Gernrode

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Statistics
State:	Lower Saxony
Region:	Madgeburg
District:	Quedlinberg
Area:	34.06 km²
Population:	3,972 (12/31/2002)
Population density:	117/km²
Elevation:	217 m Highest point: Victorshöhe , 585 m
Postal code:	06507
Area/distance code:	039485
Location:
Municipal code:	14 3 64 007
Car designation:	`QLB`
Address of the city administration:	11 Marksstraße Gernrode 06507
Website:	www.vgn-gernrode-harz.de
Politics
Mayor:	Werner Grundmann

Gernrode is a Lower Saxon (German) Gemeinde (municipality) in the district of Quedlinburg. The town was first mentioned in 961. It is on the area where the Sankt-Cyriakus church was built by King Otto I. Emperor Barbarossa, who stayed in Gernrode in 1188, donated the second historical church, including a bell for the Stephaniekirche. Gernrode became a municipality in 1539, and in 1545, it received brewing rights. Beer brewing has since stopped, but a liquor factory is still present in the city.

History

Gernrode is a district of Ballenstedt. It lies 215m above sea level, at the foot of the Stubenbergs and at the line of Quedlinburg-Ballenstedt of the former Prussian state railway (now German). Matches and guns were made there. It had 2,533 Evangelist inhabitants in 1885.

Gernrode was one of Markgraf Gero in 960 donated an abbey, in 1610 drawn in ward.

The Cyriakikirche (where the tomb of Markgraf Gero lies), a perfect example of the oldest Romanesque architercture, still stands today. From 1858 to 1874, the wall was restored at a cost of 400,000 marks.

Gernrode today

The city (under municipal law since 1539) celebrated its thousandth anniverary in 1961. It belongs to Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt. Gernode is nationally recognized for its health facilities. It is an integrated administrative region of Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Gernrode/Harz, of whose seat belongs to Gernrode.

Gernrode is the starting point of the Selketalbahn, which passes into Trasse de Harz over Mädgesprung and Alexisburg into the area of Stiege and Hasselfelde . It also has the oldest narrow-gauge railway.

Newer attractions include the Riesenkuckucksuhr. A cuckoo will appear every fifteen minutes from its window. In 1998, it had a place in the Guinness Book of Records for some of the things in its Nutcracker Museum. There is also a giant weather house which indicates weather conditions, and is equipped with a 7.45 m giant wood thermometer.

Gernrode

History

Gernrode today

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