Wernigerode is a much visited half-timbered town on the northern
edge of the Harz, which sees itself as the "key to the Harz". It is
located on the German Half-timbered Route and the Romanesque Route.
Since Hermann Löns, Wernigerode has been nicknamed "The colorful
city on the Harz".
The city is also ideal as a starting point
for various trips to the Harz Mountains, including the Brocken.
Wernigerode has a well-preserved old town with a wealth of half-timbered houses. Those who only have little time should at least pay a visit to the half-timbered town hall on the market square.
Wernigerode
Castle, Am Schloss 1, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49
(0)3943 55 30 30, fax: +49 (0)3943 55 30 55, e-mail:
central@schloss-wernigerode.de The hilltop castle of the counts and
later princes of Wernigerode and Stolberg can be seen from afar
-Wernigerode. Its beginnings are obscure: no components have yet been
found that date from before the 14th century. The constant conversion
and expansion continued into the 17th century. The castle received its
current form between 1861 and 1885 in the style of historicism: the
castle was essentially rebuilt using older components. The inner ring
wall from the 14th century encloses the lower terrace, the Hausmann
tower and the buildings around the inner courtyard. Castle courtyard and
outbuildings are freely accessible. The historic rooms in the castle can
be visited as a castle museum. There is also a courtyard cafe and lovely
views from the terrace. The ascent to the castle can e.g. B. via the
Christianental or the Agnesberg, which offers a charming view of the
city
Castle Museum, Am Schloss 1, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49
(0)3943 55 30 40. The museum housed in Wernigerode Castle shows the
original state rooms and other rooms with their former furnishings such
as paintings, books and furniture. There are also changing exhibitions.
The 50 rooms that can be visited include the castle church of St.
Pantleon and St. Anna, the billiard room, the so-called historical hall,
the smoking room, the new library, the old library, the apartments of
the princely couple, the ballroom, the Henrichskammern, the porcelain
cabinet and the royal rooms. The count's bath has been restored since
the beginning of 2018 and will later also be accessible to visitors.
Audio guides and guided tours in English and Russian are available.
Open: May-Oct: daily from 10am to 6pm, last entry 5:30pm; Nov-Apr:
Tue-Fri 10am-5pm. Price: adults €7; Pupils and students: €6 ; children
6-14: € 3.50; under 6 years free; family ticket €17.50; Surcharge for a
guided tour €2.00 (German), €3.00 (English, Russian).
Orangery,
Lindenallee 21, 38855 Wernigerode. The building intended for citrus
plants was laid out in 1728-1731 by Count Christian Ernst zu
Stolberg-Wernigerode in the area of the former pleasure garden. In 1826
it was converted into a library. Today it is part of the State Archives
of Saxony-Anhalt.
Princely Marstall, Am Lustgarten 40, 38855
Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 553 78 35, fax: +49 (0)3943 553 78 99.
The former royal stables are now used for events. The hall seats around
200 people.
Sylvestri Church, Oberpfarrkirchhof 12, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49
(0)3943 90 57 49 The chapel, once dedicated to Saint George and first
mentioned in 1230, in the form of a three-aisled, cross-shaped
Romanesque basilica is considered the oldest in the city. Legend has it
that the Benedictines of Corvey Abbey, under Abbot Warin I, built a
chapel on the site of today's church. The remains of the foundations are
still under the parish hall. In 1265 it was converted into the church of
the Canons' Monastery, reshaped in the early Gothic style with an
extended chancel and renamed after Pope Sylvester I. Further alterations
were made up until 1500. The transept basilica is of rubble and cut
stonework, with buttresses and jambs of sandstone blocks and a flat
wooden ceiling. The two church towers were demolished in the 18th
century. In 1881 the church received a new tower as part of another
renovation. The church's sights include the pulpit with the portraits of
John, Peter, Paul and James from 1883 and an altar from the second half
of the 15th century, which was previously installed in the Church of Our
Lady and St. Nicholas. The center of the altar is the birth of Christ.
The lateral representations come from the life of Mary: the engagement
of Mary, the annunciation, the circumcision of Jesus and the adoration
of the three kings. The closed altar depicts four saints, including Mary
Magdalene and Mary with her child. The crucifix comes from a former
triumphal cross group from the beginning of the 15th century. The Schitz
altar in the sacristy (1500) once stood in the St. George chapel. The
baptismal font was made in the early 16th century and placed on the west
gallery by Christoph Jesse in 1790. Funerary monuments from the
14th-17th century are located in various places in the church, e.g. for
Dietrich Gadenstedt († 1429) and family in the north transept and the
knight Asche von Kram (west side south aisle, † 1567). In the prince's
box, a crypt under the chancel, there are four tombstones of the Counts
of Wernigerode, e.g. Conrad III. (1297–1339), Conrad V (1358–1407) and
the last Count Henry IV (1375–1429). The Magdalene carpet created around
1250, the Maria Magdalena antependium, is of art-historical importance.
Church of Our Lady, Liebfrauenkirchhof, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49
(0)3943 90 57 49, email: st.sylvestri_liebfrauen@t-online.de The
Protestant parish church was first mentioned in 1230 as "ecclesia vel
capella" and has served as the town's main parish church since 1265. It
was completely destroyed in the city fire of 1751. Between 1756 and 1762
it was rebuilt in the Baroque style according to plans by the Count's
master builder Johann Friedrich Heintzmann (1716-1764) on behalf of the
Counts of Stolberg-Wernigerode. The additions to the north and south of
the single-nave church suggest a cruciform shape. The church tower to
the west of the church, which dates from 1891, can be climbed. One of
the sights is the pulpit altar by the count's court carpenter Johann
Michael Möser from 1759. Its carvings come from the Halberstadt sculptor
Josef F. Bartoli (1762) and the depiction of the crucifixion of Christ
by Christian Bernhard Rode (1760). Also worth seeing are the prince's or
ruler's loge opposite, the baptismal font from the 1st quarter of the
16th century, the stained glass windows from the 1920s and the Sauer
organ created in 1883, which is in the baroque case of the previous
organ, also from Bartoli created in 1762. In January 2018, the church
was sold to the Wernigerode Cultural Foundation, which is converting the
church into a 550-seat concert hall. Open: Easter-Oct: Tue-Thu 2pm-4pm,
Fri, Sat 10:30am-12pm; Tower ascent: May-October: Sat 10am-4pm, Sun
1pm-4pm.
St. John's Church (St. John), Pfarrstrasse 24, 38855
Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 90 62 66 The church in Neustadt,
consecrated in 1279, is the oldest surviving church in the city. The
oldest parts of the evangelical parish church - the west tower and the
transept - were built around 1279 in the Romanesque style. In 1497 the
former main hall was expanded into a three-aisled nave and the choir was
redesigned. The Gothic four-winged Marian carving altar, made around
1415-1425, shows Mary with her child surrounded by angels. The scenes
from the life of Mary and Jesus are the Annunciation, the Nativity, the
Adoration of the Magi and the Presentation in the Temple. On the inside
of the wings there are scenes from the Passion at the top and the
execution of John the Baptist and the confession and beheading of St.
Catherine of Alexandria. Other sights include the crucifix from 1500,
pastor's tombstones in the choir, the wooden pulpit from around
1610-1615, etc. with four evangelists and Christ as Redeemer, a
sculpture of John the Baptist from around 1500 and the Ladegast organ
from 1885. A portrait of the reformer Martin Luther was also placed on
the octagonal baptismal font from 1569. Open: May-Oct: Tue-Sat
10am-12pm, 3pm-5pm, Sun 11am-12:30pm.
Kreuzkirche, Lindenbergstr.
34, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 63 31 49. The altluth. The
listed half-timbered church, consecrated on October 19, 1873, has a
frieze organ, one of three outside of Mecklenburg. The pulpit, made in
1611, and the galleries come from the Nicolai Church, which was
demolished in 1873. Apostles and coats of arms of Wernigerode families
are shown on it. The crucifix dates from the first half of the 16th
century.
St. Theobaldi Chapel, Bohlweg 1, 38855 Wernigerode The
beginnings of the single-nave quarry stone chapel on the edge of a
cemetery, dedicated to Ubald von Gubbio (also St. Theobald von Thann,
St. Ewald, around 1080/1085-1160), date back to back to the year 1282.
In the vicinity of the chapel there was a hermit settlement. In 1403 the
chapel was redesigned by Count Heinrich von Wernigerode as a chapel of
expiation. The narrow, high lancet windows in the east and the transept
date from this period. This was preceded by the execution of Count
Dietrich von Wernigerode on July 22, 1386, who was found guilty in a
noble court of honor of allegedly having committed a breach of the
peace. The Theobaldi Chapel has served as the parish chapel of
Nöschenrode since the Reformation. The sacristy was added in 1607. Other
installations were the southern choir stalls in 1621, the northern choir
stalls at the beginning of the 18th century, the lower galleries in the
north and west in 1636/37, the upper west gallery in 1655, the organ
case in 1670 and the upper north gallery in 1712. In 1710 the chapel
received a ridge turret a small bell. Painted grave monuments from 1594
are reminiscent of the Bodter and Wachhold families. The paintings on
the parapets of the lower gallery with scenes from the Old and New
Testaments were executed in 1636 by Michael Sperling. In 1685 the wooden
barrel vault was designed with clouds and angels and the Te Deum. The
upper gallery was only painted by an unknown painter in the 18th
century. The gilded double-winged altar of Mary (around 1419) shows
scenes from the life of Mary and Christ on both sides next to Mary with
her child in the middle field. Below the altarpiece in the predella are
five busts for the relics of St. Theobald, Elisabeth, Juliana, Adalbert
and Valerius. Other sights include the triumphal cross group (1696), the
carved unpainted pulpit and the organ on the west gallery. In the
adjoining cemetery is the 19th-century crypt made of stone belonging to
the counts and princes of Stolberg-Wernigerode.
