Arnstein, Saxony-Anhalt
Introduction '''Arnstein''' is a town in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2010 by the voluntary merger of twelve former municipalities. Its mayor is Frank Sehnert.
Geography === Subdivisions ===The town of Arnstein is divided into twelve localities (''Ortschaften''), corresponding to the twelve former municipalities which now constitute the town. Some of the localities consist of a number of ''Ortsteile'' (local parts).LocalityPopulationPartsAlterode517Alterode440x440pxLocalities of ArnsteinArnstedt552ArnstedtBräunrode447Bräunrode, Friedrichrode, WillerodeGreifenhagen272GreifenhagenHarkerode333HarkerodeQuenstedt820Pfersdorf, QuenstedtSandersleben1901Roda, SanderslebenStangerode351StangerodeSylda512SyldaUlzigerode202UlzigerodeWelbsleben712WelbslebenWiederstedt1074Wiederstedt
History Town square of SanderslebenArnstein was created on 1 January 2010 by the voluntary merger of twelve former municipalities in the Mansfeld-Südharz 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: botanist 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"
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