title: Arnstein, Saxony-Anhalt
text: # Arnstein, Saxony-Anhalt
  
  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).
  
  | Locality | Population | Parts | |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Alterode | 517 | Alterode | Localities of Arnstein |
  | Arnstedt | 552 | Arnstedt | Localities of Arnstein |
  | Bräunrode | 447 | Bräunrode, Friedrichrode, Willerode | Localities of Arnstein |
  | Greifenhagen | 272 | Greifenhagen | Localities of Arnstein |
  | Harkerode | 333 | Harkerode | Localities of Arnstein |
  | Quenstedt | 820 | Pfersdorf, Quenstedt | Localities of Arnstein |
  | Sandersleben | 1901 | Roda, Sandersleben | Localities of Arnstein |
  | Stangerode | 351 | Stangerode | Localities of Arnstein |
  | Sylda | 512 | Sylda | Localities of Arnstein |
  | Ulzigerode | 202 | Ulzigerode | Localities of Arnstein |
  | Welbsleben | 712 | Welbsleben | Localities of Arnstein |
  | Wiederstedt | 1074 | Wiederstedt | Localities of Arnstein |
  
  ## History
  
  Arnstein 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"
  