Half-timbered town hall, market square, 38855 Wernigerode The
building of the medieval town hall, initially a play and dance hall, has
been on the south side of the market square since at least 1277.
Described as a "pearl of medieval half-timbered architecture", the
half-timbered house, one of the finest in Europe, once belonged to the
Counts of Wernigerode and served as a courthouse and as a place for
entertainment, including weddings. Under Thomas Hilleborch, the house
was enlarged and remodeled in 1492-1498. It was given a large banquet
hall, which was accessible via the outside staircase. Even at that time,
the building dominated the market square. After the fire of 1521, the
house was rebuilt from 1539 to 1544 and got its current appearance. The
ridge turret was added in 1699. The town hall is a two-storey
half-timbered building with a massive basement and ground floor and a
steeply rising slate roof. The façade is characterized by the double
flight of stairs and the two bay towers with slated spires rising from
the basement. To the west is the Waaghaus. 33 wooden figures were
attached to the town hall at different times. The cross vaults are still
visible in the Ratskeller. Guided tours of the town hall are offered.
Smallest house, Kochstr. 43, 38855 Wernigerode. Today a museum, see
under Museums.
Oldest house, Hinterstraße 48, 38855 Wernigerode. The
oldest house in town was built around 1400 as a simple post and beam
construction. It is one of the few houses that survived the great fire
of 1847.
Crooked house, Klintgasse 5, 38855 Wernigerode. Today a
museum, see under Museums.
Gadenstedtsches Haus,
Oberpfarrkirchhof 13, 38855 Wernigerode The oldest parts of today's
house were built around 1480. The lower part of the house with the
entrance consists of rogen stone blocks and half-timbered above. Among
its residents was the Count-Stolberg castle captain Dietrich von
Gadenstedt († 1586), who completed the house in 1582 with half-timbering
and bay windows. Today the house belongs to the municipality of St.
Sylvestri.
Krummelsches Haus, Breite Str. 72, 38855 Wernigerode
The half-timbered house was built in 1674 by the Berlin grain merchant
Heinrich Krummel and was lovingly decorated with wood carvings. Under
the windows there are ten woodcarving reliefs with the "continent
allegories", which were executed after engravings by the Flemish
engraver Adriaen Collaert (1560-1618). The basement was given its
present form in 1875. Today there is a restaurant in this house.
Old Mint (Nonnenhof), Oberpfarrkirchhof 5, 38855 Wernigerode. The
half-timbered house built by Valentin von Sundhausen in the 16th century
has a stone basement and today serves as the city archive.
Haus
Preysser, Breite Str. 71, 38855 Wernigerode The half-timbered house was
built in 1696 by the candle maker and soap maker Johann Preysser.
Stylistically it belongs to Mannerism.
The only remains of the city fortifications that have existed since
the 13th century, which once surrounded both the old and the new town,
are today only the remains of two defensive towers, which were designed
as half-shell towers, the western gate tower as one of the corner towers
and part of the wall with the get walk. The former battlements are
missing. A modern clock tower now stands on the site of the former
Rimker Gate.
Western Gate Tower, Westernstrasse, 38855
Wernigerode. The 38m high tower was first mentioned in a document in
1356 and served as a control point for tolls. It was built in the early
Gothic style and was part of the Wernigerode city wall.
Half
shell tower (north side of Burgberg between Nöschenröder Straße and
Lindenallee). In the middle of a park there is a former watchtower that
was part of the former city wall. A wooden roof now serves to protect
the tower.
Kaiserturm Observation tower opened in 1902 on the
478m high summit of the poor people's mountain south of the city center.
From the tower you can enjoy a breathtaking view of the castle and old
town of Wernigerode and the northern Harz. Price: Admission free.
Harz Museum Wernigerode, Klint 10, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49
(0)3943 65 44 54, e-mail: harzmuseum@stadt-wernigerode.de The local
history museum set up in an old half-timbered house is dedicated to the
history of the city, the nature of the Harz Mountains (with fossils,
animal and plant life ) and mining. Open: Mon-Sat 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.,
public holidays: 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. Price: Adults €2, discount available.
Wernigerode Aviation Museum, Gießerweg 1, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.:
+49 39 43 63 31 26, email: info@luftfahrtmuseum-wernigerode.de 60
airplanes and helicopters and more than a thousand other exhibits are on
display in 4 halls. There are also two flight simulators available.
Since 2018, a Transall C-160 on display on the museum's roof has
enriched the exhibition program. Open: Daily 10am-6pm except December
24th and 25th and January 1st. Price: adults € 8.00, children from 6 to
15 years € 5.00. Free entry for children under 6 years.
Castle Museum
see Wernigerode Castle (above).
Smallest House, Kochstrasse 43,
38855 Wernigerode The baroque half-timbered house built in the mid-18th
century was inhabited by a wealthy craftsman, his wife and seven
children until the 1920s. He bequeathed the building to the city, which
today houses contemporary furniture and other exhibits. Open: May-Oct:
daily 10am-4pm; Nov-Apr: Tue-Sun 10am-3pm. Price: €1.
Crooked
house, Klintgasse 5, 38855 Wernigerode. The former pond mill was built
in 1680 for the guild of lace makers. The half-timbered house has
partially collapsed due to being washed away by the underground mill
race. The stream that supplied the water no longer exists today. The
house is now the headquarters of an association.
Wernigerode Fire
Brigade Museum, Steingrube 4 a, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 60
11 31, mobile: +49 (0)152 22 53 23 37. The museum has a collection of
historical firefighting equipment and reports on the history of
firefighting. The exhibition contains extinguishers and vehicles from
more than 100 years of fire service history. Open: Tue/Wed/Fri 10:00 -
14:00 ; Thu 10:00 - 16:30; Sat 2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., closed on public
holidays. Outside the opening times and guided tours available on
request. Price: Adults €2, children €1, children up to 7 years have free
admission.
Krellsche Schmiede, Breite Str. 95, 38855 Wernigerode.
Tel.: +49 (0)3943 55 73 73 The smithy was built in 1678 by Michael Krell
as a three-storey half-timbered house and remained in the Krell family's
possession until 1837. In 1873 it was sold to Heinrich Michael Niehoff,
whose family continued to run the forge until 1975. The house has a
workshop and stables. The complex was restored in 1986 and became a
museum in 1990. Since 2008 the forge has been operated as a technical
monument with a blacksmith. The facade decorations, the so-called
peasant dances, are atypical for Wernigerode. They come from the
Franconian half-timbered construction. Open: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.
Memorial site, Veckenstedter Weg 43, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49
(0)3943 63 21 09. From 1943 the barracks camp served as a satellite camp
of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Open: Apr-Oct: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm,
Nov-Mar: Mon-Fri 9am-3pm.
Museumshof Ernst Koch, Am Plan 4A,
38855 Wernigerode (district Silstedt). Phone: +49 (0)3943 2 20 29, fax:
+49 (0)3943 2 20 29, e-mail: museumshof-silstedt@gmx.de. The “Gute
Stube”, a kitchen, a bedroom and agricultural implements can be viewed.
Open: Thurs 2pm-5pm, Sat 10am-12pm. Price: adults: €1.00, children:
€0.50.
School Museum, Rösentor 19, 38855 Wernigerode (district of
Benzingerode). Tel.: +49 (0)3943 24 97 40. The museum is housed in a
former school building from 1927. Open: Visits by appointment.
Gutsmühle (mill museum and gallery in Kornboden), Am Wasser 9-11, 38855
Wernigerode / OT Minsleben (Minsleben district). The mill museum in a
medieval mill offers a collection of old equipment from agriculture,
milling and rural households. After the death of the former owner,
Hermann Alber, the future of the mill museum and the associated
facilities remains uncertain.
Museum of Form Design in the GDR,
Gießerweg 2a, 388855 Wernigerode. Email: form-museum@web.de. Exhibits
from 40 years of design history in the GDR are on display.
Harzplanetarium Wernigerode, Mr. Kelch, Walther-Rathenau-Straße 9, 38855
Wernigerode. One-hour guided tour. The planetarium is also located on
the six-kilometre-long so-called planetary path, which is intended to
illustrate the dimensions of our solar system on a scale of 1 : 1
billion. On the way there are granite columns with information boards
about the individual planets. The planetarium is like the position of
Pluto. However, this path is hardly maintained and communicated. Open:
by appointment/registration. Price: adults: €4.00, children: €2.00.
Hermann-Löns monument, Hermann-Löns-Weg, 38855 Wernigerode. The
memorial erected by the Harz Club on August 4, 1929 has a plaque
designed by Hans Bülow. The hunter, nature and local poet Hermann Löns
(1866-1914) is remembered. His best-known novel is The Werewolf, a
chronicle of the Thirty Years' War. From May to June 1907 he stayed in
Wernigerode with his family for six weeks. In a 1909 story in the
Hannoversches Entertainment Journal, he coined the term "colorful city",
whereby this characterization probably referred not only to the city
itself, but also to the natural diversity in the city's vicinity. The
Wernigerode Tourist Office acquired the rights and in April 1911 had the
almost 30-page brochure “Wernigerode: the colorful town on the Harz”
printed by Verlag Vierthaler. The report was published posthumously in
1916 as part of the book "The Valley of Songs and Other Descriptions".
Karl Marx Memorial, An der Flutrenne 37, 38855 Wernigerode Designed
by Rudolf Wewerka, the memorial was erected in 1953 to mark the 70th
anniversary of the philosopher's death.
Memorial stone for King
Frederick II of Prussia (on the Friedrichstrasse to Hasserode). The
monument was inaugurated on September 13, 2012.
