Arnstein () is a town in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2010 by the voluntary merger of twelve former municipalities.Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010, Statistisches Bundesamt Its mayor is Frank Sehnert.
Geography
Subdivisions The town of Arnstein is divided into twelve localities (Ortschaften),Hauptsatzung der Stadt Arnstein, July 2019. corresponding to the twelve former municipalities which now constitute the town. Some of the localities consist of a number of Ortsteile (local parts). LocalityPopulationPartsAlterode517AlterodeLocalities of ArnsteinArnstedt552ArnstedtBräunrode447Bräunrode, Friedrichrode, WillerodeGreifenhagen272GreifenhagenHarkerode333HarkerodeQuenstedt820Pfersdorf, QuenstedtSandersleben1901Roda, SanderslebenStangerode351StangerodeSylda512SyldaUlzigerode202UlzigerodeWelbsleben712WelbslebenWiederstedt1074Wiederstedt
History
Arnstein was created on 1 January 2010 by the voluntary merger of twelve former municipalities in the Mansfeld-Südharz district. Arnstein was ruled by the House of Arnstein. The new unified entity took its name from the old administrative unit of Amt Arnstein in the County of Mansfeld and the Arnstein Castle.
Notable people
Christian August Friedrich Garcke: botanist and scientific author Andreas Gottlieb Hoffmann: Protestant theologian and Orientalist Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg: aristocrat, poet, author, mystic and philosopher of Early German Romanticism known by pen name "Novalis"
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