In 1805 the ruins of this castle site were demolished.
In 1815, after the Napoleonic Wars, it became part of the Prussian Province of Saxony.
The Gerhart-Hauptmann Gymnasium, occupying a modern Gothic building, is the successor to an ancient grammar school that existed until 1825.
The original was built in the 12th century but the present castle was built between 1862 and 1893 by Karl Frühling and includes parts of the medieval building. ==Economy== Brandy, Hasseröder lager, cigars and dyes are among the products manufactured in Wernigerode. ==Sights== Harzer Schmalspurbahn - a narrow gauge railway that leads from Wernigerode to the Brocken (1141 m), the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, and then goes to Nordhausen to the south of the Harz mountains.
The Hasseröder brewery was founded in Wernigerode in 1872. After World War II, Wernigerode was included in the new state Saxony-Anhalt within the Soviet occupation zone (relaunched in October 1949 as the German Democratic Republic/East Germany).
The latter surrendered its military and fiscal independence to Prussia in 1714, but retained some of its sovereign rights till 1876.
The original was built in the 12th century but the present castle was built between 1862 and 1893 by Karl Frühling and includes parts of the medieval building. ==Economy== Brandy, Hasseröder lager, cigars and dyes are among the products manufactured in Wernigerode. ==Sights== Harzer Schmalspurbahn - a narrow gauge railway that leads from Wernigerode to the Brocken (1141 m), the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, and then goes to Nordhausen to the south of the Harz mountains.
The Hasseröder brewery was founded in Wernigerode in 1872. After World War II, Wernigerode was included in the new state Saxony-Anhalt within the Soviet occupation zone (relaunched in October 1949 as the German Democratic Republic/East Germany).
Wernigerode became part of the restored state of Saxony-Anhalt in 1990 after German reunification. === Emergence of the town === There are no written sources confirming exactly when the town was established.
In 2004 Wernigerode celebrated the 775th anniversary of that occasion. As a result of the immigration of new townsfolk from the surrounding villages a new settlement, later called Neustadt, grew up on the northeastern edge of the old town.
Until 2007, it was the capital of the district of Wernigerode.
Its population was 35,041 in 2012. Wernigerode is located southwest of Halberstadt, and is picturesquely situated on the Holtemme river, on the north slopes of the Harz Mountains.
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