Marketplace. The Benefactor Fountain is located directly in front of
the town hall, which forms the southern end of the market square. The
ornate cast-iron fountain was cast in Ilsenburg in 1848 in the
neo-Gothic style. It commemorates the city's benefactors. On the west
side is the Gothic House, which is now used as a hotel.
Nikolaiplatz (short: Niko). The square was the site of the
Nikolaikirche, which was demolished in 1873. Almost in the center is the
Göbel fountain, to the north is the former Nikolai Hospital, built in
1847, which today serves as a police station, and to the south is the
council pharmacy from 1894.
market street. The street begins east
of City Hall and heads south-southeast. Markstr. 1 is the seat of the
Art and Culture Association. Cultural events take place in the coach
house. The rear building of Marktstr. 3 has a bower worth seeing. A
short detour takes you to the Leaning House behind the town hall. There
are three sculptures on Markstraße (The Puppeteer, The Tower Snail, The
Rest). At the southern end you will find the Smallest House. The street
leads into Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Straße, on the south side of which,
north of the parking lot, a stone embankment marks the site of the
former Dullenturm, which was part of the city fortifications.
Klint. The street starts west of the town hall, heads south-southwest
and has early half-timbered houses on both sides. On the west side is
the town hall, on the opposite side is the Gothic House, which is used
as a hotel. The Harz Museum and the Harz Library follow. You now cross
the Klintgasse, which leads to both sides, and later comes to the
Oberpfarrkirchhof. Noteworthy in the Klintgasse area on the west side is
the Old Mint (Nonnenhof, Oberpfarrkirchhof 5), which today houses the
city archives, and on the east side the building at Oberpfarrkirchhof 4,
the former residence of the clerk of the collegiate church. The Leaning
House is located at the eastern end of Klintgasse. Just to the west of
the Church of St. Sylvestri is the Old Lyceum (Oberpfarrkirchhof 7),
which has always been a school building and is now used for the
Landesgymnasium für Musik. To the south of the church there are other
half-timbered buildings (Oberpfarrkirchhof 10-13), with the
Gadenstedtsches Haus (No. 13) being the most worth seeing.
Wide
street. The street begins in the northeast corner of the market and
heads east. After about 150 meters you will reach Nikolaiplatz, on the
south side of which is Breite Straße. In the street there are numerous
shops and several restaurants. One of the interesting buildings is the
Café Wien (Breite Str. 4) from 1583. From the Breite Straße, after 250m
or 350m from the Markt, you reach the Burgstraße or Große Bergstraße,
which lead in a southerly direction. From both streets you can reach the
stone pit with the fire brigade museum (see museums, 180m via
Burgstraße, 130m via Große Bergstraße).
western road. The street
begins in the northwest corner of the market and heads west. The
three-storey house Westernstr. 10, where Jüttner's bookstore is located,
has had a chime since 2006, which sounds three times a day. East of the
western tower is the Gerhard-Hauptmann-Gymnasium, which was built in
1871 as a princely grammar school by the architect Carl Frühling. The
sculpture of the Harzwanderer is located in front of the grammar school.
Behind the western tower are the Art Nouveau half-timbered houses at
Westernstraße 35 and 37.
Several sculptures have been erected in the area of the old town.
The Rast, Marktstrasse 32, 38855 Wernigerode. Bronze sculpture by Jo
Jastram from 2004.
Tower snail, Marktstrasse 24, 38855 Wernigerode.
Bronze sculpture by Gernot Rumpf from 2004.
Puppeteer, Marktstraße
15, 38855 Wernigerode. Sculpture by Cathleen Meier from 2003.
Harzwanderer, Westernstraße 30, 38855 Wernigerode. Sculpture by Wolf
Bröll from 1995.
lamplighter. Bronze sculpture on the Mount of Olives
on the Anger.
eagle plastic. Bronze sculpture by Georg August Gaul
(1869-1921) from 1912. In 1949 it was erected in the former cemetery of
the Liebfrauengemeinde on Schreiberstrasse.
Goebel Fountain,
Nicolaiplatz. Fountain by Prof. Bernd Göbel with bronze sculptures on
various aspects of the city's history from 2003 at the site of the
former Nikolaikirche. From the edge of the fountain, St. Nicholas of
Myra on the hustle and bustle on the water-spitting arch. The
inscription “The more you give, the richer you become” can be read on
the collar of the saint. The figures on the arch include three witches
riding a broomstick together, Martin Luther, Goethe and Mephisto, and
Napoleon and Christian IV of Denmark. Names and dates of important
people and events from the history of Wernigerode can be found on the
floor: e.g. Thomas Hilleborch (1470-1540), the town hall builder, and
Heinrich Horn (1470-1553), who had the first sewer built.
Fountain on
the New Market. With bird-like mythical creatures standing next to them,
the Elwetritschen.
Hahnenbrunnen, Breite Str. 14, 38855 Wernigerode.
While the fountain was installed in the 1980s, the faucet was put on in
2009.
Gallery on the first floor, Marktstr. 1, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49
(0)3943 63 26 30, Fax: +49 (0)3943 26 06 93. As the name suggests, the
gallery is on the first floor of a half-timbered house from 1835. Open:
Tue-Fri 11:00 -12:00 and 14:00-17:00, Sat 11:00-17:00, Sun 14:00-17:00.
Gallery in the antiquarian bookshop, Büchtingenstr. 4, 38855
Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 60 42 32. Open: Mon-Wed, Fri 10am-6.30pm,
Thu 10am-3pm and 7pm-10pm, Sat 10am :00-14:00.
Gallery in the "Harz
Culture Center", Breite Str. 95, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 90
59 77, fax: +49 (0)3943 90 59 60. Gallery with traveling exhibitions.
Bürgerpark, Dornbergsweg 27, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49 (0)3943 40
89 10 11, email: info@wernigeroeder-buergerpark.de. Developed from the
former state horticultural show in 2006 with more than 80 themed
gardens, five ponds and extensive meadow areas. Miniature golf course
near the entrance. Open: Apr 15 - Oct 31: daily 10am - 4pm. Price: Adult
day ticket: €2.00, reduced €1.00 without Miniaturenpark.
Miniaturenpark Kleiner Harz, Dornbergsweg 27, 38855 Wernigerode (in the
Bürgerpark). Tel.: +49 (0)3943 40 89 10 11 With replicas of important
buildings and attractions in the Harz region on a scale of 1:25. Open:
April/October: daily 9am-6pm, May-September: 9am-7pm. Price: Adult day
ticket: €7.00, reduced €5.00 including the Bürgerpark.
Central
Cemetery am Eichberg, Am Eichberg 7, 38855 Wernigerode (in Hasserode)
Listed cemetery created in 1885.
Wildpark Christianental,
Christianental 11, 38855 Wernigerode (B244 towards Elbingerode approx.
at the level of the Aldi market). Tel.: +49 (0)3943 252 92.
Family-friendly wildlife park open all year round with spacious natural
enclosures for animals typical of the Harz region, such as red deer,
fallow deer and wild boar, wildcats, raccoons, martens, birds of prey
and owls in picturesque surroundings with unspoilt trees. Price: 1€.
The natural monuments are located southwest of Wernigerode, west of
the district of Hasserode.
Steinerne Renne 2.5 km long Holtemme
gorge near Hasserode with small waterfalls and rapids in a wooded valley
section. Nearby is a train station for the Harzquerbahn and Brockenbahn.
In the Steinernen Renne there is a hydroelectric power station of the
same name and a forest inn.
Kleine Renne The cascading mountain
stream Kleine Renne flows through the forested gorge of the same name
and is an officially designated natural monument. The Kleine Renne flows
into the Holtemme in the Steinerne Renne.
Ottofels 36m high granite
rock formation designated as a natural monument. You can climb to the
summit on the iron ladders that have existed since 1892. The view
extends far into the northern Harz foreland, and of course Wernigerode
Castle is also visible. Stamp point 27 of the Harzer hiking nobility
(see under activities).
Mönchsbuche Natural monument of a beech tree
over a hundred years old near the Hasserode district of Wernigerode in
the Harz Mountains. In 2011 the treetop had to be removed. Stamp point
26 of the Harzer hiking nobility.
Model railway layout of the BSW-KG Harzquerbahn and Brockenbahn. You can see the Harzquerbahn and Brockenbahn on a scale of 1:87. Fridays at 5 p.m. is club evening and guests are welcome to visit the facility (location of the club house: Wernigerode main station, platform 1, in the adjoining building at the passage to the Harz narrow-gauge railway station).
City tours
City tours starting at the tourist information (market
square) are offered daily at 10:30 a.m. €6 per person, duration approx.
60 minutes.
The following events take place every spring:
Rock im Marstall,
last weekend in March.
Museum Spring, last weekend in March.
International Piano Competition “Neue Sterne”, second week of April.
Walpurgis Night The festival takes place every year on April 30th
Linedance Festival Nicolaiplatz, second week of May.
The
following events take place every year in summer:
The town hall
festival takes place in mid-June. On the Friday of the Town Hall
Festival Week, the Young Part music event takes place in the Bürgerpark.
The next town hall festival will take place from 21.06.-23.06.2019.
Johannisfest of the Johannisgemeinde in the second half of June.
Wernigerode Castle Festival takes place from the end of July to the
beginning of September. In 2019 the opera Romeo and Juliet will be
performed.
Neustadt Wine Days on the last weekend in June. 2019 on
the weekend of 28.06.-30.06.2019.
The International Johannes Brahms
Choir Festival & Competition (INTERKULTUR) has been held every two years
since 1999 in odd-numbered years in the first week of July. The next
festival will take place from 3.-7. July 2019.
Wernigerode Old Town
Festival in the old town of Wernigerode, third weekend in August.
The following events take place every year in autumn:
Harz
mountain run The run takes place every year on the second weekend in
October. To do this, 1150 meters of altitude must be overcome.
