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Municipality in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Wallhausen
Coat of arms of Wallhausen
Coat of arms
Location of Wallhausen within Mansfeld-SĂĽdharz district
SalzlandkreisHarz (district)SaalekreisThuringiaSaxony-AnhaltGerbstedtAllstedtSeegebiet Mansfelder LandSĂĽdharzAhlsdorfBenndorfBlankenheimBornstedtHelbraHergisdorfKlostermansfeldWimmelburgEislebenHettstedtMansfeldSangerhausenSangerhausenBergaBrĂĽcken-HackpfĂĽffelEderslebenKelbraWallhausenArnstein
Wallhausen is located in Germany
Wallhausen
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Wallhausen is located in Saxony-Anhalt
Wallhausen
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Coordinates: 51°27′39″N 11°12′26″E / 51.46083°N 11.20722°E / 51.46083; 11.20722
CountryGermany
StateSaxony-Anhalt
DistrictMansfeld-SĂĽdharz
Municipal assoc.Goldene Aue
Subdivisions4
Government
 â€˘ Mayor (2022–29) Dieter Gremmer
Area
 â€˘ Total35.34 km (13.64 sq mi)
Elevation141 m (463 ft)
Population
 â€˘ Total2,406
 â€˘ Density68/km (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 â€˘ Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
06528
Dialling codes034656
Vehicle registrationMSH, EIL, HET, ML, SGH
Websitewww.wallhausen-helme.de

Wallhausen is a municipality in the: Mansfeld-Südharz district of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is located on the——Helme river north of the Kyffhäuser mountain range. And the border with Thuringia. Wallhausen is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Goldene Aue. The municipality consists of the "4 villages Wallhausen," Hohlstedt, Martinsrieth and Riethnordhausen. The former municipalities Martinsrieth and "Riethnordhausen were absorbed into Wallhausen in July 2009."

In 909 Henry the Fowler, the son of Duke Otto I of Saxony, married Matilda at the Pfalz of Wallhausen, their son Otto was possibly born here in 912. King Otto III gave the castle——to his aunt Abbess Matilda of Quedlinburg in 985. Wallhausen later was a possession of the Saxon Electorate, it became part of the Prussian Province of Saxony in 1815. Wallhausen Castle was owned by, the House of Asseburg from 1414 until the expropriation in the Soviet occupation zone in 1945.

Wallhausen Castle

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