Quedlinburg was a district
(Kreis) in the west of Saxony-Anhalt
, Germany
.
Neighboring districts are (from west
clockwise) Wernigerode,
Halberstadt , Bördekreis, Aschersleben-Staßfurt
, Mansfelder Land,
Sangerhausen and the
district Nordhausen
in Thuringia
.
History
In
1950, the district of Ballenstedt was added
to the district. Parts of the districts of Blankenburg and of
Aschersleben were added in
1994.
On
July 1, 2007, the
district of Quedlinburg was merged, with the districts of
Halberstadt and of Wernigerode, into the new district of Harz
.
Geography
The
northern part of the district is located in the Harz
mountains.
Coat of arms
 |
The coat of arms shows symbols for the three historic
landscapes in the district. In the topleft part is an antler
symbolizing the Regenstein county. The two knives are special
knives used at a buffet (German: Kredenzmesser), which stand for
the Abbey of Quedlinburg. The yellow-black stripes (fesses) derive
from the coat of arms of the county Ballenstedt.
The coat of arms were granted on September
24, 1990, replacing the older arms which
only contained the knives of Quedlinburg. |
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