On the
second and third weekend in October, the Wernigerode Wiesngaudi
(Oktoberfest) takes place on the Ochsenteich area.
Hasseröder
Hubertusfest, beginning of November.
The following events take
place every year in winter:
Christmas market, from the 1st Advent
until shortly before Christmas Eve on the market square. From the first
day of Christmas, the Wernigerode winter market follows on the market
square, which ends on January 7th of the following year.
On the
initiative of the ecumenical working group of the churches, a nativity
scene trail was launched in the city center for the first time in the
Advent season of 2017, in which around 30 shops and private individuals
took part. It is to be hoped that this will also become a tradition in
the years to come.
Jazzclub Wernigerode, Remise, Marktstr. 1, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.:
+49 (0)3943 63 26 30. Price: Presale: Paul Jüttners Buchhandlung, see
under Buy.
Volkslichtspiele Wernigerode, Salzbergstraße 1, 38855
Wernigerode. Mobile: +49 (0)172 915 64 65. Reopened in 2018 after
renovation work.
Steam train
Harz Narrow Gauge Railways,
Wernigerode main station. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 558-0, e-mail:
info@hsb-wr.de The Harz narrow-gauge railways take you through the
picturesque Selketal to the Brocken. The train stops at the main train
station and at the Westerntor train station. It is possible to continue
to Nordhausen.
Hiking in the urban area
From the market square
to Wernigerode Castle: From the market square, go onto Marktstrasse and
at the end turn left onto Johann-Sebastian-Bach and later right onto
Schöne Ecke. In the Schönenecke you follow the arch and get to the
Burgbergstraße via a crossroads. Walk uphill on this street and at the
Fürstengrotte restaurant follow the steep ascent to the castle.
Distance: approx. 1.3 km. Time: 30 minutes. You can also return with the
Schlossbahn or the little train.
From the market square to the poor
people's hill: From the market square, take Westernstraße and walk
through the Westerntorturm. At the west crossing, turn left into
Salzburgstrasse. Follow the road until you come to a road in the forest
called Die Winde. After another 3 km you will reach the Försterplatz and
the Armeleuteberg restaurant. Above the inn, 400m away, is the
Kaiserturm with a good view of the city. You could return via the Twelve
Morning Valley, 1 km to the east.
Wernigerode is an ideal starting point for hikes in the northern
Harz. Possible destinations are the Brocken (14 km via the Steinerne
Renne), Ilsenburg (6 km), the Otto Rock (5 km), Blankenburg (7 km). The
12 km long Oberharzer cliff path passes several groups of rocks and
offers charming views of the surrounding landscape.
Harz hiking pin.
Phone: +49 (0)3944 954 71 48, email: info@harzerwandernadel.de. If
that's not enough, you can stamp yourself with the Harzer hiking pin.
Some of the 200 checkpoints are still in the Wernigerode area. At the
control points, which are located at prominent points such as castle
ruins, hills, vantage points, lakes and museums, stamps are available
that you can stamp into your hiking booklet. In the tourist information
you can buy the hiking booklet for 2€ and the set of maps for 7.50€.
Bauer Linde's covered wagon, Charlottenlust 69, 38855 Wernigerode.
Tel.: +49 (0)3943 63 25 66, mobile: +49 (0)172 80 21 824, fax: +49
(0)3943 63 00 79, e-mail: info@bauer-linde.de. Horse boarding, wagon
rides. Dec-Mar with sleigh. From Easter 2018 covered wagon trips to the
Brocken.
Haflinger Stud and Riding School Wernigerode, Friederikental
1, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 2 41 44, mobile: +49 (0)170 290
93 89, fax: +49 (0)3943 26 41 58, e-mail: info@reiterhof-wernigerode.de.
Trail rides, carriage rides, children's and youth riding.
123 bike rental, Bahnhofstr. 33, Wernigerode. Mobile: +49 (0)1515 440 73 73 . Open: Apr-Oct: daily 9am-6pm.
Swimming pool Wernigerode, Weinbergstr. 1, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.:
+49 (0)3943 63 22 03 (swimming pool), email: ralf.schult@wernigerode.de.
Hours of Operation: Open every two hours on weekdays; Fri 1 p.m.–9 p.m.;
Sat, Sun 9 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Waldhofbad, Waldhofstr. 4, 38855
Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 63 28 68. Open: May-Sep Mon-Fri 10 a.m. -
6 p.m., Sat, Sun 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Hasseröder Ferienpark swimming pool,
Nesseltal 11, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49 (0)3943 55 77-0, Fax: +49
(0)3943 55 77-99. Open: daily from 9am to 10pm (9pm last entry).
Harz Escape, Klintgasse 3, 38855 Wernigerode. Mobile: +49 (0)176 51
96 76 91, email: info@harz-escape.de .
Escape Room Wernigerode
(HarzGames), Gießerweg 3, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 625 62
40, mobile: +49 (0)152 34 11 76 67, email:
kontakt@harzgames.de
T-bar lift, Twelvemorning Valley. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 4 17 21. Downhill
slope with lift system, ski jump facility.
There are several ski
areas in the western Harz region around the towns of Goslar, Braunlage
and Clausthal-Zellerfeld.
In the Sporthotel Wernigerode tennis, squash, bowling.
Harz
Bowling, Bahnhofstr. 33, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49 (0)3943 209 13
84, email: harzbowling@gmx.de . Open: Tue-Sat 2pm-10pm, Sun 2pm-6pm
(reservation required).
Brocken Coaster Schierke, Hagenstraße 6,
38879 Wernigerode / OT Schierke. Mobile: +49 (0)160 96 23 60 73.
All-weather toboggan run. Open: daily 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
By plane
The nearest international airports are Hanover (HAJ) and
Leipzig-Halle (LEJ). From there you can reach Wernigerode by train in
two to two and a half hours, depending on the connection. From Hanover
Airport you have to change trains in Hanover Hbf and Goslar, and from
Leipzig/Halle Airport you have to change trains in Halle Hbf. Larger
international airports such as Berlin Brandenburg or Frankfurt are much
further away and it takes twice as long to travel by train.
By
train
Wernigerode train station is on the Halle
(Saale)-halberstadt-goslar-hannover railway line. Trains run from Halle
via Halberstadt to Goslar both as a regional train and as a regional
express. In Halle, Magdeburg (change in Halberstadt) or Hanover (change
in Goslar) there is a connection to long-distance DB.
Those
arriving from other Harz regions can also take the trains of the Harz
narrow-gauge railways. Often meter-gauge steam-powered trains, they are
an experience in themselves. The train station is about 1km north of the
city centre. The Harz narrow-gauge railway also has a stop at Westerntor
on the western edge of the old town. From here you can reach the old
town faster than from Wernigerode train station. The Harzquerbahn
connects Wernigerode with Nordhausen. The Brockenbahn begins at Drei
Annen Hohne station, about 14 kilometers south of Wernigerode, and
reaches Brocken station after 19 kilometers.
Note: With the
HarzTourCard you can travel by bus, train and on the entire narrow-gauge
railway network (except Schierke-Brocken) within three days. It costs
€27 for an individual and €56.00 for a family with three children up to
14 years of age. It can be purchased at the train stations, at the bus
station and at the Tourist Information Wernigerode.
By bus
Flixbus travels to Wernigerode from Berlin (via Magdeburg), Düsseldorf
(via Kassel, Göttingen), Hamburg (via Hanover), Munich (via Leipzig and
Halle). The long-distance bus stop is at the bus station on the station
forecourt.
On the street
Wernigerode can be reached via the
A36 motorway and the B244 federal road. The A36 branches off from the A7
near Goslar and the A395 from Braunschweig to Vienenburg, a district of
Goslar.
The German half-timbered road runs through the town.
By bicycle
Both the Europe Cycle Route R1 (D3) and the Harz
Circular Route lead through Wernigerode.
The areas of the old town that are worth seeing are either pedestrian
zones or traffic-calmed. Parking is hard to find. Therefore, you should
park your car in one of the large car parks on the outskirts of the
city, such as the central car park "Johann-Sebastian-Bach Straße", at
the corner of "Schöne Ecke", on the B 244 in the middle of the city and
walk from there. You won't need more than 10 minutes.
The car is
also no help to the castle, which is enthroned 100 meters above the
city, as there is neither a general access road nor parking spaces.
Small tourist trains offer an alternative to walking.
During the
day there are four city bus lines, and from 7 p.m. there is also a night
bus line from the Harzer Verkehrsbetriebe, Citybus Wernigerode. In
addition, intercity buses to the surrounding villages also cover the
arterial roads. The central bus stop is the bus station at the station
forecourt. For city buses there is another node in the city center.
None of the bus routes go to the city center. The lines circle the
old town in the north via the Ringstrasse (lines 401 and 402) and in the
south over the Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Strasse/B 244 (line 402,
long-distance bus routes). A suitable stop in the north is Rendevous:
via Gustav-Petrie-Straße going south you reach the market square.
Domestic products
Although not necessarily associated with resin,
wooden toys are also made here that you can't just buy for Christmas.
These include wooden tree decorations, Christmas pyramids, candle
arches, nutcrackers and incense smokers.
Special spirits,
so-called bitters, are also produced in the Wernigerode area. These
include the Schierker Feuerstein and the Brockenfeuer.
Shops and
shopping streets
1 wide street. There are numerous small shops in the
pedestrian zone. Other shopping streets are Westernstrasse, Burgstrasse
and Marktstrasse.
2 Altstadt-Passagen, Ringstrasse 37, 38855
Wernigerode (halberstädter chaussee 13). Tel.: +49 (0)3943 69 06 25.
Small shopping center with several specialist shops, cafés and an Edeka
market. Open: Mon-Wed, Sat 08:00-20:00, Thu-Fri 08:00-21:00.
