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{{Infobox German place
|type               = Stadt
|image_coa            = DEU Halver COA.svg
|image_photo       = Halver - Rathaus 01 ies.jpg
|imagesize         =
|image_caption     = Halver town hall in 2008
|coordinates       = {{coord|51|11|N|07|28|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan          = Halver in MK.svg
|state        = North Rhine-Westphalia
|region  = Arnsberg
|district             = Märkischer Kreis
|elevation              = 440
|area            = 77.37
|postal_code               = 58553
|area_code           = 02353
|licence               = MK
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 9 62 012
|website           = [http://www.halver.de/ www.halver.de]
|mayor             = Michael Brosch<ref>[https://www.halver.de/2014/rathaus_politik/buergerinfo/mitarbeiter/brosch.php], Stadt Halver, accessed 8 September 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2020&ndash;25
|party             = SPD
}}
'''Halver''' is a town in Germany.
==History==
Around 950 the ''Oberhof Halvara'' was first mentioned in the ''Werdener Probsteiregister''. For more than 500 years Halver was the seat of a [[League of the Holy Court|Fehmic court]], the earliest definite evidence of which is in 1243; it ceased to exist in 1753. This court was most famous because of the trial of duke [[Henry XVI of Bavaria|Henry XVI the Rich]] of [[Bavaria]]-Landshut and the knight of Toerring on May 2, 1430.
With effect from October 1, 1912, the municipality Halver was split, [[Schalksmühle]] becoming an independent municipality. Both were administered together in the [[Amt Halver]]. As part of the communal reforms of the district of [[Altena]] the ''Amt'' was dissolved on January 1, 1969, and Halver was granted city rights.
[[File:Nicolai kirche halver alms.jpg|thumb|170px|Nicolai church]]
[[File:Kerspetalsperre 09 ies.jpg|thumb|170px|Kerspetalsperre (Dam)]]
[[File:Halver Bahnhof01.jpeg|thumb|170px|Station]]
==Coat of arms==
The red and white checked base refers to the [[fess]] from the arms of the [[Mark (county)|Counts of the Mark]]. The stone judgement table under a [[Tilia|linden]] tree represents the ''Feme'' court. It was designed by [[Otto Hupp]], and was granted on March 29, 1935.
The ''Amt Halver'' had a separate coat of arms, which was also designed by Otto Hupp. It combined elements from the two member municipalities Halver and Schalksmühle: in the upper part is a linden branch symbolizing Halver, in the bottom the upper half of a black mill wheel as the symbol of Schalksmühle. Separating the two is the red and white checked fess, as above. The coat of arms was granted on June 8, 1936, and expired with the dissolving of the Amt in 1969.
==Number of inhabitants==
'''Municipality Halver'''
* 1915: 6.476
* 1925: 7.729
* 1935: 8.122
* 1939: 8.772
* 1946: 12.045
* 1961: 13.684
* 1968: 15.713
'''Town Halver'''
* 1969: 16.254
* 1978: 16.176
* 1988: 15.399
* 1995: 16.983
* 1999: 17.876
* 2003: 18.111
* 2006: 17.776
* 2008: 17.465
* 2010: 17.159
* 2012: 16.300
* 2014: 16.677<ref>{{cite web|title=Zahlen & Statistik|trans-title=|periodical=halver.de|publisher=|url=http://www.halver.de/2014/bildung_kultur/halver-wissen/zahlen_statistik/index.php|format=|accessdate=2015-12-07|archiveurl=|archivedate=|last=|date=|year=|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref>
==Mayor==
At the election in 2015, Michael Brosch (SPD) became the new mayor in Halver, he won against his predecessor Dr. Bernd Eicker.
==International relations==
{{Main|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}
The [[town twinning]] with the Swedish city [[Katrineholm]] originated from the connection between a music group from Halver and a traditional dancing group from Katrineholm. It was officially signed on September 30, 1963.
On April 25, 1975, the twinning agreement with the French city [[Hautmont]] was signed. There has also been a city friendship with [[Pardess-Hanna]] in [[Israel]] since 1989.
==Sons and daughters of the town==
* [[Eugen Schmalenbach]] (1873-1955), economist, the local commercial vocational school was named after him
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons|Halver}}
*http://www.halver.de
{{Cities and towns in Märkischer Kreis (district)}}
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[[Category:Märkischer Kreis]]