Wernigerode

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Wernigerode
Town
Wernigerode Castle
Townhall
Brocken
Old town
Coat of arms of Wernigerode
Coat of arms
Location of Wernigerode within Harz district

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Wernigerode is located in Germany
Wernigerode
Wernigerode
Wernigerode is located in Saxony-Anhalt
Wernigerode
Wernigerode
Coordinates: 51°50′6″N 10°47′7″E / 51.83500°N 10.78528°E / 51.83500; 10.78528
CountryGermany
StateSaxony-Anhalt
DistrictHarz
Government
 • Mayor (2022–29) Tobias Kascha[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total170.03 km2 (65.65 sq mi)
Elevation
240 m (790 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total32,024
 • Density190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
38855, 38879
Dialling codes03943, 039455
Vehicle registrationHZ, HBS, QLB, WR
Websitewww.wernigerode.de

Wernigerode (German pronunciation: [ˌvɛɐ̯nɪɡəˈʁoːdə]) is a town in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Until 2007, it was the capital of the district of Wernigerode.[3] Its population was 32,181 in 2020.

Wernigerode is located southwest of Halberstadt, and is picturesquely situated on the Holtemme river, on the northern slopes of the Harz Mountains.[4] Wernigerode is located on the German Timber-Frame Road.

Geography

Location

Wernigerode Castle
Wernigerode and the Brocken in winter

The town lies at about 250 metres (820 ft) above sea level (NN) on the northeastern flank of the Harz Mountains in central Germany, at the foot of their highest peak, the Brocken, 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.

The River Holtemme flows through the town and, not far from its western gate, it is joined by the Zillierbach 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, Nöschenrode, the residential estates of Stadtfeld, Burgbreite and Harzblick as well as the villages of Benzingerode, Minsleben, Silstedt, Schierke and Reddeber.

The borough measures 9.5 kilometres (5.9 mi) from west to east and 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from north to south. Its highest point is the Brocken, at 1,141 metres (3,743 ft) above NN, and its lowest is at 215 metres (705 ft).

The town lies on the German-Dutch holiday road known as the Orange Route.

The Northern Harz Boundary Fault 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 Hasserode and Nöschenrode incorporated before 1994, and five villages with their own local councils that were integrated after 1994: Benzingerode, Minsleben, Reddeber, Schierke and Silstedt.[5]

Climate

Wernigerode in the rain shadow of the Harz

Wernigerode is located in the Central European transition subzone of the temperate climatic zone.[6] Its average annual temperature is 9.5 °C (49.1 °F); its average annual precipitation is 500 millimetres (20 in).

The warmest months are June to August with average temperatures of 16.0 to 18.3 °C (60.8 to 64.9 °F) and the coldest are December to February at 1.1 to 2.1 °C (34.0 to 35.8 °F).

The most rain falls in July, on average 54 millimetres (2.1 in), the least in February, with 30 millimetres (1.2 in) on average.

The climate, more precisely the amounts of precipitation and temperatures, are influenced by the orographic rainfall caused by the Harz Mountains. Because the town lies in the rain shadow (leeward side) 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.