3 Paul
Jüttner's bookstore, Westernstr. 10, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49
(0)3943 6 91 10. Open: Mon-Fri 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
4
Hütter porcelain factory, Mittelstraße 6, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49
(0)3943 63 29 91, fax: +49 (0)3943 26 77 18, e-mail:
huetter.porzellan@t-online.de. The two designers Heidi and Jürgen Hütter
run Europe's smallest porcelain manufactory. Her creations such as
vases, bowls, boxes and candlesticks are unique. Open: Daily 10am-6pm.
5 KinderKram, Westernstraße 12, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 60
17 55. Toy shop.
6 Wergona Chocolates, Neustadter Ring 4, 38855
Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 6 93 85 10, fax: +49 (0)3943 6 93 81 99.
Chocolate factory outlet. Open: Tue-Sat 11am-6pm.
Wernigerode has several good restaurants and cafes. There is
something for every budget. In any case, it is worth trying the local
specialities, various main dishes and baked goods such as the Harz tree
cake or the Brocken cake.
Cheap
1 Harzer Baumkuchen Café,
Neustadter Ring 17, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49 (0)3943 63 27 26,
email: Harzer-Baumkuchen@gmx.net. Open: Mon-Sat 10am-6pm; Sun and public
holidays 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
2 Schlemmercafé Saxony-Anhalt, Breite
Str. 9, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 60 17 70, fax: +49 (0)3943
63 23 59. Café, snack bar. Open: Daily 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
3 Café
Burgstrasse, Burgstrasse. 18, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49 (0)3943 63
40 23, email: info@cafe-burgstrasse.de. cafe and restaurant. Open: daily
6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
4 Green Papaya, Gustav-Petri-Str. 4, 38855
Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 62 62 92. Asian cuisine.
5 Green
cucumber clubhouse, Veckenstedter Weg 63, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49
(0)3943 63 42 56, email: info@gg-wr.de. German cuisine, home cooking.
Open: daily 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Waldgasthaus and Pension
Christianental see under accommodation.
Medium
6 Ratskeller,
Marktplatz 1, 38855 Wernigerode (near the town hall). Tel.: +49 (0)3943
63 27 04. Open: Apr-Oct: daily from 11:30 a.m., otherwise variable
times. Price: Main courses €11-27.
7 Café Wiecker, Marktplatz 6,
38855 Wernigerode. Tel: +49 (0)3943 26 16 90. Cafe. Open: daily from 8
a.m. to 7 p.m.
8 Bodega, Marktstr. 10-14, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone:
+49 (0)3943 94 92 63 30, email: bodega@appart-hotel.de. Spanish,
Mediterranean cuisine. Open: Tue-Fri, Sun 5pm-11pm, Sat 12pm-11pm.
9
Marktblick Restaurant & Cafe, Marktstr. 3, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49
(0)3943 694 80 49 . German cuisine. Open: 11:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
10
Altwernigerode potato house, Marktstr. 14, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49
(0)3943 94 92 90.
11 Löwenbräu am Kohlmarkt, Breite Str. 16, 38855
Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 60 47 00. German cuisine. Open: Daily
11:30am - 10pm.
12 Hexenkessel, Breite Str. 15, 38855 Wernigerode.
Tel.: +49 (0)3943 63 43 14. German cuisine. Open: Mon-Tues, Thurs-Sun
11:30am-10pm.
13 Harzblut, Breite Str. 108, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.:
+49 (0)3943 20 94 01. German cuisine. Open: Mon-Wed, Fri-Sun 5pm-11pm.
14 Ratsstübchen, Breite Str. 10, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49 (0)3943
63 46 64, fax: +49 (0)3943 6 26 98 95.
15 Brauhaus Wernigerode,
Breite Str. 24, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49 (0)3943 69 57 27, fax: +49
(0)3943 69 58 38, e-mail: info@brauhaus-wernigerode.de. German cuisine,
bar. Open: daily from 11:30 a.m. to midnight, kitchen until 10 p.m.
16 Into the small paradise, Unterengengasse 6, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.:
+49 (0)3943 63 20 50. Open: daily from 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.
17
Restaurant & Lounge on Green Street, Green Street 4, 38855 Wernigerode.
Tel.: +49 (0)3943 539 92 93, email:
info@restaurant-lounge-wernigerode.de. French, Mediterranean, European
cuisine. Open: Tue-Sun from 5 p.m.
18 Santorini, Grosse Bergstr. 3,
38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49 (0)3943 557 80 80 . Greek kitchen. Free
home delivery. Open: from 12 p.m.
19 Casa Mia, Friedrichstr. 88,
38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49 (0)3943 26 55 78, email:
olimpion@t-online.de. Italian kitchen. Open: Mon, Wed-Sun 11:30am-2pm,
5:30pm-10pm.
20 Poseidon, Ringstr. 37, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49
(0)3943 60 49 29. Open: Tue–Sun 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m., 5:30 p.m.–11:30 p.m
21 Waldgasthaus Armeleuteberg, Armeleuteberg 1, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.:
+49 (0)3943 63 22 79. Forest restaurant. Open: Wed-Mon 10am-6pm.
22
Biggis Jodlerstübchen, Charlottenlust 70, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49
(0)3943 60 85 09, fax: +49 (0)3943 60 86 125, e-mail:
info@biggis-jodlerstuebchen.de. With adventure playground for children.
Upscale
23 Café Wien, Breite Strasse 4, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.:
+49 (0)3943 63 24 09. Café in one of the oldest houses in town (1583).
Open: Mon-Sat 08:30 - 17:30, Sun 10:00 - 17:30.
24 Monte Ferrum,
Eisenberg 2-3, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 3943 6 69 51 65. German and
international cuisine. Opens since June 2017. Open: Mon, Thurs–Sun
5pm–11pm.
25 Orchidea Huong, Klintgasse 1, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone:
+49 (0)3943 62 51 62, fax: +49 (0)3943 262 17 34, e-mail:
info@orchidea-huong.de. Vietnamese and Japanese cuisine, sushi. Open:
Mon, Wed-Fri from 5 p.m., Sat, Sun 12 p.m.-3 p.m. and from 5 p.m.
26
Restaurant Pietsch, Breite Str. 53a, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49
(0)3943 553 60 53, e-mail: info@restaurantpietsch.de Small restaurant
with 14 seats, which, under Robin Pietsch, offers innovative cuisine
under the motto "Clear. Straightforward. Intense” offers. Feature:
Michelin 1*. Open: Wed-Sat 19:30-24:00.
Die Stuben, Marktplatz 2,
38855 Wernigerode (in the “Travel Charme Gothic House”). Tel.: +49
(0)3943 67 50. Regional cuisine. Open: Mon-Fri 12:00-14:00, 18:00-21:00;
Sat-Sun 18:00-21:00.
27 Weißer Hirsch, Marktplatz 5, 38855
Wernigerode (on the market square). Tel.: +49 (0)3943 60 20 20. Gourmet
restaurant in a 4-star half-timbered hotel with a view of the town hall.
Open: Daily 11am - 10pm. Price: main courses €11-28.
28 Zeitwerk,
Breite Strasse 53a, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49 (0)3943 694 78 84,
email: info@dein-zeitwerk.de. Creative and futuristic cuisine. In 2022
both restaurants of the chef Robin Pietsch were awarded a Michelin star.
There is only one comparable restaurant in Halle. Feature: Michelin 1*.
Open: Wed-Sat 19:00-23:00.
1 Ars Vivendi, Bahnhofstr. 33, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943
62 66 06. Music and cocktail bar. Dance on Fridays and Saturdays.
2
Bonaparte, Grosse Bergstrasse 1, 38855 Wernigerode. Mobile: +40 (0)172
601 94 19. Cocktail bar. Open: Mon-Thu 8pm-2am, Fri 9am-4am, Sat
3:30pm-4am.
3 Hasseröder, Auerhahnring 1, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.:
+49 (0)3943 93 60 Tour and bar in the brewery of the same name, which
has existed since 1872.
4 Kneipchen No. 7, Büchtingenstraße 7, 38855
Wernigerode. Open: Tues, Thurs–Sun 8pm–1am.
5 Schlieper's Restaurant
Café Bar, Burgstr. 7, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 63 21 79. Bar
in the pedestrian zone, a few minutes from the market square.
6
Tommis Pub, Marktstrasse 5, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49 (0)3943 63 21
62.
In addition to hotels, there are numerous guesthouses, holiday
apartments, holiday homes and a youth hostel. Timely hotel bookings are
recommended for Easter, Walpurgis, Pentecost, the Harz Mountains Run and
the turn of the year.
The city of Wernigerode levies a tourist
tax of €2.80 per overnight stay and payer (as of 5/2018). Severely
handicapped persons, children aged 6 and up to the age of 18 and
participants in congresses, conferences and similar events recognized by
Wernigerode Tourismus GmbH can be granted discounts.
Cheap
1
DJH Wernigerode Youth Hostel, Am Eichberg 5, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.:
+49 (0)3943 60 61 76, fax: +49 (0)3943 60 61 77, e-mail:
wernigerode@jugendherberge.de . Price: B&B from €21.50, HB from €27.00,
FB from €32.00 (as of 5/2018).
2 Christianental, Christianental 43,
38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49 (0)3943 251 71, email:
info@christianental-wernigerode.de. Forest inn and pension with three
apartments with four beds, one with two beds. With playground and
wildlife park (see under parks). Price: €32 for adults, €16 per child
aged 3-12, each with B&B. Children under two years free. HB €16 per
person.
