Oberharz am Brocken

Oberharz am Brocken
Coat of arms of Oberharz am Brocken
Location of Oberharz am Brocken within Harz district
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Oberharz am Brocken is located in Germany
Oberharz am Brocken
Oberharz am Brocken
Oberharz am Brocken is located in Saxony-Anhalt
Oberharz am Brocken
Oberharz am Brocken
Coordinates: 51°43′N 10°49′E / 51.717°N 10.817°E / 51.717; 10.817
CountryGermany
StateSaxony-Anhalt
DistrictHarz
Government
 • Mayor (2018–25) Ronald Fiebelkorn[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total271.52 km2 (104.83 sq mi)
Elevation
475 m (1,558 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total9,754
 • Density36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
38875, 38877, 38899
Dialling codes039454, 039455, 039457, 039459
Vehicle registrationHZ
Websitestadtoberharz.de

Oberharz am Brocken (German pronunciation: [ˌoːbɐhaːɐ̯ts ʔam ˈbʁɔkŋ̍]) is a town in the Harz District, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2010 by the merger of the town of Elbingerode with the municipalities of the former Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") Brocken-Hochharz (except for Allrode).[3]

The name chosen by the new town's administration has caused some disturbance, as the area is not part of the Upper Harz region, which traditionally refers to the seven mining towns (Bergstädte) of Clausthal, Zellerfeld, Andreasberg, Altenau, Lautenthal, Wildemann, and Grund, all located in the neighbouring state of Lower Saxony. A lawsuit filed by the Lower Saxon Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Oberharz in 2009 was dismissed by the Saxony-Anhalt administrative court in Magdeburg.

  1. ^ Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
  3. ^ Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010, Statistisches Bundesamt