Wickerode
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Wickerode
South Harz municipality
Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 43 " N , 11 ° 7 ′ 58" E
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| Height : | 173 m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 6.86 km² |
| Residents : | 273 (Dec. 31, 2009) |
| Population density : | 40 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | September 1, 2010 |
| Postal code : | 06536 |
| Area code : | 034651 |
  Location of Wickerode in the southern Harz region
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 View of Wickerode from the southeast
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Wickerode is a district of the municipality of Südharz in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz in Saxony-Anhalt . The place was incorporated on September 1, 2010 and until then co-administered by the municipality of Südharz. The last mayor was Petra Buchholz.
Geographical location
Wickerode is located in the southern Harz on the highway between Bennungen and Questenberg or Kleinleinungen . The place is on the Wet traversed.
history
The first documentary mention was made in 1111 as Wigharderode. Wickerode belonged in part to the possession of the Counts of Stolberg and was part of the Questenberg office in the Stolberg-Roßla county and on the other hand to the Sangerhausen office . Until 1815 Wickerode was under the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Saxony and then came to the administrative district of Merseburg of the Prussian province of Saxony . For several decades, Wickerode was the seat of a mining office belonging to the Counts of Stolberg-Wernigerode. In 1819 321 people lived in 77 houses in Wickerode. The Sanskrit and Buddha researcher Rudolf Otto Franke was born here on June 24, 1862, the son of a miller.
From 1952 to 1990 Wickerode belonged to the GDR district of Halle.
traffic
There are bus connections to the surrounding towns.
