Wallhausen, Saxony-Anhalt

Wallhausen
Wallhausen
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Wallhausen within Mansfeld-Südharz district
	Wallhausen Wallhausen
	Coordinates: 51°27′39″N 11°12′26″E / 51.46083°N 11.20722°E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Mansfeld-Südharz
Municipal assoc.	Goldene Aue
Subdivisions	4
Government
• Mayor (2022–29)	Dieter Gremmer
Area
• Total	35.34 km2 (13.64 sq mi)
Elevation	141 m (463 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	2,406
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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. The former municipalities Martinsrieth and Riethnordhausen were absorbed into Wallhausen in July 2009.^[3]

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. Wallhausen Castle was owned by the House of Asseburg from 1414 until the expropriation in the Soviet occupation zone in 1945.

References[edit]

^ Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 10 November 2022.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
^ Gebietsänderungen vom 02. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2009, Statistisches Bundesamt

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[1] Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 10 November 2022.

[2] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.

[3] Gebietsänderungen vom 02. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2009, Statistisches Bundesamt

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