Osterode (district)

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> The coat of arms displays two heraldic lions. The lion in the upper part is from the arms of Hanover, the lower lion represents the Welfen dynasty.
Towns and municipalities

Osterode
Statistics
State: Lower Saxony
Capital: Osterode
|- | Area:||636 km² |- | Inhabitants:||83,700 (2003) |- | pop. density:||132 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||OHA |- | Homepage:||http://www.landkreis-osterode.de |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |colspan=2 align=center| |} Osterode is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the southwest and clockwise) the districts of Göttingen, Northeim and Goslar, and by the state of Thuringia (districts of Nordhausen and Eichsfeld).

Contents

1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

History
This part of the Harz mountains was ruled by the Welfen dynasty from the 12th century on. Osterode was the centre of the Principality of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, one of many small states within Brunswick-Lüneburg. Later this principality became part of Hanover, which in turn fell to Prussia in 1866. In 1885 the Prussian administration established districts, among them Osterode.

Geography
More than two thirds of the district's area are occupied by the southwestern part of the Harz mountains, including the southern portion of the Harz National Park.

Coat of arms

Towns Samtgemeinden

Bad Lauterberg
Bad Sachsa
Herzberg am Harz
Osterode

Bad Grund¹
Hattorf
Walkenried
¹ including town of the same name

Osterode
Statistics
State:	Lower Saxony
Capital:	Osterode \|- \| Area:\|\|636 km² \|- \| Inhabitants:\|\|83,700 (2003) \|- \| pop. density:\|\|132 inh./km² \|- \| Car identification:\|\|OHA \|- \| Homepage:\|\|http://www.landkreis-osterode.de \|- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD\|Map \|- \|colspan=2 align=center\| \|} Osterode is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the southwest and clockwise) the districts of Göttingen, Northeim and Goslar, and by the state of Thuringia (districts of Nordhausen and Eichsfeld). Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links History This part of the Harz mountains was ruled by the Welfen dynasty from the 12th century on. Osterode was the centre of the Principality of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, one of many small states within Brunswick-Lüneburg. Later this principality became part of Hanover, which in turn fell to Prussia in 1866. In 1885 the Prussian administration established districts, among them Osterode. Geography More than two thirds of the district's area are occupied by the southwestern part of the Harz mountains, including the southern portion of the Harz National Park. Coat of arms

Towns	Samtgemeinden
Bad Lauterberg Bad Sachsa Herzberg am Harz Osterode	Bad Grund¹ Hattorf Walkenried ¹ including town of the same name

External links

[Official website] (German)
[Local history]

	Cities and rural districts in the Federal State of Lower Saxony in Germany
Region	Hanover
Cities	Brunswick \| Delmenhorst \| Emden \| Oldenburg \| Osnabrück \| Salzgitter \| Wilhelmshaven \| Wolfsburg
Rural districts	Ammerland \| Aurich \| Grafschaft Bentheim \| Celle \| Cloppenburg \| Cuxhaven \| Diepholz \| Emsland \| Friesland \| Gifhorn \| Goslar \| Göttingen \| Hamelin-Pyrmont \| Harburg \| Helmstedt \| Hildesheim \| Holzminden \| Leer \| Lüchow-Dannenberg \| Lüneburg \| Nienburg \| Northeim \| Oldenburg \| Osnabrück \| Osterholz \| Osterode \| Peine \| Rotenburg \| Schaumburg \| Soltau-Fallingbostel \| Stade \| Uelzen \| Vechta \| Verden \| Wesermarsch \| Wittmund \| Wolfenbüttel

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