Wernigerode district

coat of arms	map
Basic data
State :	Saxony-Anhalt
Administrative headquarters :	Wernigerode
Area :	797.6 km²
Residents :	91,164 (December 31, 2006)
Population density :	114 inhabitants per km²
Circle key :	15 3 69
License plate :	WR, HZ
Circle structure:	30 parishes
Address of the district administration:	Rudolf-Breitscheid-Strasse 10 38855 Wernigerode
politics
Last District Administrator :	Michael Ermrich ( CDU )
map

Last district election 2004

Turnout: 44.7% (1999: 53.3%)

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40

30th

20th

10

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37.7%

22.6%

20.8%

5.5%

4.3%

3.9%

3.4%

1.8%

no

CDU

PDS

SPD

Green

Upper Harz

More R. ^f

FDP

BF

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1999

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  -4

  -6

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-10

-2.9  % p

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+ 4.3  % p

+1.7  % p

+ 0.5  % p

+1.8  % p

-2.4  % p

CDU

PDS

SPD

Green

Upper Harz

More R. ^f

FDP

BF

Otherwise.

Remarks:

^f More right

The district of Wernigerode was a district in the west of the state of Saxony-Anhalt. On July 1, 2007, it was incorporated into the new district of Harz as part of the regional reform in Saxony-Anhalt . Neighboring districts were the Halberstadt district in the north, the Quedlinburg district in the east, the Thuringian district of Nordhausen in the south and the Lower Saxony district of Goslar in the west .

geography

The Rappbode dam was in the district . The Brocken was located in the southwest of the district .

economy

The district of Wernigerode was a location for well-known companies such as For example: Rautenbach AG (casting of engine parts), ThyssenKrupp AG , Schneider, Hasseröder Brauerei GmbH, Pharma Wernigerode GmbH, Chocotech GmbH, VEM motors GmbH. Tourism was also an important branch of the economy.

traffic

The first connection of the district to the railway network was brought about in 1869 by the Magdeburg-Halberstädter railway company with its Halberstadt - Vienenburg route via Heudeber-Danstedt and Wasserleben; In Heudeber the branch line branched off to Wernigerode from 1872 , from where it was extended by the Prussian State Railway to Ilsenburg in 1884 and to Bad Harzburg in 1894.

Also from Halberstadt in 1873 the Halberstadt-Blankenburg Railway ran its route first to the city of Blankenburg and then in 1885/86 in the Braunschweig region with its Rübeland Railway via Elbingerode to Tanne. From 1899 it was possible to continue from here on the narrow-gauge South Harz Railway via Sorge - Brunnenbachsmühle to Braunlage.

The Halberstadt-Blankenburg Railway Company opened a branch line from Langenstein to Derenburg on its main line in 1880, which was continued twenty years later to Minsleben and thus established a cross-connection to Wernigerode. In 1907 they also built a line from Blankenburg to Thale-Bodetal with a branch from Timmenrode to Quedlinburg (so - called Quäke ).

In the 1890s, the network of today's Harzer Schmalspurbahnen GmbH was created, which can be traced back to two earlier companies. First, the 1891/92 led Gernrode-Harzgerode Railway Company on anhaltischem area the Selketalbahn via stairs to Hasselfelde. Then the Nordhausen-Wernigeroder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (NWE) began building the Harzquerbahn on Prussian territory in 1898/99 via Elend und Sorge, where it crossed the Südharz Railway, and on via Benneckenstein to the Eisfelder Talmühle . There, the network was linked with the Stiege - Eisfelder Talmühle (1905) route of the "Gernrode-Harzgeroder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft". The crowning glory was the NWE railway from Drei Annen Hohne via Schierke to the 1120 m high Brocken, which can be reached without the aid of a cogwheel. From 1907 the Elbingerode West - Drei Annen-Hohne line of the Halberstadt-Blankenburg Railway Company served as a further feeder.

former district office in Wernigerode

The rail network had a maximum length of 176 km; it was shortened by 71 kilometers by 2007:

