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Wernigerode is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Wernigerode. It is located southwest of Halberstadt, picturesquely situated on the Holtemme river, on the north slopes of the Harz Mountains. Population ( 1999) 35,500.It contains several interesting Gothic buildings, including a fine town hall with a timber facade of 1498. Some of the quaint old houses which have escaped the numerous fires that have visited the town are elaborately adorned with wood-carving. The gymnasium, occupying a modern Gothic building, is the successor of an ancient grammar-school, which existed until 1825. Brandy, cigars and dye-stuffs are among the manufactures of the place. Above the town rises the castle (Schloss Wernigerode) of the prince; the original was built in the 12th century. The present castle was built between 1862 and 1893 by K. Fruhling and includes parts of the medieval building.
From Wernigerode there leads a narrow gauge railway to The Brocken, the highest mountain of the Harz.
The counts of Wernigerode, who can be traced back to the early 12th century, were successively vassals of the margraves of BrandenburgSurrounding but excluding the national capital Berlin, Brandenburg is one of Germany's sixteen Bundeslander (federal states). Lying in the east of the country, it is one of the new states created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany a ( 1268Events May 18 the Principality of Antioch falls to Mameluk Sultan Baibars. Philip I becomes count of Savoy. Stephen V of Hungary launches a war against Bulgaria. Stefan Dragutin, king of Serbia, marries Katarina, daughter of Stephen V of Hungary. The coun), and the archbishops of MagdeburgMagdeburg the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, lies on the Elbe river. As of 2004 it had a population of 226,200. History Magdeburg was one of the most important medieval cities of Germany. Emperor Otto I lived during most of his ( 1381Events June 12 Peasants' Revolt: In England rebels arrive at Blackheath. June 14 King Richard II of England meets the leaders of Peasants Revolt. The revolt is discussed in John Gower's Vox Clamantis of this year. Births Deaths 1381.). On the extinction of the family in 1429Events January 10 Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, founds the European Order of the Golden Fleece February 12 Battle of Rouvray (or "of the Herrings"). English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the Earl of Suffolk' the county fell to the counts of Stolberg , who founded the Stolberg-Wernigerode branch in 1645Events February 15 New Model Army is founded officially June 14 English Civil War: Battle of Naseby 12,000 Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers June 28 English Civil War the Royalists lose Carlisle July 2: Fight at Alford, Aberdee. The latter surrendered its military and fiscal independence to PrussiaThe word Prussia ( German: Preussen (Preussen Polish: Prusy Lithuanian: Prusai Latin: Borussia has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia in 1714Events August 1 George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain. September 11 Barcelona surrenders to Spanish and French Borbonic armies in the War of the Spanish Succession. The Duchy of Savoy and Piedmont becomes the Kingdom of Sardini, but retained some of its sovereign rights till 1876. The counts of Stolberg-Wernigerode were raised to princely rank in 1890.
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopędia Britannica. 1911 Britannica
