Wernigerode () is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in the district of Harz,

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it th ...

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. Until 2007, it was the capital of the district of Wernigerode. Its population was 35,041 in 2012. Wernigerode is located southwest of

Halberstadt Halberstadt ( Eastphalian: ''Halverstidde'') is a town in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, the capital of Harz district. Located north of the Harz mountain range, it is known for its old town center that was greatly destroyed by Allied bomb ...

, and is picturesquely situated on the

Holtemme The Holtemme is a long tributary of the river Bode in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It rises in the Harz mountains at the eastern foot of the Brocken, descends during its upper course as the Steinerne Renne, a steep stream bed riddled with granite ...

river, on the northern slopes of the

Harz Mountains The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German ...

. Wernigerode is located on the

German Timber-Frame Road The German Timber-Frame Road (German: ''Deutsche Fachwerkstraße'') is a German tourist route leading from the river Elbe in the north to the Black Forest and Lake Constance in the south. Numerous cities and towns each with examples of the vernacu ...

Geography

Location

The town lies at about 250 metres above sea level (NN) on the northeastern flank of the

in central

, at the foot of their highest peak, the

Brocken The Brocken, also sometimes referred to as the Blocksberg, is the highest peak in the Harz mountain range and also the highest peak in Northern Germany; it is near Schierke in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt between the rivers Weser and El ...

, on the B 6 and B 244 federal highways and on the railway line from Halberstadt to Vienenburg that links the cities of Halle (Saale) and

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

. The

River Holtemme The Holtemme is a long tributary of the river Bode (river), Bode in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It rises in the Harz mountains at the eastern foot of the Brocken, descends during its upper course as the Steinerne Renne, a steep stream bed riddled ...

flows through the town and, not far from its western gate, it is joined by the

Zillierbach The Zillierbach (until 1558 called the Zilgerbach) is a stream in the Harz mountains of central Germany ( Harz district) in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is about long. The stream rises on the western side of the ''Hohneklippen'' crags and runs ...

stream, which is also known as the Flutrenne near its mouth. North of the town the Barrenbach flows through several ponds and empties into the Holtemme in the village of Minsleben. The historic town centre consists of an old town and a new town (''Altstadt'' and ''Neustadt''). The town's borough includes

Hasserode Hasserode has been a quarter in the town of Wernigerode in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt since 1907. Location Hasserode lies at the foot of the Harz Mountains in the valley of the River Holtemme, whose upper reaches include the water ca ...

Nöschenrode Nöschenrode () is a Stadtteil of Wernigerode in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Geographical position Nöschenrode is located at the foot of the Harz Mountains in the ''Mühlental''. The Zillierbach, which comes from the ''Zillierbachtalsperre'', flo ...

, the residential estates of Stadtfeld, Burgbreite and Harzblick as well as the villages of

Benzingerode Benzingerode has been a village incorporated into the borough of Wernigerode since 1 April 1993. in the district of Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Location Benzingerode lies in the North Harz about 7 kilometres east of Wernigerode, ...

Minsleben Minsleben () is a ''Ortsteil'' (district) of Wernigerode since April 1, 1993. Geographical position Minsleben is on the northern edge of the Harz mountains in the plain open to the north. The Holtemme flows past the village. The Minsleben stop ...

Silstedt Silstedt is a village in Saxony-Anhalt. It is part of the town Wernigerode. Geography Silstedt is located at the northeastern side of Wernigerode. Through Silstedt goes the ''Landesstraße L82'', that goes from Wernigerode to Derenburg. In the N ...

Schierke Schierke is a village and a former municipality in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Wernigerode. Situated within the Harz mountain range in the valley of the river Bode, at the rim ...

and

Reddeber Reddeber is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Wernigerode Wernigerode () is a town in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Until 2007, ...

. The borough measures 9.5 km from west to east and 6 km from north to south. Its highest point is the

, at 1,141 metres above NN, and its lowest is at 215 metres. The town lies on the German-Dutch holiday road known as the

Orange Route The Orange Route ( nl, Oranje-Route, german: Oranier-Route) is a holiday route, that runs from Amsterdam in the Netherlands through North and Central Germany and returns to Amsterdam. It is 2,400 kilometres long and crosses the Netherlands and nine ...

. The

Northern Harz Boundary Fault The Northern Harz Boundary Fault (german: Harznordrandstörung or ''Harznordrandverwerfung'') is a geological fault where the Harz Block, which consists of rocks formed during the Palaeozoic Era and folded in the course of Hercynian mountain bui ...

crosses the borough along which runs the watershed between the Weser and Elbe rivers. To the north precipitation flows into the Weser, to the southeast, later northeast, waters flow into the Elbe. This fault line runs through the suburb of Hasserode to the west south west of the city centre and forms the town's castle hill to the south east of the city centre.