Climate data for Wernigerode (1991–2020 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 4.5
(40.1) 		4.8
(40.6) 		8.9
(48.0) 		14.2
(57.6) 		18.2
(64.8) 		21.6
(70.9) 		24.2
(75.6) 		23.9
(75.0) 		19.2
(66.6) 		14.1
(57.4) 		8.6
(47.5) 		5.3
(41.5) 		14.2
(57.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 1.7
(35.1) 		1.6
(34.9) 		4.8
(40.6) 		9.1
(48.4) 		13.2
(55.8) 		16.5
(61.7) 		19.0
(66.2) 		18.2
(64.8) 		14.5
(58.1) 		10.2
(50.4) 		5.8
(42.4) 		2.7
(36.9) 		9.9
(49.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −1.2
(29.8) 		−2.0
(28.4) 		0.6
(33.1) 		3.6
(38.5) 		7.5
(45.5) 		11.0
(51.8) 		13.2
(55.8) 		13.0
(55.4) 		9.4
(48.9) 		6.1
(43.0) 		2.4
(36.3) 		−0.5
(31.1) 		5.4
(41.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 52.3
(2.06) 		35.9
(1.41) 		43.5
(1.71) 		32.0
(1.26) 		64.2
(2.53) 		47.0
(1.85) 		67.1
(2.64) 		54.8
(2.16) 		55.1
(2.17) 		41.3
(1.63) 		44.0
(1.73) 		46.9
(1.85) 		613.9
(24.17)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 17.7 14.0 15.0 11.6 14.3 13.4 15.5 14.0 13.3 13.9 15.2 17.5 176.3
Average relative humidity (%) 80 77.3 73.9 67.2 68.6 68.2 66.0 67.2 73.1 78.7 82.1 80.5 73.6
Mean monthly sunshine hours 62.6 87.4 139.0 182.0 205.0 215.3 223.9 203.4 151.4 122.9 67.7 51.3 1,743.7
Source: World Meteorological Organization[7]

Wernigerode has a snow load class of 3 according to the German industrial standard, DIN 1055.

History

Friedrich August Schmidt: Stadt Wernigerode vom Eisenberg, c. 1820 – Wernigerode around 1820,
Wernigerode in 1951

Wernigerode was the capital of the medieval County of Wernigerode and Stolberg-Wernigerode. In 1815, after the Napoleonic Wars, it became part of the Prussian Province of Saxony. The Hasseröder brewery was founded in Wernigerode in 1872.

After World War II, Wernigerode was included in the new state Saxony-Anhalt within the Soviet occupation zone (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 (Weser) and the abbot there, Warin, 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 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 connection with Count Adalbert of Haimar who had moved here from the region near Hildesheim and henceforth was titled the Count of Wernigerode. On 17 April 1229 the settlement was granted town rights along the lines of that for Goslar. 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 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 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). On the extinction of the family 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 were raised to princely rank in 1890.[4]

Mayors

  • Runden, c. 1640[8]
  • 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/SED, 20 April 1945 to 1951
  • Gustav Strahl, 1951 to 1962
  • Martin Kilian, SED, 24 October 1962 to 1990
  • Herbert Teubner, CDU, 1990 to 1991
  • Horst-Dieter Weyrauch, CDU, 1991 to 1994
  • Ludwig Hoffmann, SPD, 1994 to 31 July 2008
  • Peter Gaffert, independent, since 1 August 2008
  • Tobias Kascha, SPD, since 1 August 2022

Population statistics

  • 1595: 2,500
  • 1806: 3,700
  • 1845: 5,000
  • 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

Town hall and marketplace

Wernigerode contains several interesting Gothic 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,[9] 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.[4] 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

The campus in Wernigerode

Wernigerode is a site of the Harz University of Applied Studies.

Sights

Culture

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

Natural monuments

Sport

Wernigerode hosts the Brocken Marathon each October. Wernigerode's most supported club is Einheit Wernigerode, who competes in the NOFV-Oberliga, and recently qualified for the DFB-Pokal, eventually losing to SC Paderborn 07 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

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Wernigerode is twinned with:[10]

Notable people

Notes

  1. ^ Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 10 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. ^ "Stadt Wernigerode". 21 February 2024.
  4. ^ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Chisholm 1911.
  5. ^ Hauptsatzung Stadt Wernigerode Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine (PDF; 88 KB); accessed on 30 March 2011
  6. ^ Klimaklassifikation nach E. Neef. Siehe m-forkel.de: Klimazonen Archived 2015-04-23 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020". World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Ukendt Runden´s profil". MyHeritage.com. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Home". www.gerhart-hauptmann-gymnasium.de. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Partnerstädte". wernigerode.de (in Deutsch). Wernigerode. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

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