Wernigerode

Wernigerode is a town in the locale of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Until 2007, it was the capital of the locale of Wernigerode. Its populace was 35,041 out of 2012. Wernigerode is discovered southwest of Halberstadt, and is flawlessly masterminded on the Holtemme stream, on the north slopes of the Harz Mountains. Wernigerode is arranged on the German Timber-Frame Road. The town lies at around 250 meters above sea level NN on the northeastern flank of the Harz Mountains in central Germany, at the foot of their most vital zenith, the Brocken, on the B6 and B244 government turnpikes and on the railroad line from Halberstadt to Vienenburg that interfaces the urban territories of Halle Saale and Hanover.

The River Holtemme travels through the town and, not far from its western entryway, it is joined by the Zillierbach stream, which is generally called the Flutrenne near its mouth. North of the town the Barrenbach courses through a couple of lakes and releases into the Holtemme in the town of Minsleben. The remarkable town center includes an old town and another town Altstadt and Neustadt. The town's ward consolidates Hasserode, Noschenrode, the private homes of Stadtfeld, Burgbreite and Harzblick similarly as the towns of Benzingerode, Minsleben, Silstedt, Schierke and Reddeber.