Wernigerode (district)

Wernigerode
Statistics
State:Saxony-Anhalt
Capital:Wernigerode
Area:797.60 km²
Inhabitants:94,556 (2002)
pop. density:119 inh./km²
Car identification:WR
Homepage:landkreis-wernigerode.de
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Map of Saxony-Anhalt highlighting the district Wernigerode

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.

Contents
1 Geography
2 Coat of arms
3 Towns and municipalities
4 External links

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

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Coat of arms

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

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

¹ administered in a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft

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

External links


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Flag of Saxony-Anhalt

Rural and urban districts in the Saxony-Anhalt

Altmarkkreis Salzwedel | Anhalt-Zerbst | Aschersleben-Staßfurt | Bernburg | Bitterfeld | Bördekreis | Burgenlandkreis | Dessau | Halberstadt | Halle (Saale) | Jerichower Land | Köthen | Magdeburg | Mansfelder Land | Merseburg-Querfurt | Ohrekreis | Quedlinburg | Saalkreis | Sangerhausen | Schönebeck | Stendal | Weißenfels | Wernigerode | Wittenberg

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See also: Wernigerode (district), Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Amt (political division), Anhalt-Zerbst, Aschersleben-Staßfurt, Bernburg (district), Bitterfeld (district)