3 Hasseroeder Hof, Amtsfeldstr. 33, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone:
+49 (0)3943 63 25 06, fax: +49 (0)3943 90 56 61, e-mail:
hasseroeder-hof@t-online.de. Hotel in a half-timbered house near the
city center. Price: €40 per adult, €24 per child aged 7-10 sharing a
double room; €45 for adults, €27 per child aged 7-10 in single room;
Children under 6 years free.
4 Hotel Altora, Bahnhofstr. 24-26, 38855
Wernigerode. Phone: +49 (0)3943 40 99 51 00, email:
info@hotel-altora.de. Open: Reception: 6 a.m. - 10 p.m.
5 Hotel
Schlossblick, Burgstr. 58, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 55 75
40, fax: +49 (0)3943 55 75 42 22, e-mail:
rezeption@hotel-schlossblick-wernigerode.de.
6 Pfälzer Hof,
Lüttgenfeldstr. 23, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 20 90 70, fax:
+49 (0)3943 63 08 16, e-mail: pfaelzerhof@regiohotel.de. Familial
non-smoking hotel pension with holiday apartments. Free parking. Free
WiFi. Pets not allowed. Feature: pension. Open: Reception: 7am - 10pm.
Check in: 3pm - 10pm. Check out: 7am - 11am. Accepted payment methods:
Visa Master.
7 Villa Ratskopf, Unterm Ratskopf 47, 38855 Wernigerode.
Tel.: +49 (0)3943 26 08 08, (0)3943 20 90 70, fax: +49 (0)3943 63 08 16,
e-mail: villa-ratskopf@regiohotel.de
Medium
8 Altwernigerode
Apparthotel, Marktstr. 14, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49 (0)3943 94 92
60, email: info@appart-hotel.de. 3 stars hotel.
9 Alt Wernigerode Hof
Garni, Pfarrstraße 50a, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 9 48 90,
Fax: +49 (0)3943 94 89 11. Traditional city center hotel with 62 rooms.
Check-in: 2:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Check-out: 07:00-11:00. Price: double
room from €95.
10 Alte Waldmühle, Mühlental 118, 38855 Wernigerode.
Tel.: +49 (0)3943 26 63 99, fax: +49 (0)3943 26 61 22, e-mail:
Info@altewaldmuehle.de. With campsite.
11 Hasseröder Holiday Park,
Nesseltal 11, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 557 00, fax: +49
(0)3943 55 70 99, e-mail: info@hasseroeder-ferienpark.de. Holiday resort
with free access to the outdoor pool. Minimum length of stay: three days
or one week in high season. Price: Apartments: €75-185.
12 Hotel Am
Schlosspark, Am Ziegelberg 1, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 553
23 40, fax: (0 39 43) 553 23 42 99, e-mail:
hotel@am-schlosspark-wernigerode.de. Traditional hotel, quietly situated
on the edge of the castle park. 20 minutes walk to the city center.
Price: Double €60 in low season to €80 in high season.
13 Hotel
Blocksberg, Harzstr. 55, 38855 Wernigerode / OT Silstedt. Phone: +49
(0)3943 5 47 10, fax: +49 (0)3943 54 71 46, e-mail:
info@hotel-blocksberg.de.
14 Hotel Garni Johannishof, Pfarrstr. 25,
38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 9 49 40, fax: +49 (0)3943 94 94 49,
e-mail: info@hotel-johannishof.de.
15 Hotel Garni Zur Post, Marktstr.
17, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49 (0)3943 6 90 40, fax: +49 (0)3943 69
04 30, e-mail: info@hotelzurpost-wr.de. Hotel with 13 rooms including 6
single rooms, equipped with satellite TV and bathroom with shower or
bath. Some single rooms only have shared showers and toilets. Free WiFi.
Price: SR 58 €, SR with shared shower 37 €, DR 47.50 € per person, each
with BB.
16 Hotel Harz, Mittelstr. 2a, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49
(0)3943 55 75 80, fax: +49 (0)3943 5 57 58 41, email:
info@hotel-harz-wernigerode.de.
17 Hotel & Restaurant Schanzenhaus,
Zwölfmorgental 30, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49 (0)3943 20 90 70,
(0)3943 63 01 10, fax: +49 (0)3943 63 08 16, e-mail:
schanzenhaus@regiohotel.de.
18 Hotel & Restaurant Zur Tanne, Breite
Str. 57-59, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49 (0)3943 63 25 54, fax: +49
(0)3943 63 37 35, e-mail: HotelZurTanne@aol.com.
19 Hotel Steinerne
Renne, Steinerne Renne 67, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49 (0)3943 60 75
33, fax: +49 (0)3943 63 02 05, email: post@steinerne-renne.de.
20 La
Rustica Altstadthotel, Unterengengasse 14, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49
(0)3943 55 77 99, mobile: +49 (0)171 5 41 70 80, fax: +49 (0)3943 69 56
65, e-mail: la-rustica-wr@t- online.de.
21 Median Hotel Garni,
Benzingeröder Chaussee 8, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 5 43 90,
fax: +49 (0)3943 54 39 30, e-mail: info@medianhotel.de.
22 Rathaus
Hotel Garni, Breite Str. 9, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 63 09
96, fax: +49 (0)3943 63 09 97. 3-star hotel.
23 Schlossvilla
Derenburg, Schlossstrasse 15, 38895 Wernigerode / OT Derenburg. Tel.:
+49 (0)39453 67 80, fax: +49 (0)39453 6 78 50, e-mail:
info@schlossvilla-derenburg.de.
24 Sporthotel Waldmühle, Mühlental
76d, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 5 53 30, fax: +49 (0)3943 55
33 45, e-mail: info@sporthotel-wernigerode.de. Open: Restaurant: Tue-Sat
17:00-23:00. Check-in: 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Check-out: 09:00 - 11:00.
25 Wellness Hotel Jagdhaus, Unterm Ratskopf 20, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.:
+49 (0)3943 9 39 80, fax: +49 (0)3943 93 98 24, e-mail:
info@wellnesshotel-jagdhaus.de.
upscale
26 Apart Hotel
Wernigerode, Breite Str. 48, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49 (0)3943 62 61
21, fax: +49 (0)3943 69 48 20, email: hotel@wernigerode.net.
27
Hasseröder Burghotel, Langer Stieg 62, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49
(0)3943 5 16 40, fax: +49 (0)3943 5 16 41 99, e-mail:
info@hasseroeder-burghotel.de. Theme hotel, suitable for families and
children.
28 HKK Hotel Wernigerode (Harz culture and congress hotel),
Pfarrstr. 41, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 94 10, fax: +49
(0)3943 94 15 55, e-mail: info@hkk-wr.de . Modern 4-star hotel, located
about a hundred meters north of the historic old town, with 258 rooms
with satellite TV, bathroom and modem connection, the main restaurant
"Spelhus" (from 6:30 a.m.), the restaurant & bistro Teneo (international
cuisine) , the "Berliner Zille" pub, the Allegro dance bar (Fri, Sat) as
well as 9 conference rooms and a congress hall with a stage for a total
of up to 650 people. In the wellness area there is a sauna, steam bath,
whirlpool and fitness equipment. Free WiFi. Parking in the neighboring
Contipark car park. Price: single room from €83, double room from €114,
each with BB. HB costs €20 extra per person (as of 5/2018).
29 Hotel
Am Anger, Breite Str. 92-94, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49 (0)3943 9 23
20, fax: +49 (0)3943 92 32 50, e-mail: info@hotel-am-anger.de. 3-star
superior hotel.
30 Hotel Erbprinzenpalais, Lindenallee 27, 38855
Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 5 40 50, fax: +49 (0)3943 54 05 99,
e-mail: info@erbprinzenpalais.de.
31 Hotel Fürstenhof, Nöschenröder
Str. 42-43, 38855 Wernigerode. Phone: +49 (0)3943 40 79 15, fax: +49
(0)3943 40 79 16, e-mail: info@fuerstenhof-wernigerode.de. Historic
4-star hotel with a beautiful view of the Mühlental and Wernigerode
Castle. Sauna, Internet. Price: DR €79-139; Apartments €119-249.
Breakfast €10 per person.
32 Hotel Schlosspalais,
Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Str. 11, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 63
05 40, fax: +49 (0)3943 26 17 60, e-mail: info@schlosspalais.de. edit
info
33 Parkhotel Fischer, Mauergasse 1, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49
(0)3943 69 13 50, fax: +49 (0)3943 69 13 60, e-mail:
info@parkhotel-fischer.de . With swimming pool. Open: Reception: daily
from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
34 Ringhotel Weißer Hirsch, Marktplatz 5, 38855
Wernigerode. Phone: +49 (0)3943 26 71 10, fax: +49 (0)3943 26 71 11 99,
e-mail: info@hotel-weisser-hirsch.de. 4 star hotel.
35 Schlossberg
Hotel Garni, Burgberg 9 a/b, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 5 45
90, fax: +49 (0)3943 54 59 34, e-mail:
info@schlossberg-hotel-wernigerode.de.
36 Travel Charme Gothic House,
Marktplatz 2, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 675-0, fax: +49
(0)3943 675-555, e-mail: gothisches-haus@travelcharme.com . 4-star
superior hotel in the area of the old market square with single and
double rooms, suites, the "Die Stuben" restaurant, the "Bohlenstube"
restaurant (à la carte restaurant), the fireplace bar, the "Winkeller
1360" as well as six conference rooms for up to 130 people. Rooms have
air conditioning, satellite TV, bathroom with shower or tub, safe,
minibar. In the wellness area there is a whirlpool, a sauna landscape
and a fitness area. Free WiFi. Hotel's own parking garage, €12 per day
and vehicle. Pets on request. Price: SR €92-165, DR €64-210, suites
€94-250, each with B&B (as of 5/2018).
Apartments
The tourist
information (see below) can also provide up to 350 other providers of
holiday accommodation.
