Gernrode
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Gernrode | |
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Stadtteil of Quedlinburg | |
Coordinates: 51°43′28″N 11°8′21″E / 51.72444°N 11.13917°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Saxony-Anhalt |
District | Harz |
Town | Quedlinburg |
Area | |
• Total | 34.07 km2 (13.15 sq mi) |
Elevation | 217 m (712 ft) |
Population (2012-12-31) | |
• Total | 3,533 |
• Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 06507 |
Dialling codes | 039485 |
Vehicle registration | HZ |
Website | www |
Gernrode (German pronunciation: [ɡɛʁnˈʁoːdə] ⓘ) is a historic town and former municipality in the Harz District, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2014, it has been part of Quedlinburg.[1] It was the seat of the former Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("municipal association") of Gernrode/Harz.
First mentioned in 961, Gernrode received the privilege to bear its own coat of arms and seal, commonly regarded as
Geography
Gernrode is situated at the northeastern rim of the Harz mountain range and the Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park, about 6.5 km (4.0 mi) south of Quedlinburg. It lies at 215 m (705 ft) above sea level, at the foot of the Ramberg massif. It is nationally recognized for its health facilities and has state recognition as a spa town, where one may take the cure and recuperate in general (staatlich anerkannter Kur- und Erholungsort).
The town is also known as 'Gernrode/Harz', because of its location in the Harz mountains, and to distinguish it from Gernrode in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, also called 'Gernrode (Eichsfeld)'.
History
Imperial Abbey of St Cyriacus in Gernrode Reichsabtei Sankt Cyriakus in Gernrode | |||||||||
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999–1614 ( protection | 1149–1616 | ||||||||
• Gernrode named a city | 1539 | ||||||||
• Sophia Elizabeth last elected abbess | 1593–1614 | ||||||||
1728 | |||||||||
1802 | |||||||||
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Today part of | Germany |
In 959 the
Initially the
The
Gernrode received brewing rights in 1545. Beer brewing has since stopped, but a distillery is still present in the city. The city was traditionally part of the Duchy of Anhalt and a district of Ballenstedt. From 1037 to 1740 lead and silver were mined here. Matches and guns were also made in Gernrode. Parts of Gernrode were burnt in the Thirty Years' War (twice, in 1631 and 1635). In 1728 Emperor Charles VI formally enfeoffed the Anhalt princes with Gernode which was incorporated into Anhalt-Bernburg, raised to a duchy in 1806.
Due to its picturesque setting, Gernrode became a popular destination for recreational visitors from the early 19th century onwards. Goethe, Heinrich von Kleist and Wilhelm von Kügelgen stayed here, followed by numerous vacationers, and tourism became a significant economic factor. The town had 2,533 (Protestant) inhabitants in 1885.
On 19 April 1945, at the end of
Infrastructure
Transport
Selke Valley Railway
Gernrode is the starting point of the Selke Valley Railway (Selketalbahn), a narrow-gauge railway. The line was built in 1887 and after initially climbing through the mountains, follows the Selke river valley to Stiege. The total length from Gernrode to Stiege is 35 km.
Attractions
Attractions include the giant
Governance
Town twinning
Gernrode is
References
- ^ a b Final decision Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt Archived 2014-01-04 at the Wayback Machine, 12 December 2013.
- ^ Gesetz über die Neugliederung der Gemeinden im Land Sachsen-Anhalt den Landkreis Harz betreffend[permanent dead link] (GemNeuglG HZ, §3)
- ^ Ingo Kugenbuch (20 February 2013), "Drei Gemeinden sind nach Gerichtsurteil wieder selbstständig", Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (in German), Quedlinburg, retrieved 2013-07-09