Original: Neighboring districts are ( from the north clockwise ) Harz and Mansfeld-S üdharz in Saxony-Anhalt , the district Kyffhäuserkreis , Eichsfeld in Thuringia and the districts Osterode and Goslar in Lower Saxony .
Simplified: Nordhausen is the northernmeost Landkreis ( rural district ) of Thuringia , Germany .