1 Harz University of Applied Sciences, Friedrichstr. 57-59, 38855
Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 659-0, fax: +49 (0)3943 659-109, e-mail:
info@hs-harz.de.
2 City Library, Klint 10, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.:
+49 (0)3943 65 44 22, email: stadtbibliothek@wernigerode.de. The city
library is located in the basement of the Harz Museum. A little further
south on the other side of the street is the children's library. Open:
Mon, Tue, Thu 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Fri 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sat 10 a.m. to 1
p.m.
3 Harz Library, Klint 10, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943
65 44 24, (0)3943 65 44 28, fax: +49 (0)3943 65 44 97, e-mail:
harzbuecherei@wernigerode.de. Scientific regional library with old stock
in the southern neighboring building of the Harz Museum
Harzklinikum Wernigerode, Ilsenburger Str. 15, 38855 Wernigerode. Tel.: +49 (0)3943 610, fax: +49 (0)3943 61 13 13. Academic teaching hospital of the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg. Open: with 24/7 emergency room.
Information
Tourist Information, Marktplatz 10, 38855 Wernigerode.
Tel.: +49 (0)3943 553 78-35, fax: +49 (0)3943 553 78-99, e-mail:
info@wernigerode-tourismus.de Open: May–Oct: Mon–Fri 9 a.m –7:00 p.m.,
Sat 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Sun 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.; Nov-Apr: Mon-Fri
9am-6pm, Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 10am-3pm; 1.1. and 25.12. closed.
Post
and telecommunications
Post office, Minslebener Strasse 19, 38855
Wernigerode. Open: weekdays 09:00-12:30 and 13:00-17:00
Deutsche Post
service point, Burgstr. 19, 38855 Wernigerode. edit info
In addition,
several smaller souvenir shops also sell postage stamps.
Deutsche
Telekom also operates several chargeable WiFi hotspots and telephone
booths in the city centre.
There are public toilets at the train station and in the extension of the town hall.
There are no written sources about the
exact origin of the place. According to the latest research, there
are no original links to the monastery of Corvey (Weser) and Abbot
Warin, as assumed by Eduard Jacobs and Walther Grosse, but the place
name indicates a protected clearing settlement.
The first
settlement area was the Klint, where there was a lowland castle, the
so-called Schnakenburg. In 1805 the remains of this castle complex
were demolished, as part of which only the Gadenstedt house
(Oberpfarrkirchhof 13) from 1582 has been preserved. At the time of
the first settlement, the primeval forest typical of the Harz
Mountains was still on the hilltop of the Klint, which first had to
be cleared, hence the part of the name "-rode".
The place was
first mentioned in a document in 1121 in connection with Count
Adalbert zu Haimar from the area near Hildesheim who had settled
here and who henceforth called himself Count of Wernigerode. He and
his descendants can be traced back to at least 1230 as bailiffs of
the Drübeck monastery. Wernigerode Castle was first mentioned in
1213 as a "castrum". On April 17, 1229, the settlement was granted
city rights based on the model of Goslar. In 2004, Wernigerode
celebrated the anniversary of the city charter being granted 775
years ago.
Due to the influx of new residents from the
surrounding villages, a new settlement formed on the north-eastern
edge of the old town in the 13th century - the later Neustadt, a
farming town that lay outside the enclosing wall of the old town.
The Johanniskirche was built in the Romanesque style as the parish
church of the new town of Wernigerode in the last third of the 13th
century.
After
the Counts of Wernigerode died out in the male line through the
death of Count Heinrich in 1429, Wernigerode became the seat of the
Counts of Stolberg, who exercised supremacy here for centuries.
During the Peasants' War of 1525, several surrounding monasteries
were plundered and partially destroyed, in particular the
Himmelpforten monastery in today's Hasserode district.
About
20 people were sentenced to death at the stake in witch trials in
Wernigerode from 1521 to 1608. The victims of the witch hunts
include Andreas Meinicke from Eckertal (1581), Mette Fliß from
Drübeck (1583) and Katharina Bernburg from Rohrsheim (1597).
Looting in the Thirty Years' War and destruction by fire brought
great suffering to the population.
From 1658 there was the
Count's, from 1893 the Princely Consistory of Stolberg-Wernigerode,
a mediat consistory for the management of the Lutheran Church in the
county of Wernigerode. After the founding of the United Evangelical
Church in Prussia in 1821, the Lutheran parishes in the area of the
county belonged to its ecclesiastical province of Saxony. The mediat
consistory, however, continued to exist with regional responsibility
for these parishes until it was dissolved in 1931, but was
subordinate to the provincial consistory in Magdeburg.
In
1714, Count Christian Ernst zu Stolberg-Wernigerode had to recognize
the sovereignty of Brandenburg-Prussia over the county of
Wernigerode in a recess.
From 1807 to 1813 Wernigerode was
integrated into the city canton of Wernigerode in the Kingdom of
Westphalia before the city was assigned to the newly formed Prussian
district of Osterwieck in the Prussian province of Saxony. Only
after an objection by Count Henrich zu Stolberg-Wernigerode in 1825
did Wernigerode again become the seat of its own district within the
administrative district of Magdeburg.
On March 29, 1847, part
of the city, especially the Heideviertel, fell victim to a great
fire.
The grammar school fire brigade at the
Fürst-Otto-Gymnasium (today's Gerhart-Hauptmann-Gymnasium) was
founded in 1864. This school fire brigade verifiably existed until
the end of the war in 1945. It is the first German school fire
brigade to be documented in writing and is considered the forerunner
of today's youth fire brigade
In the second half of the 19th
century, alongside tourism, industrial development (including
machine and tool construction, electric motors, pharmaceutical
products, chocolate, stationery, building materials) began in
Wernigerode, which led to a significant boom in the town as a
tourist center and business location .
During
the Second World War, parts for the armaments industry were
manufactured in the Rautal-Werken GmbH, which had been expanded into
a modern light metal foundry in 1938, primarily by forced laborers
and concentration camp prisoners. They lived in a barracks camp on
Ziegenberg. In 1942, another barracks camp was built at
Veckenstedter Weg 23, which was converted into a satellite camp
(code name "Richard") of the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1943.
From the initial 95 prisoners, the occupancy rose to 800 people, who
were mainly used to build air raid shelters on the Galgenberg. In
December 1944, the prisoners from Veckenstedter Weg were transferred
to the "Steinerne Renne" camp, which was used by the Wernig works in
the Hasserode district. They belonged to the production complex of
the Dessau Junkers group, which received approval in 1944 to
relocate individual departments from Magdeburg and Köthen to the
Argenta chocolate factory building in the Wernigerode suburb of
Hasserode. Parts of the Jumo 004 jet engine were to be manufactured
there. Shortly before US troops arrived, the 500 prisoners were sent
on a death march towards the Theresienstadt concentration camp,
where only 57 arrived alive.
From September 1, 1937 to May
13, 1945, the Lebensbornheim Harz was located at Brockenweg 1 and
was operated by the SS organization Lebensborn.
On February
22, 1944, USAAF B-17 bombers attacked the city as a target of
opportunity during "Big Week". More than 200 people were killed in
the air raid involving 19 aircraft. Many buildings in the city,
especially in the new town around the St. John's Church, were
destroyed, including the representative hotel "Zum Bären" at Breite
Straße 78, which was used as a military hospital and whose two top
half-timbered floors were not rebuilt. The western part of the
former orangery with the palm house and the pleasure garden were
badly damaged.
At the beginning of April 1945, Colonel Gustav
Petri, as city commander, received orders to defend the city against
the advancing US Army units. Since he refused to carry out this
order, the city was occupied on April 11 with little resistance.
Petri was then summarily shot on April 12 near Drei Annen Hohne. The
city was spared further destruction.
In 1970, a type H5 stony
meteorite weighing 24.3 grams was found in Wernigerode. He was lying
in the attic of a house whose roof had been destroyed in World War
II.
Wernigerode is located on the north-east flank of the Harz Mountains,
about 12 km east-northeast of the Brocken (1141.2 m above sea level).
Federal roads 6 and 244 as well as the German-Dutch holiday route Orange
Route lead through it. The Halberstadt–Vienenburg railway line, which
connects Halle and Hanover, also runs through the city. To the
south-west lies the Landmann forest area.
The Holtemme flows
through Wernigerode, into which the Zillierbach flows, not far from the
western gate. Furthermore, the Barrenbach flows north of the city
through several ponds and flows into the Holtemme in the district of
Minsleben. The historic city center consists of the old town and the new
town. The urban area also includes Hasserode, Nöschenrode, the
residential areas of Stadtfeld, Burgbreite, Harzblick and Charlottenlust
as well as the districts of Benzingerode, Minsleben, Silstedt, Schierke
and Reddeber.
The west-east extension of the urban area including
the incorporated districts is 22 km, the north-south extension is 14 km.
The city center is about 257 m above sea level. NHN. The highest point
in the urban area is the peak of the Brocken at 1141.2 m, the lowest is
at around 215 m.
The northern edge of the Harz Mountains runs
right through Wernigerode.
Wernigerode is divided into the core town, including the towns of Hasserode and Nöschenrode, which were incorporated before 1994, and five towns with local councils for the towns of Benzingerode, Minsleben, Reddeber, Schierke and Silstedt, which were incorporated from 1994. Furthermore, the village without independent administration Drei Annen Hohne belongs to the city of Wernigerode.
The city is located in the temperate climate zone. The average annual
temperature is 9.5 degrees Celsius, the average annual rainfall is 500
millimeters.
The warmest months are June to August with an
average of 16.0 to 18.3 degrees Celsius and the coldest December to
February with an average of 1.1 to 2.1 degrees Celsius.
With an
average of 54 millimeters, most precipitation falls in July, the lowest
with 30 millimeters in February.
