Wernigerode
View from Wernigerode Castle over the town to the Brocken mountain in winter
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Harz
Mayor	Peter Gaffert (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	125.17 km² (48.3 sq mi)
Elevation	240 m  (787 ft)
Population	33,871  (31/12/2006)
- Density	271 /km² (701 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	HZ
Postal code	38855
Area code	03943
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Grafschaft Wernigerode County of Wernigerode State of the Holy Roman Empire ← 1103 – 1417 → Capital Wernigerode Government Principality Historical era Middle Ages  - Established 1103  - Vassals of Mgv Brandenburg 1268  - Vassals of Abp Magdeburg 1381  - Inherited by Cty Stolberg 1417

Wernigerode (IPA: [vɛʁnɪgəˈʁoːdə]) is a town in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Until 2007 it was the capital of the district of Wernigerode. This is the main page for the list of states which were part of the Holy Roman Empire, as alphabetized in the adjacent template, at any time within the empires existence between 962 and 1806. ... This article is about the medieval empire. ... The Landgraviate of Thuringia was a territory, for some time, ruled by members of the House of Wettin. ... Image File history File links Coat_of_arms_of_Thuringia. ... Stolberg-Wernigerode was a German County located in western Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, in the Harz region around Wernigerode. ... Throughout the world there are many cities that were once national capitals but no longer have that status because the country ceased to exist, the capital was moved, or the capital city was renamed. ... A principality is a monarchical feudatory or sovereign state, ruled or reigned over by a Monarch with the title of prince or princess (a synonym is princedom) or (in the widest sense) a Monarch with another title within the generic use of the term prince. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Coat of arms Capital Brandenburg Berlin (from 1417) Religion Roman Catholic Lutheran Calvinist Government Monarchy Margrave  - 1157–70 Albert I  - 1797–1806 Frederick William III History  - Margraviate established 3 October, 1157  - Electorate established 25 December 1356  - Brandenburg-Prussia 27 August 1618  - Kingdom of Prussia 1 January 1701  - Dissolution of the... Conradin (right) is executed by Charles I of Sicily, thus extinguishing the Hohenstaufen dynasty, in 1268. ... The Archbishopric of Magdeburg was a state of the Holy Roman Empire lying around Magdeburg along the Elbe River. ... Year 1381 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... Stolberg-Wernigerode was a German County located in western Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, in the Harz region around Wernigerode. ... Harz is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ... With an area of 20,447 km² and a population of 2. ... Wernigerode is a district (Kreis) in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ...

Wernigerode Castle

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History

The counts of Wernigerode, who can be traced back to the early 12th century, were successively vassals of the margraves of Brandenburg (1268), and the archbishops of Magdeburg (1381). When the family died out in 1429 the county fell to the counts of Stolberg, who founded the Stolberg-Wernigerode branch in 1645. The latter surrendered its military and fiscal independence to Prussia in 1714, but retained some of its sovereign rights till 1876. The counts of Stolberg-Wernigerode were raised to princely rank in 1890. The Hasseröder brewery was established in the Hasserode district in 1872. (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... For the similarly spelled Brandenberg, see Brandenberg (Austria) or Brandenburg (disambiguation) Location Coordinates , , Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE4 Capital Potsdam Minister-President Matthias Platzeck (SPD) Governing parties SPD / CDU Votes in Bundesrat 4 (of 69) Basic statistics Area  29,479 km² (11,382... Conradin (right) is executed by Charles I of Sicily, thus extinguishing the Hohenstaufen dynasty, in 1268. ... This article is about the German city. ... Year 1381 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... January 10 - Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, founds the European Order of the Golden Fleece February 12 - Battle of Rouvray (or of the Herrings). English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army of William de la Pole, 4th Earl of Suffolk at... Stolberg is a town the district of Sangerhausen, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ... // Events January 10 - Archbishop Laud executed on Tower Hill, London. ... For other uses, see Prussia (disambiguation). ... Battle of Gangut, by Maurice Baquoi, 1724-27. ... Year 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) // January 31 - United States orders all Indigenous peoples in the United States to move onto reservations February 2 - The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed. ... The term prince, from the Latin root princeps, is used for a member of the highest ranks of the aristocracy or the nobility. ... Year 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... Year 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Geography and demographics

It is located southwest of Halberstadt, and is picturesquely situated on the Holtemme river, on the north slopes of the Harz Mountains. Population (1999): 35,500. During the GDR period, it was very close to the inner German border. Liebfrauenkirche Halberstadt is a city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. ... The Harz is a mountain range in northern Germany. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... Disambiguation Page Global Depositary Receipt East Germany ... The sectors of occupation in 1949. ...

Town hall

Architecture

It contains several interesting Gothic buildings, including a fine town hall with a timber facade of 1498. Some of the quaint old houses which have escaped the numerous fires that have visited the town are elaborately adorned with wood-carving. The Gerhart-Hauptmann -Gymnasium (Gerhart - Hauptmann - Gymnasium - Wernigerode), occupying a modern Gothic building, is the successor of an ancient grammar-school, which existed until 1825. Brandy, Hasserode lager, cigars and dyes are among the products manufactured in Wernigerode. Above the town rises the castle (Schloß Wernigerode) of the prince Stolberg-Wernigerode; the original was built in the 12th century. The present castle was built between 1862 and 1893 by K. Fruhling and includes parts of the medieval building. 1498 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A gymnasium (pronounced with or, in Swedish, as opposed to ) is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English Grammar Schools and U.S. High Schools. ... Year 1825 (MDCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Brandy (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Cigar (disambiguation). ... Look up dye in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Sights

The Harzer Schmalspurbahn is a narrow gauge railway that leads from Wernigerode to The Brocken (1141m), the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, and then goes to Nordhausen to the south of the Harz mountains. The second highest peak, Wurmberg (971m), is accessible by cable car from Braunlage which is connected by bus to Wernigerode. Wernigerode has numerous museums, galleries, libraries, monuments and parks. Narrow gauge group of railway lines running in the Harz Mountains of Germany. ... Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) with track spaced at less than the standard gauge of 4 ft 8½ in (1. ... The Brocken, or Blocksberg, is the highest peak (1,141 metres) in the Harz Mountains in Germany (located between the rivers Weser and Elbe) and also the highest peak of northern Germany. ... The Harz is a mountain range in northern Germany. ... Roland statue in Nordhausen Twinning The city is twinned with Bet Shemesh in Israel Charleville-Mézières in France Bochum Ostrów Wielkopolski in Poland Nordhausen is a city of about 45,000 people at the southern border of the Harz mountains, in the state of Thuringia, Germany. ... Wurmberg is a town in the district of Enz in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. ... Braunlage is a health resort in the Goslar district in Lower Saxony in Germany. ...

Culture

Wernigerode is the home of the Rundfunk-Jugendchor Wernigerode.

Twin towns

• Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Germany, since 1998
• Carpi (Modena) (Italy), since 1964
• Cisnădie, (Romania), since 2002

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References

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Wernigerode

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
• http://www.harzteam.de/ - City Wernigerode in the Harz
• Municipal site with details of local history booklets esp. history of Lebensborn and 20th Century Germany.

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