• 1919: Derenburg - Minsleben 5 km
• 1945: Stapelburg - Eckertal 1 km; Water life - Vienenburg 2 km; Brunnenbachsmühle - Sorge = M = 2 km
• 1958: Sorge - Tanne SHB = M = 3 km
• 1964: Elbingerode West - Drei Annen-Hohne 6 km
• 1968: Königshütte - Tanne 7 km; Langenstein - Derenburg 4 km
• 1969: Heudeber-Danstedt - Mulmke - Mattierzoll Süd 4 km; Timmenrode - Weddersleben - Quedlinburg 1 km
• 1973: Blankenburg - Timmenrode - Thale Bodetal 8 km
• 1999: Elbingerode - Königshütte 5 km; Heudeber-Danstedt - water life - Osterwieck 10 km
• 2005: Blankenburg - Elbingerode 18 km

(The kilometers indicated refer to the proportion in the district area)

Connex Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH was entrusted with the passenger traffic on the standard gauge network ; In addition, Deutsche Bahn's regional express trains ran the Halle (Saale) –Wernigerode – Hanover route.

coat of arms

Blazon : "Split of silver and red with two erect trout facing each other in confused colors."

cities and communes

(Resident on December 31, 2006)

Unified municipalities

1. Elbingerode (Harz) , City (5,591)
2. Wernigerode , City (33,871)

Administrative communities with their member communities
* Seat of the administrative community

1. Blankenburg administrative community Blankenburg (Harz) , city * (15,553) Cattenstedt (720) Heimburg (929) Hüttenrode (1,191) Timmenrode (1,068) Wienrode (896) 2. Brocken-Hochharz administrative community Allrode (662) Altenbrak (368) Benneckenstein (Harz) , City (2,234) Misery (514) Hasselfelde , City * (3,072) Schierke (721) Worry (119) Stairs (1,170) Fir (670) Treseburg (92)

3. Administrative community in Ilsenburg (Harz) Darlingerode (2,368) Drübeck (1,481) Ilsenburg (Harz) , city * (6,242) 4. North Harz administrative community Abbenrode (946) Derenburg , City (2,662) Heudeber (1,273) Langeln (1,110) Reddeber (880) Schmatzfeld (355) Stapelburg (1,391) Veckenstedt * (1,475) Aquatic Life (1,540)

Territorial changes

After 1990, many area changes took place in the Wernigerode district.

Of the originally 7 administrative communities, there were still 4 administrative communities when the district was dissolved. At the same time, the number of parishes decreased from 37 to 30.

Changes in administrative communities

• Dissolution of the administrative community Bodfeld (Harz) - formation of the unit municipality Elbingerode (Harz) (January 1, 2004)
• Dissolution of the administrative community Derenburg - incorporation of the communities Heudeber and Reddeber into the administrative community North Harz ; Derenburg becomes a unified municipality (January 1, 2005)
• Formation of the administrative community Brocken-Hochharz from the administrative communities Brocken and Hochharz (January 1, 2005)
• Incorporation of the city of Derenburg into VG Nordharz (December 1, 2005)

Change at the community level

• Dissolution of the communities Benzingerode , Minsleben and Silstedt - incorporation into Wernigerode (April 1, 1993)
• Dissolution of the Trautenstein community - incorporation into Hasselfelde (January 1, 2002)

Name change

• from administrative community Ilsenburg to administrative community Ilsenburg (Harz) (February 1, 2007)

District administrators (during the GDR era chairman of the district council)

• Erich von Stosch , from 1912 to 1945
• Paul Eichfeld , 1945
• Hermann Paul Reichardt , from 1945 to 1947
• Willi Falkenbach , from 1947 to 1950
• Willy Wiermann , from 1950 to 1952
• Otto Vieweg , from 1952 to 1955
• Otto Henning , from 1955 to 1959
• Herbert Eschke , from 1959 to 1961
• Heinz Kretschmer , from 1961 to 1974
• Heinz Dorst , from 1974 to 1976
• Günter Waesche , from 1976 to 1987
• Manfred Judeck , from 1987 to 1990
• Uwe Heuck , from 1990 to 1994
• Michael Ermrich , 1994 to 2007

License Plate

At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinguishing mark WR . It was issued through June 30, 2007. It has been available in the Harz district since November 27, 2012.

Web links

Commons : Landkreis Wernigerode  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.stala.sachsen-anhalt.de/wahlen/kw04/erg/kreis/kw.15369.ergtab.frame.html