Town divisions

The town of Wernigerode is divided into the town itself, including the villages of

and

incorporated before 1994 and five villages with their own local councils that were integrated after 1994:

and

Climate

Wernigerode is located in the Central European transition subzone of the temperate climatic zone. Its average annual temperature is 9.5 °C; its average annual precipitation is 500 millimetres. The warmest months are June to August with average temperatures of 16.0 to 18.3 °C and the coldest are December to February at 1.1 to 2.1 °C. The most rain falls in July, on average 54 millimetres, the least in February, with 30 millimetres on average. The climate, more precisely the amounts of precipitation and temperatures, are influenced by the

orographic rainfall In meteorology, the different types of precipitation often include the character, formation, or phase of the precipitation which is falling to ground level. There are three distinct ways that precipitation can occur. Convective precipitation is g ...

caused by the Harz Mountains. Because the town lies in the rain shadow (

leeward side Windward () and leeward () are terms used to describe the direction of the wind. Windward is ''upwind'' from the point of reference, i.e. towards the direction from which the wind is coming; leeward is ''downwind'' from the point of reference ...

) of the Harz, less precipitation falls here than in similar temperate regions without the protection of a mountain range. In addition the occasional föhn winds that occur result in an increase in temperatures. Wernigerode has a snow load class of 3 according to the German industrial standard, DIN 1055.

History

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Wernigerode was the capital of the medieval

County of Wernigerode The County of Wernigerode (german: Grafschaft Wernigerode) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire which arose in the Harzgau region of the former Duchy of Saxony, at the northern foot of the Harz mountain range. The comital residence was at Werniger ...

and Stolberg-Wernigerode. In 1815, after the

Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...

, it became part of the

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an ...

n Province of Saxony. The

Hasseröder Hasseröder is a brewery in Wernigerode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. History The company started in 1872, founded by Robert Hoppe under the name ''zum Auerhahn'' ("the Capercaillie"), in the Wernigerode district of Hasserode. In 1882 Ernst Schrey ...

brewery was founded in Wernigerode in 1872. After

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, Wernigerode was included in the new state

within the

Soviet occupation zone The Soviet Occupation Zone ( or german: Ostzone, label=none, "East Zone"; , ''Sovetskaya okkupatsionnaya zona Germanii'', "Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany") was an area of Germany in Central Europe that was occupied by the Soviet Union as a ...

(relaunched in October 1949 as the German Democratic Republic/East Germany). During the Communist years, the town was very close to the inner German border. Wernigerode became part of the restored state of Saxony-Anhalt in 1990 after German reunification.

Emergence of the town

There are no written sources confirming exactly when the town was established. According to the latest research – for example, by Eduard Jacobs and Walther Grosse – there were no early relations with the Abbey at

Corvey The Princely Abbey of Corvey (german: link=no, Fürststift Corvey or Fürstabtei Corvey) is a former Benedictine abbey and ecclesiastical principality now in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was one of the half-dozen self-ruling '' princel ...

(

Weser The Weser () is a river of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany. It begins at Hannoversch Münden through the confluence of the Werra and Fulda. It passes through the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Its mouth is further north against the ports o ...

) and the abbot there,

Warin Warin () is a town in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 19 km southeast of Wismar. Warin is a small town with a population of under 4,000 persons. Warin is situated 104 km from ...

, instead the town name suggests it was a protected clearance settlement. The first area to be settle was the ''Klint'', where there was a

lowland castle The term lowland castle or plains castle (german: Niederungsburg, Flachlandburg, Tieflandburg) describes a type of castle that is situated on a lowland, plain or valley floor, as opposed to one built on higher ground such as a hill spur. The cl ...

, the so-called ''Schnakenburg''. In 1805 the ruins of this castle site were demolished. The only part remaining is ''Haus Gadenstedt'' at ''Oberpfarrkirchhof'' 12 which dates to the year 1582. At the time of the first settlelement there was still ancient forest, typical of the Harz, on the heights of the ''Klint'', which had first to be cleared, hence the suffix ''-rode'' in the town name which means "clearing". The town was first mentioned in the records in 1121 in connexion with Count Adalbert of Haimar who had moved here from the region near

Hildesheim Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the L ...

and henceforth was titled the Count of Wernigerode. On 17 April 1229 the settlement was granted

town rights Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the tradition ...

along the lines of that for

Goslar Goslar (; Eastphalian: ''Goslär'') is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Goslar and located on the northwestern slopes of the Harz mountain range. The Old Town of Goslar and the Mines ...

