Sangerhausen

Historical affiliations

Margraviate of Meissen 1249–1291

Margraviate of Brandenburg 1291–1372
 Electorate of Saxony 1372–1806

Poland-Saxony 1697–1706, 1709–1763

Kingdom of Saxony 1806–1815
 Kingdom of Prussia 1815–1871
 German Empire 1871–1918
 Weimar Republic 1918–1933
 Nazi Germany 1933–1945
 Allied-occupied Germany 1945–1949
 East Germany 1949–1990

 Federal Republic of Germany 1990–present

Sangerhausen is one of the oldest towns in the historical region of Saxony-Anhalt, being first mentioned in a document created between 780 and 802 in Fulda Abbey.

Sangerhausen is mentioned as the tithable place Sangerhus in Friesenfeld in the Hersfeld Tithe Register, created between 881 and 899.

It is mentioned in a document of 991 as appertaining to the estates of the emperor, as part of Memleben Abbey.

By marriage it passed to the landgrave of Thuringia, and after 1056 it formed for a while an independent country. Having been again part of Thuringia, it fell in 1249 to Meissen, and in 1291 to Brandenburg. In 1372 it passed to the Electorate of Saxony and formed a portion of that territory until 1815, when it became a part of the Prussian Province of Saxony.

Historical Population

Population development from 1824 to 2017 as in the displayed table

Population pyramid for Sangerhausen (Data source: Census 2011[2])

Year Population 1824 4,419 1895 11,414 1946 16,220 1950 16,753 1960 23,778 1981 33,822 1984 33,466 1986 33,064 1995 29,734 1997 27,798 1998 26,917 1999 26,121 2000 25,399

Year Population 2001 24,881 2002 24,337 2003 23,836 2004 23,435 2005 23,261 2006 30,382* 2009 30,063 (21.337)** 2011 29,240 2013 27,830 2015 27,752 2016 27,265 2017 26,798 2018 26,297

* After annexation of neighboring districts

** Population of Sangerhausen town in brackets

Map of the 15 constituent Ortschafte of Sangerhausen (readable when clicked)

Ortschaft (village) Rotha

The municipality of Sangerhausen currently includes the town itself plus 14 outlying villages, also called (in German) Ortschafte or Ortsteile. These are Breitenbach, Gonna, Grillenberg, Großleinungen, Horla, Lengefeld, Morungen, Oberröblingen, Obersdorf, Riestedt, Rotha, Wettelrode, Wippra and Wolfsberg.

In 1994, the town of Sangerhausen, at that time still an independent municipality, became part of the so-called Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Sangerhausen, a municipal association consisting of Sangerhausen itself and the two villages/municipalities Edersleben and Oberröblingen. On 29 April 2000 Edersleben left for the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Helme. On 1 January 2005 the villages/municipalities Gonna, Grillenberg, Horla, Lengefeld, Morungen, Obersdorf, Pölsfeld, Rotha and Wettelrode joined the association from the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Südharz which was dissolved. Six months later, on 3 July 2005 Pölsfeld left for the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Allstedt-Kaltenborn.

On 1 Oct. 2005 the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Sangerhausen, consisting then of 10 municipalities was dissolved and turned into the single town/municipality Sangerhausen; which meant that the 9 villages were truly annexed. On the same date Breitenbach, Großleinungen and Wolfsberg also joined, coming from the municipal association Roßla-Südharz. On 1 December 2005 Riestedt followed, coming from the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Allstedt-Kaltenborn. Finally, Wippra was incorporated on 1 January 2008, coming from the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Wipper-Eine.

• Altes Rathaus ("Old Town Hall"), erected in 1431-1437 after a previous edifice burned down in 1358.
• Church of St. Mary (Marienkirche), built in 1350 in Gothic style
• Church of St. James (Jakobikirche, 1457-1542), a late Gothic hall edifice with a nave and three aisles. It has a 61 m-high, slightly tilting bell tower with a Baroque cover. The interior has a rich decoration painted by Georg Bottschild in 1665, while the choir stalls and the high altar are from an Augustinian monastery closed in 1539. It also houses numerous tombs and effigies. Johann Sebastian Bach applied here in 1702 for the post of organist, but the job went to Johann Augustin Kobelius.
• Church of St. Ulrich (Ulrichkirche), one of the most interesting Romanesque edifices in Germany. It is a basilica built in 1116-1123, with a bell tower added in the 15th century. It has a nave and two aisles with groin vault. The eastern part has five apses.
• The Altes Schloss ("Old Castle"), built by the lords of Meissen. Only a tower remains. The New Palace or Neues Schloss was built by Kaspar Tryller, minister of Finances of the Electorate of Saxony, from 1612 to 1622. It is a Renaissance style, and now houses the county court.

In the vicinity are the famous Kyffhäuser Monument and the Barbarossa Cave, the only anhydrite cave in Europe which can be visited by tourists. Sangerhausen is also home to the Europa-Rosarium, the largest collection of roses in the world, created in 1903.

Sangerhausen station lies on the Halle–Hann. Münden railway and the Sangerhausen–Erfurt railway.

Julius von Bose

• Julius von Bose (1809-1894), Prussian general of the infantry
• Andreas Knebel (born 1960), athlete
• Thomas Liese (born 1968), cyclist
• Manfred Möck (born 1959), actor
• Norbert Nachtweih (born 1957), football player
• Werner Rothmaler (1908-1962), botanist and professor at the University of Greifswald
• Einar Schleef (1944-2001), director and writer
• Werner Stock (1903-1972), actor
• Annekatrin Thiele (born 1984), rower

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sangerhausen". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

• Makos, Adam (2019). Spearhead (1st ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 305. ISBN 9780804176729. LCCN 2018039460. OL 27342118M.

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