The climate, more precisely the
amount of precipitation and temperature, is particularly influenced in
the summer months by the uphill rain caused by the Harz mountains. Since
the city is on the rain shadow side (lee side) of the Harz Mountains,
less precipitation arrives there than in similar climatically temperate
regions without the "protection" of a mountain range. The occasional
foehn (so-called "resin foehn") that occurs in this way also leads to an
increase in temperature.
Cemeteries of honor for those who fell in World War I and for those
who died in World War II (including those killed in a bombing on
February 22, 1944) at the Wernigerode Central Cemetery in the Hasserode
district
Memorial for those persecuted by the Nazi regime and for
numerous prisoners of war, US and British planes that had crashed, as
well as women, children and men who were deported to Germany during
World War II and became victims of forced labour
Memorial and
commemorative plaque at the former concentration camp "Steinerne Renne"
of the Wernig-Werke for the victims of forced labour
Plaque on the
Villa Russo for the former owners Clara and Benno Russo, a Jewish
manufacturer and his wife who were murdered in 1943 in the
Theresienstadt concentration camp and in the Auschwitz-Birkenau
concentration camp
Commemorative plaque from 1993 at the town hall to
commemorate the city's persecuted Jews
Graves and memorial stone from
1952 in the central cemetery for nine unknown concentration camp
prisoners who were murdered by SS men during a death march from the
Harzungen subcamp of the Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp in April
1945, buried in the Minsleben train station area and buried in the
central cemetery in 1952
Memorial site Wernigerode Veckenstedter Weg
43
Wernigerode has nationwide fame in the field of choirs and is also
referred to as a "Choral City". Here is the state high school for music
with four choirs, including the internationally renowned radio youth
choir Wernigerode, which was founded in 1951 by Friedrich Krell.
In Wernigerode, the first special classes for music education were
established at the EOS "Gerhart Hauptmann" in 1971 (since 1991 state
high school for music). In addition to two children's choirs, the
Wernigerode Girls' Choir under the direction of Steffen Drebenstedt is a
well-known ensemble. In April 2003, former choir members of the radio
youth choir formed the Wernigerode Chamber Choir under the direction of
Peter Habermann.
Since 1999, an "International Johannes Brahms
Choir Festival & Competition" has been held every two years with an
international choral conductor seminar under the auspices of the
Interkultur association. The city organizes a Harzchorfest every two
years in alternation with this.
Several amateur and school choirs
and ensembles are active in Wernigerode: the "Wernigerode Singing
Academy", the "Women's Choir Wernigerode", the "Men's Choir Wernigerode
from 1848", the "Men's Choir Hasserode 1865", the "Children's Choir
Wernigerode" at the State Music High School, the vocal group " Ars
Vivendi", as well as the choirs of the Gymnasium Stadtfeld and the
Gerhart-Hauptmann-Gymnasium.
The Wernigerode Philharmonic Chamber
Orchestra, conducted by Christian Fitzner, is one of the few remaining
small-town orchestras of national importance. A regular cultural
highlight is the "Wernigerode Castle Festival" as part of the
Saxony-Anhalt Music Festival.
The "Happy Groove Orchestra" under
the direction of Thomas Schicker is a Wernigerode big band with a
classic line-up.
The samba group "Baraban", which regularly takes
part in the Wernigerode town hall festival, is nationally known.
The district music school "Andreas Werckmeister", the music school
Schicker with different locations and the "Turbine 19" maintain
ensembles of different music genres.
Before 1990
Ore was mined in the area in earlier centuries,
especially iron ore in the Büchenberg pit. In 1970 the pit was closed.
From the 19th century, some industrial companies had settled in the
town and the surrounding area, for example the company Lauenstein und
Franke GmbH was founded on January 10, 1920 (share capital 20,000
Reichsmarks), which produced machines for chocolate processing. After
the Second World War, it was expropriated and continued machine
production under the name VEB Schokomasch. In the 1950s, Wismut AG
carried out test drilling to investigate whether there were any mineable
uranium deposits in the area, but nothing was found.
During the
GDR era, three sawmills that belonged to the United Wood Industry
Combine North Harz settled in Wernigerode and the surrounding area. The
preparatory and maintenance work on the wood stock was the
responsibility of a municipal forestry company.
The VEB fountain
pen factory Wernigerode, which manufactured fountain pens, was located
in the Weinbergstraße. The plant was later assigned to the VEB writing
instrument plant “Markant” as a Heiko branch and was taken over by
Schneider writing instruments in 1991.
After German reunification, numerous companies had to close. The
focus was now on tourism (Wernigerode Castle, Harz narrow-gauge
railways, gastronomy, national park).
Some surviving or newly
settled industrial companies belong primarily to the metal and
electrical industry, including automotive suppliers. There are also
pharmaceutical companies and the food industry. Wernigerode was the seat
of the rice marvel.
The Hasserode district was the original seat of the Hasseröder
brewery, which became the property of the Gilde Brauerei Hannover in
1990 and now belongs to the Belgian-Brazilian brewery group InBev
Deutschland Holding GmbH. In 1995, it was built in the North-West
Business Park as a state-of-the-art new company.
Wernigerode, as
a location for traditional chocolate factories, is the seat of Wergona
GmbH in the 21st century, which is the successor to VEB Argenta
Wernigerode. As a manufacturer of machines for the chocolate industry,
Chocotech GmbH is based in Wernigerode. It is the direct successor of
the machine factory founded in 1920.
After taking over VEB HEIKO,
Schneider GmbH continued to produce writing implements and in 1992 moved
from Weinbergstraße to an industrial area in the Stadtfeld district of
Wernigerode.
At PSFU GmbH, precision parts for mechanical
engineering, chassis parts for motorcycles and fuel cells for electrical
energy and heat supply are manufactured. The Nemak foundry, which
belongs to the Mexican Grupo Alfa, produces cylinder heads for car
engines. Electric motors are developed and built at VEM Motors.
Transmission and drive technology Wernigerode GmbH (GAW, a company of
the SCHLOTE GROUP) is a machining service provider for the automotive
industry, specializing in engine, transmission and chassis components.
Street
The A 36 (Brunswick-Bernburg (Saale)) leads directly to
Wernigerode and directly connects the North-West business park
(Wernigerode-Nord junction) and the Stadtfeld business park
(Wernigerode-Center junction).
For cycling, Wernigerode is
connected to the R1 European cycle path.
railroad
Wernigerode
has a train station (since 2018 Wernigerode Hauptbahnhof) on the
Heudeber-Danstedt-Bad Harzburg route, on which two regional express
lines (Magdeburg-Goslar and Halle (Saale)-Goslar) run every two hours .
From Halberstadt, the one-hour rhythm is created. On Fridays and
weekends, part of the Harz-Berlin-Express (HBX) stops between Goslar and
Berlin Ostbahnhof. Wernigerode is also the terminus of the Harz
narrow-gauge railways. This is where trains on the Harzquerbahn start,
which has a connection to the Brockenbahn, among other things. Steam
locomotive-hauled narrow-gauge trains are used on these several times a
day up to the Brocken.
On the route in the direction of Vienenburg
there is also the Wernigerode Elmowerk stop, and there are a number of
other stations on the narrow-gauge line in the city area.
bus
transport
Local public transport is provided, among other things, by
the PlusBus of the Saxony-Anhalt state network. The following
connections lead from Wernigerode:
Line 230: Wernigerode ↔
Benzingerode ↔ Blankenburg ↔ Westerhausen ↔ Quedlinburg
Line 250:
Wernigerode ↔ Benzingerode ↔ Blankenburg ↔ Timmenrode ↔ Thale
The
Harzer Verkehrsbetriebe operate bus services in the Harz district. To
the south-east is the bus station with 11 bus platforms, where 18 lines
stop in the current timetable.
City transport consists of five
bus lines, including a so-called night bus line, which runs from 7 p.m.
to around midnight to the larger parts of the city. The central transfer
point is the Rendezvous stop next to the main train station, which is
located right in the city center and where the lines meet every 15
minutes on weekdays and every hour on weekends and public holidays.
FlixBus drives to Wernigerode several times a day on lines 051 and
129.
Wernigerode's media landscape is quite distinctive. The Volksstimme maintains a local editorial office in Wernigerode. Furthermore, the "Neue Wernigeröder Zeitung" is published fortnightly in the city and deals with the history of the Harz and the city as well as current events. In addition to the print media, there has been an open channel in Wernigerode since 1998, which, as a so-called citizen television, gives every citizen the opportunity to produce and broadcast their own contributions.
city administration
Employment Agency
District Court of
Wernigerode
health department
Administration of the Harz National
Park
research and educational institutions
Harz University of
Applied Sciences (FH)
Robert Koch Institute (Wernigerode branch
office)
Institute for Automation and Computer Science GmbH/Center for
Industrial Research and Development
HarzOptics GmbH – Institute for
Photonic Research
ProRegio Consult GmbH
Fraunhofer Institute for
Factory Operation and Automation (IFF) (branch office)
elementary
schools
Diesterweg Elementary School
August Hermann Francke
Elementary School
Stadtfeld (all-day elementary school)
Harzblick
elementary school
Free elementary school (all-day elementary school)
secondary schools
Thomas Müntzer Secondary School
All-day
school in Burgbreite
high schools
Stadtfeld High School
Gerhart-Hauptmann-Gymnasium
State High School for Music
Fachgymnasium (as part of vocational schools)
special schools
Liv Ullmann School, special school for the mentally handicapped
Pestalozzi School, special needs school for people with learning
disabilities
Other school facilities
District music school
"Andreas Werckmeister"
Adult Education Center "Harz"
Vocational
schools in Wernigerode
Vocational training center of the German
construction industry
Private educational institutions
Teutloff Education Center and Teutloff Social Work
Technical Academy
in Überlingen
Oskar-Kammer School