page_title: Nordhausen, Thuringia
section_title: Administrative division
hierarchical_section_title: Nordhausen, Thuringia / Geography and demographics / Administrative division
caption_attribution_description: English: Ditrict-Map of Nordhausen.
context_page_description: Nordhausen is a city in Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Nordhausen district and the urban centre of northern Thuringia and the southern Harz region; its population is 42,000. Nordhausen is located approximately 60 km north of Erfurt, 80 km west of Halle, 85 km south of Braunschweig and 60 km east of Göttingen.
  Nordhausen was first mentioned in records in the year 927 and became one of the most important cities in central Germany during the later Middle Ages. The city is situated on the Zorge river, a tributary of the Helme within the fertile region of Goldene Aue at the southern edge of the Harz mountains. In the early 13th century, it became a free imperial city, so that it was an independent and republican self-ruled member of the Holy Roman Empire. Due to its long-distance trade, Nordhausen was prosperous and influential, with a population of 8,000 around 1500. It was the third-largest city in Thuringia after Erfurt, today's capital, and Mühlhausen, the other free imperial city in the land.
  Nordhausen was once known for its tobacco industry and is still known for its distilled spirit, Nordhäuser Doppelkorn.
context_section_description: Nordhausen abuts the following municipalities: Ellrich, Harztor, Harzungen, Neustadt, Buchholz and Herrmannsacker in the north, Südharz and Urbach in the east, Heringen and Kleinfurra in the south and Werther in the west. Except of Südharz, which is part of Mansfeld-Südharz district in Saxony-Anhalt, all the neighbouring municipalities belong to the Nordhausen district in Thuringia.
  The following villages belong to the Nordhausen municipality:
  Bielen (incorporated in 1994)
  Buchholz (2018)
  Herreden (1994)
  Hesserode (1997)
  Hochstedt (1994)
  Hörningen (1994)
  Krimderode (1950)
  Leimbach (1994)
  Petersdorf (2007)
  Rodishain (2007)
  Rüdigsdorf (1993)
  Salza (1950)
  Steigerthal (1999)
  Steinbrücken (1994)
  Stempeda (2007)
  Sundhausen (1994)
caption: District map
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