. In 2004 Wernigerode celebrated the 775th anniversary of that occasion. As a result of the immigration of new townsfolk from the surrounding villages a new settlement, later called ''Neustadt'', grew up on the northeastern edge of the old town. It was a farming settlement that lay outside the walls of the old town.

St. John's Church St. John's Church, Church of St. John, or variants, thereof, (Saint John or St. John usually refers to John the Baptist, but also, sometimes, to John the Apostle or John the Evangelist) may refer to the following churches, former churches or other ...

was built as the parish church of Wernigerode's Neustadt in the last third of the 13th century in the Romanesque style.

Early rulers

The

counts Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...

of Wernigerode, who can be traced back to the early 12th century, were successively

vassal A vassal or liege subject is a person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe. While the subordinate party is called a vassal, the dominant party is called a suzerain ...

s of the

margraves of Brandenburg This article lists the Margraves and Electors of Brandenburg during the period of time that Brandenburg was a constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire. The Mark, or ''March'', of Brandenburg was one of the primary constituent states of the Hol ...

(1268), and the

archbishops of Magdeburg The Archbishopric of Magdeburg was a Roman Catholic archdiocese (969–1552) and Prince-Archbishopric (1180–1680) of the Holy Roman Empire centered on the city of Magdeburg on the Elbe River. Planned since 955 and established in 968, the Roma ...

(1381). On the extinction of the family in 1429 the county fell to the

counts of Stolberg The County of Stolberg (german: Grafschaft Stolberg) was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in the Harz mountain range in present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was ruled by a branch of the House of Stolberg. The town of Stolberg was pro ...

, who founded the Stolberg-Wernigerode branch in 1645. The latter surrendered its military and fiscal independence to

in 1714, but retained some of its sovereign rights till 1876. The counts were raised to

princely A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ...

rank in 1890.

Mayors

* Runden, c. 1640 * Ludwig Gepel, 7 January 1921 to 6 January 1933 * Ulrich von Fresenius (1 September 1888; died 12 November 1962), 10 January 1933 to 20 April 1945 * Max Otto (1889–1969),

SPD The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been t ...

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, 20 April 1945 to 1951 * Gustav Strahl, 1951 to 1962 * Martin Kilian,

, 24 October 1962 to 1990 * Herbert Teubner, CDU, 1990 to 1991 * Horst-Dieter Weyrauch, CDU, 1991 to 1994 * Ludwig Hoffmann,

, 1994 to 31 July 2008 * Peter Gaffert, independent, since 1 August 2008

Population statistics

* 1595: 2,500 * 1806: 3,700 * 1845: 5,00 * 1869: 7,000 * 1886: 9,000 * 1895: 10,662 * 1904: 12,000 * 1914: 18,000 * 1957: 33,353 * 1990: 37,000 * 2006: 33,871 * 2007: 34,413 * 2008: 35,041 * 2009: 34,673

Architecture

Wernigerode contains several interesting

Gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...

buildings, including a fine town hall with a timber facade from 1498. Some of the quaint old houses which have escaped the numerous fires through the years are elaborately adorned with wood-carving. The Gerhart-Hauptmann Gymnasium, occupying a modern Gothic building, is the successor to an ancient grammar school that existed until 1825. The castle (Schloß Wernigerode) of the princes of Stolberg-Wernigerode rises above the town. The original was built in the 12th century but the present castle was built between 1862 and 1893 by Karl Frühling and includes parts of the medieval building.

Economy

Brandy, Hasseröder lager, cigars and dyes are among the products manufactured in Wernigerode.

Education

Wernigerode is site of the Harz University of Applied Studies.

Sights

* Harzer Schmalspurbahn - a narrow gauge railway that leads from Wernigerode to the

(1141 m), the highest peak in the

, and then goes to Nordhausen to the south of the Harz mountains. The second highest peak, Wurmberg (971 m), is accessible by cable car from

Braunlage Braunlage () is a town and health resort in the Goslar district of Lower Saxony in Germany. Situated within the Harz mountain range, south of the Brocken massif, Braunlage's main business is tourism, particularly skiing. Nearby ski resorts inclu ...

which is connected by bus to Wernigerode. Wernigerode has numerous museums, galleries, libraries, monuments and parks. * Armeleuteberg - hill with an Emperor Tower and forest inn. File:BrockenBahnWinter.jpg, Top of the

with the

Brockenbahn The Brocken Railway (german: Brockenbahn) is one of three tourist metre gauge railways which together with the Harz Railway and Selke Valley Railway form the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways railway network in the Harz mountain range of Germany. It r ...

