Arnstein is a town in the

Mansfeld-Südharz Mansfeld-Südharz is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is . History The district was established by merging the former districts of Sangerhausen and Mansfelder Land as part of the reform of 2007. In the German parliament, the Bu ...

district,

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. It was formed on 1 January 2010 by the voluntary merger of twelve former municipalities.Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010

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Its mayor is Frank Sehnert.

Geography

Subdivisions

The town of Arnstein is divided into twelve localities (''Ortschaften''),Hauptsatzung der Stadt Arnstein
July 2019. corresponding to the twelve former municipalities which now constitute the town. Some of the localities consist of a number of ''Ortsteile'' (local parts).

History

Arnstein was created on 1 January 2010 by the voluntary merger of twelve former municipalities in the

district. The new unified entity took its name from the old administrative unit of Amt Arnstein in the County of Mansfeld and the Arnstein Castle.

Notable people

Christian August Friedrich Garcke Christian August Friedrich Garcke (25 October 1819 – 10 January 1904) was a German botanist who was a native of Bräunrode, Saxony-Anhalt. He studied theology in Halle, obtaining his doctorate at the University of Jena in 1844. Afterwards ...

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

and scientific author * Andreas Gottlieb Hoffmann: Protestant theologian and Orientalist * Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg: aristocrat, poet, author, mystic and philosopher of Early German Romanticism known by pen name "Novalis"

References

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