page_title: Wernigerode
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Wernigerode / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Friedrich August Schmidt: Stadt Wernigerode vom Eisenberg, c. 1820, Colorized etching, 50,6 x 64,5 cm
context_page_description: Wernigerode is a town in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. 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. Wernigerode is located on the German Timber-Frame Road.
context_section_description: Wernigerode was the capital of the medieval County of Wernigerode and Stolberg-Wernigerode. In 1815, after the Napoleonic Wars, it became part of the Prussian Province of Saxony. 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). During the Communist years, the town was very close to the inner German border. Wernigerode became part of the restored state of Saxony-Anhalt in 1990 after German reunification.
caption: Friedrich August Schmidt: Stadt Wernigerode vom Eisenberg, c. 1820 – Wernigerode around 1820,
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