, which starts in Wernigerode File:Schlosskirche St. Pantaleon und Anna (Wernigerode) 2017.jpg, Chapel St. Pantaleon and Anna of

Wernigerode Castle Wernigerode Castle (german: Schloss Wernigerode) is a schloss located in the Harz mountains above the town of Wernigerode in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The present-day building, finished in the late 19th century, is similar in style to Schloss Ne ...

File:Wernigerode Stadtblick.JPG, View over the old town of Wernigerode File:Wernigerode (2013-06-03), by Klugschnacker in Wikipedia (9).JPG, Town hall File:Schloss Wernigerode - Ansicht von der Schlossterrasse (01-2).jpg,

File:CampusWernigerode.jpg, The Campus Wernigerode is part of the

Hochschule Harz The Hochschule Harz – University of Applied Studies and Research has two bases in Saxony-Anhalt. The Department of Automation and Computer Sciences as well as the Department of Business Studies are located in Wernigerode. The Department of Pub ...

File:HasseroederBrauerei.jpg, The

brewery in Wernigerode File:Rathaus Wernigerode Weihnachten.JPG, Town hall and

Christmas market A Christmas market, also known as ''Christkindlmarkt'' (literally: ''Christ Child Market'', but the term "Christkind" usually refers to an angel-like "spirit of Christmas" rather than literally the Christ Child), ''Christkindlesmarkt'', ''Chris ...

at night File:St. Johannis Kirche in Wernigerode.jpg, The St. Johannes Church File:Wernigerode Kirche kath.jpg, The Catholic Church File:WernigerodeEckeKleinstesHaus.jpg, Typical old town houses

Culture

Wernigerode is the home of the choir Rundfunk-Jugendchor Wernigerode.

Natural monuments

* Steinerne and Kleine Renne, and the nearby well of Wernigeröder Bürgerbrunnen * Ottofels, rock formation with extensive views over the Harz * Mönchsbuche, a protected beech on the old monk's way

Sport

Wernigerode hosts the

Brocken Marathon The Harz Mountain Run (german: Harz-Gebirgslauf) is a mountain run, that has taken place since 1978 in October in Wernigerode in central Germany. Since 1990, its programme of events has included a marathon race, the Brocken Marathon, which is recko ...

each October. Wernigerode's most supported club is Einheit Wernigerode, who competes in the NOFV-Oberliga, and recently qualified for the

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considered ...

, eventually losing to

SC Paderborn 07 Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 () or SC Paderborn, is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest successes since the turn of the mille ...

0-10. Wernigerode also has had an American Football club, The Mountain Tigers, since 1993. During the last 19 years this team has played in Germany's Oberliga 4 and Regionaliga 3. Since its inception, it has been a mainstay for American football in the Harz region.

Twin towns – sister cities

Wernigerode is twinned with: * Carpi, Italy (1964) *

Cisnădie Cisnădie (; german: Heltau; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: ''Hielt''; hu, Nagydisznód) is a town in Sibiu County, Transylvania, central Romania, approximately south of Sibiu (german: Hermannstadt). One village, Cisnădioara (german: Michelsb ...

, Romania (2002) *

Hội An Hội An (), formerly known as Fai-Fo or Faifoo, is a city with a population of approximately 120,000 in Vietnam's Quảng Nam Province and is noted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999. Along with the Cu Lao Cham archipelago, it is part ...

, Vietnam (2013) * Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Germany (1998)

Notable people

Henry Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode Henry Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode (german: Heinrich Ernst (later calling himself Henrich Ernst) zu Stolberg-Wernigerode; 7 December 1716, Wernigerode – 24 October 1778, Halberstadt) was a German politician, canon, dean and author of many ...

(1716–1786), canon, dean and author of many hymns *

Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein (30 January 1723, Wernigerode – 6 July 1795, Copenhagen) was a German-born doctor, physicist and engineer. From 1753 to the end of his life he was a professor at the University of Copenhagen where he served as ...

(1723–1795), physician and engineer *

Christian Frederick of Stolberg-Wernigerode Count Christian Frederick of Stolberg-Wernigerode (german: Christian Friedrich (Graf) zu Stolberg-Wernigerode; 8 January 1746, Wernigerode Castle – 26 May 1824, Peterwaldau) was the only son of Count Henry Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode, ...

(1746–1824), Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode *

Martin Heinrich Klaproth Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1 December 1743 – 1 January 1817) was a German chemist. He trained and worked for much of his life as an apothecary, moving in later life to the university. His shop became the second-largest apothecary in Berlin, and ...

