), 034658 (Breitenbach, Horla, Wolfsberg), 034775 (Wippra)
Dialling codes03464
Vehicle registrationMSH, EIL, HET, ML, SGH
Websitewww.sangerhausen.de

Sangerhausen (German pronunciation: [zaŋɐˈhaʊzn̩]) is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany, capital of the district of Mansfeld-Südharz. It is situated southeast of the Harz, approx. 35 kilometres (22 miles) east of Nordhausen, and 50 km (31 mi) west of Halle (Saale). About 26,000 people live in Sangerhausen (2020).

History

Historical affiliations

Margraviate of Meissen 1249–1291
Margraviate of Brandenburg 1291–1372
 Electorate of Saxony 1372–1806

Poland-Saxony 1697–1706, 1709–1763

Kingdom of Saxony 1806–1815
 Kingdom of Prussia 1815–1871
 German Empire 1871–1918
 Weimar Republic 1918–1933
 Nazi Germany 1933–1945
 Allied-occupied Germany 1945–1949
 East Germany 1949–1990
 Federal Republic of Germany 1990–present

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

Population pyramid as of Census 2011[3])
Population development from 1824 to 2017 as in the displayed table
YearPopulation
18244,419
189511,414
194616,220
195016,753
196023,778
198133,822
198433,466
198633,064
199529,734
199727,798
199826,917
199926,121
200025,399
YearPopulation
200124,881
200224,337
200323,836
200423,435
200523,261
200630,382*
200930,063 (21,337)**
201129,240
201327,830
201527,752
201627,265
201726,798
201826,297

* After annexation of neighboring districts

** Population of Sangerhausen town in brackets

Municipality

Map of the administrative divisions
Village of Rotha

The municipality of Sangerhausen currently consists of 15 divisions, also called (in German) Ortschafte. These are:

  • 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.[4] Finally, Wippra was incorporated on 1 January 2008, coming from the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Wipper-Eine.[5]

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

Sangerhausen is twinned with:[6]

Notable people

Julius von Bose

References

  1. ↑ Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 8 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2021" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2022.
  3. ↑ Zensusdatenbank
  4. ↑ Gebietsänderungen vom 01.01. bis 31.12.2005, Statistisches Bundesamt
  5. ↑ Gebietsänderungen vom 01.01. bis 31.12.2008, Statistisches Bundesamt
  6. ↑ "Partnerstädte". sangerhausen.de (in German). Sangerhausen. Retrieved 2021-03-18.

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