Nordhausen [SEP] dissolved or abolished
so that Nordhausen tried to keep its independence through the protection by the Hanovers. After the Brandenburg-Prussians had occupied Nordhausen between 1703 and 1714, the city got protection of Hanover resp. England, which paid 50,000 Talers to the Prussians to leave Nordhausen, which was moreover destroyed by two town fires in 1710 and 1712. Under the protection of Hanover, the economy improved again and the production of tobacco since mid-18th century brought new wealth to Nordhausen.
During the Napoleonic Wars, Prussian troops occupied Nordhausen on 2 August 1802
– Nordhausen constituency by adding parts of the abolished Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II constituency. The main predecessor constituency, which had been created for the 1990 election, had been won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and they have held the new constituency since the 2005 election. The current representative is Manfred Grund, who had represented Eichsfeld – Nordhausen since the 1994 election.