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Westerhausen is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 September 2010, it is part of the town Thale.

Westerhausen
Stadtteil of Thale
Coat of arms
Location of Westerhausen
Westerhausen Show map of Germany Westerhausen Show map of Saxony-Anhalt
Coordinates: 51°48′N 11°4′E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Harz
Municipal assoc.	Thale
Town	Thale
Area
• Total	17.42 km2 (6.73 sq mi)
Elevation	166 m (545 ft)
Population  (2009-12-31)
• Total	2,092
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	06484
Dialling codes	03946
Vehicle registration	HZ

Nature conservation

The parish of Westerhausen lies in the landscape protection area of Harz und Vorländer (formerly the Northern Harz Foreland).

Part of it belongs to the following nature reserves (in brackets: year the reserve was created):

Harslebener Berge und Steinholz (1967). [1]

The Seggen- und binsenreiche Nasswiesen in Helsunger Bruch are a protected biotope (1999).

Natural monument area sites are the Acker Helmstein (1990), Alte Torfstich im Helsunger Bruch (1994, changed in 1996), Königstein (Großes Kamel), 189 m NN, (1932, natural monument in 1965, area monument in 1997) and Hirtenwiese (2000).

Others are the Dalgenberg (1965), Kuckucksberg (1965) and Kleine Kamel (1965, prepared since 1927).

External links

Media related to Westerhausen at Wikimedia Commons

References

На других языках

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- [en] Westerhausen

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[ru] Вестерхаузен

Вестерхаузен (нем. Westerhausen) — посёлок в Германии, в земле Саксония-Анхальт, входит в район Гарц в составе городского округа Тале.

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