Wettelrode

Wettelrode City of Sangerhausen Coordinates: 51 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	280 m above sea level NHN
Area :	12.7 km²
Residents :	552  (Jan. 1, 2013)
Population density :	43 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	October 1, 2005
Postal code :	06526
Area code :	03464
Location of Wettelrode in Sangerhausen
View of Wettelrode

Röhrigschacht

Wettelrode is a district of the Saxony-Anhalt city ​​of Sangerhausen .

location

The place is on the southern edge of the Harz Mountains and north of the city of Sangerhausen.

history

Wettelroda was first mentioned in a document between 830 and 850. Tim Schultze has been the mayor since April 28, 2016. Until 2005 Wettelrode was a politically independent municipality. On October 1, 2005, it was incorporated into Sangerhausen.

Development of the population (from 1995 December 31st) :

1990: 527 1995: 571 2000: 671 2001: 659

2002: 646 2003: 633 2009: 570 2013: 552

On the western edge of the former mining village is the Röhrigschacht , in which copper shale was once mined. In GDR times it served as a weather shaft for the Thomas Müntzer shaft . It is the only mining museum with its own rope ride in Saxony-Anhalt.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.sangerhausen.de/ortsteile/wettelrode
2. ^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian cities and villages. A manual. Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 390
3. ↑ StBA Area: changes from 01.01. until December 31, 2005

Web links

Commons : Wettelrode  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Röhrigschacht show mine