(1743–1817), chemist *

Henry of Stolberg-Wernigerode Count Henry of Stolberg-Wernigerode (25 September 1772 in Wernigerode Castle – 16 February 1854 in Wernigerode Castle) succeeded his father in 1824 as ruler of the County of Wernigerode. Life Count Henry was the eldest son of Count Chris ...

(1772–1854), Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode *

Anton of Stolberg-Wernigerode Count Anton zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (23 October 1785 − 11 February 1854), was chief minister in Magdeburg, governor in the Prussian Province of Saxony and Prussian Minister of State. Life Count Anton was a fourth son of the reigning Count Ch ...

(1785–1854), chief minister in Magdeburg, governor in the Prussian Province of Saxony and Prussian Minister of State * Heinrich Karl Beyrich (1796–1834), botanist *

Gustav Eduard von Hindersin Gustav Eduard von Hindersin (18 July 1804 – 23 January 1872) was a Prussian general from Wernigerode (now in Saxony-Anhalt). Until 1864, when he was ennobled, his name was Gustav Eduard Hindersin. Life Hindersin was the son of a Luthe ...

(1804–1872), Prussian general *

Otto Herfurth Otto Herfurth (22 January 1893 – 29 September 1944) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Herfurth was a conspirator in the 20 July Plot. Herfurth was th ...

(1893–1944), general *

Wilhelm Bittrich Wilhelm Bittrich (26 February 1894 – 19 April 1979) was a high-ranking Waffen-SS commander of Nazi Germany. Between August 1942 and February 1943, Bittrich commanded the SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer, in rear security operations (''Banden ...

(1895–1979), military personnel * Friedrich Lütge (1901–1968), historian and economist *

Franz Nicklisch Franz Friedrich Nicklisch (8 March 1906 – 6 December 1975) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1931 and 1975. He is buried at the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf next to his brother . Selected filmog ...

(1906–1975), actor *

Rolf Hermichen Rolf Hermichen (25 July 1918 – 23 May 2014) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (german: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub) during World War II. The Knight's Cr ...

(1918–2014), fighter ace *

Konrad Sasse Konrad Sasse (3 October 1926 – 22 July 1981) was a German musicologist and Handel scholar. Life Sasse was born in Wernigerode. After completing his Abitur in 1946 at the Fürst-Otto-Gymnasium in Wernigerode in the Harz, he studied musicolog ...

(1926–1981), musicologist *

Rudolf Dannhauer Rudolf Dannhauer (born 29 June 1934) is a German cross-country skier. He competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Wint ...

(born 1934), cross-country skier *

Waldtraut Lewin Waldtraut Lewin (8 January 1937 – 20 May 2017) was a German writer, dramaturge and stage director. Life Waldtraut Lewin was born in Wernigerode, a small town on the northeastern flank of the Harz Mountains, roughly equidistant between Hanove ...

(1937–2017), stage director *

Wolf Barth The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly ...

(1942–2016), mathematician *

Monika Wulf-Mathies Monika Wulf-Mathies (born 1942) is a German politician, who was European Commissioner for Regional Policy. Early life Wulf-Mathies was born in the rural town of Wernigerode in 1942 after her family was evacuated from wartime Hamburg. Career In ...

(born 1942), politician * Karin Rüger-Schulze (born 1944), track and field athlete * Irene Ellenberger (born 1946), architect * Lutz Unger (born 1951), swimmer *

Karsten Brandt Karsten Brandt (born 14 September 1958) is an East German former cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 15 kilometre event at the 1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games ( Ser ...

(born 1958), cross-country skier * Caspar René Hirschfeld (born 1965), composer *

Bernhard Schneyer Bernhard Schneyer (born 26 February 1968) is a German composer, conductor and music educator. Life Schneyer was born in Wernigerode. Music has played an important role in his life since he was five years old. So from the age of six he received ...

(born 1968), composer *

Guido Fulst Guido Fulst (born 7 June 1970) is a former German racing cyclist, who competed for the '' SG Dynamo Wernigerode'', SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. He won many titles during his career. He won two gold medals and a bronze at t ...

(born 1970), racing cyclist * Jens Baxmann (born 1985), ice hockey player *

Nils Petersen Nils Petersen (; born 6 December 1988) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg and the Germany national team. He appeared in the 2016 Summer Olympics and remains the first and only German footb ...

(born 1988), footballer * Christopher Grotheer (born 1992), skeleton racer

Notes

References

Attribution: *

External links

Municipal website
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