Kreis Halberstadt:

Stadt and surrounding Ämter

In addition to being the ecclesiastical seat of the Bishopric of Halberstadt, the city became the effective capital of the Bishopric’s secular realm in the late 10th century. Over time, the surrounding villages that were under the control of ecclesiastical officials were organized into formal Ämter. Harsleben differed from the others in that it was controlled by the cathedral provost instead of the bishop.

 

At some point after Halberstadt’s 1701 absorption into the Kingdom of Prussia (I estimate 1775), the various Ämter were organized into Kreise. Stadt Halberstadt and the surrounding Ämter and Gerichte were assigned to Kreis Halberstadt. Amt Schlanstedt soon shifted to Kreis Oschersleben (I estimate in 1800). The rest remained in Kreis Halberstadt until the end of the Holy Roman Empire, when the Halberstadt area was assigned to the Kingdom of Westphalia, a Napoleonic client state.

 

In 1816, beyond the scope of this project, the Kreise were reestablished. The villages of the former Amt Schlanstedt were restored to Kreis Oschersleben and were joined by the villages of the former Amt Gröningen, where they remained until after World War II. Harsleben and the villages of the Amt der Majorey were restored to Kreis Halberstadt and remained there until 1932.

List of villages in Amt Gröningen
  • Adersleben 1566 - 1806
  • Deesdorf 1566 - 1806
  • Gröningen 1566 - 1806
  • Heteborn 1566 - 1806
  • Heynburg 1566 - 1806
  • Kochstedt [Hecklingen] 1566 - 1806
  • Kroppenstedt 1566 - 1806
  • Rodersdorf 1566 - 1806
  • Rödershof 1566 - 1806
  • Schwanebeck 1566 - 1806
  • Wegeleben 1566 - 1806
List of villages in Amt Harsleben
  • Harsleben 1566 - 1806
List of villages in Amt der Majorey
  • Groß Quenstedt 1566 - 1806
  • Klein Quenstedt 1566 - 1806
  • Sargstedt 1566 - 1806
  • Wehrstedt 1566 - 1806
List of villages in Amt Schlanstedt
  • Anderbeck 1566 - 1806
  • Badersleben 1566 - 1604
  • Dedeleben 1566 - 1806
  • Dingelstedt am Huy 1566 - 1806
  • Eilenstedt 1566 - 1806
  • Eilsdorf [Huy] 1566 - 1806
  • Pabstorf [Huy] 1566 - 1806
  • Schlanstedt 1566 - 1806
Chronological list of countries to which Halberstadt and the surrounding Ämter belonged