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Wernigerode (district)

Statistics
State:Saxony-Anhalt
Adm. Region:Magdeburg
Capital:Wernigerode
Area:797.60 km²
Inhabitants:94,556 (2002)
pop. density:119 inh./km²
Car identification:WR
Homepage:landkreis-wernigerode.de
Map
Saxony anhalt wr.png

Wernigerode is a district (Kreis) in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Halberstadt, Quedlinburg, the district Nordhausen in Thuringia and the district Goslar in Lower Saxony.

Geography

The district is located at the northern end of the Harz mountains. The highest mountain of the Harz, the Brocken, is located in the southeast of the district.

Coat of arms

De wernigerode coat.png The coat of arms are based upon those used by the principality and the diocese of Halberstadt. On top of the read and white areas are two fish, which are taken from the coat of arms of the counts of Wernigerode.

Towns and municipalities

  1. Benneckenstein¹
  2. Blankenburg¹
  3. Derenburg¹
  4. Elbingerode¹
  5. Ilsenburg¹
  6. Wernigerode

¹ administered in a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft

    Verwaltungsgemeinschaften
  1. Blankenburg
  2. Bodfeld (Harz)
  3. Brocken
  4. Derenburg
  5. Hochharz
  6. Ilsenburg
  7. Nordharz

External links

Referenced By

Goslar (district) | Halberstadt (district) | List of German districts | Magdeburg (region) | Nordhausen (district) | Province of Saxony | Quedlinburg (district) | Sachsen-Anhalt | Saxony-Anhalt | Saxony (province) | Saxony Anhalt

 

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