11 Sights in Wernigerode, Germany (with Map and Images)
Explore interesting sights in Wernigerode, Germany. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 11 sights are available in Wernigerode, Germany.
List of cities in GermanySightseeing Tours in Wernigerode1. Brocken
The Brocken, also sometimes referred to as the Blocksberg, is the highest peak in the Harz mountain range and also the highest peak in Northern Germany; it is near Schierke in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt between the rivers Weser and Elbe. Although its elevation of 1,141 metres (3,743 ft) is below alpine dimensions, its microclimate resembles that of mountains of about 2,000 m (6,600 ft). The peak above the tree line tends to have a snow cover from September to May, and mists and fogs shroud it up to 300 days of the year. The mean annual temperature is only 2.9 °C (37.2 °F). It is the easternmost mountain in northern Germany; travelling east in a straight line, the next prominent elevation would be in the Ural Mountains in Russia.
2. Brockengarten
The Brocken Garden is an alpine botanical garden on the summit of the Brocken, the highest peak in the Harz mountains of Germany. It lies within the Harz National Park near Wernigerode in the state of Saxony-Anhalt and has a stock of around 1,600 types of plant. These include species that only grow in the Brocken region, like the Brocken anemone or alpine pasqueflower and the Brocken hawkweed, but its main focus is on alpine plants like the white dryad and the Swiss willow. It is open daily without charge.
3. St. Marien
The Immaculate Conception Church (German: Kirche Unbefleckte Empfängnis) is the Catholic church in Wernigerode, a town in the district of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is the parish church of the parish "St. Bonifatius", in the deanery of Halberstadt of the Diocese of Magdeburg. The church, named after the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God, is located at Sägemühlengasse 18.
Wikipedia: Unbefleckte Empfängnis (Wernigerode) (DE), Website
4. Wernigerode Castle
Wernigerode Castle is a schloss located in the Harz mountains above the town of Wernigerode in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The present-day building, finished in the late 19th century, is similar in style to Schloss Neuschwanstein, though its foundations are much older. It is open to the public and one of the most frequently visited in Saxony-Anhalt.
5. Cafe Wien
The residential and commercial building Café Wien in Wernigerode, Breite Straße 4, is a listed building. The half-timbered building, built in 1583, is one of the oldest buildings in the city. Since 1897 it has housed a pastry shop and café. Since the 1950s, it has operated under the name of the Austrian capital: Café Wien.
6. Karl Marx
The Karl Marx Monument in Wernigerode in the district of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt is a monument created in 1953 in memory of Karl Marx. It stands on the edge of the old town in a small park between the Zillierbach and the corner of Salzbergstraße / An der Flutrenne. The Westerntorkreuzung is not far from the monument.
7. Hermann Löns
The Hermann Löns Monument is a listed memorial stone in the Hasserode district of Wernigerode, Harz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was built in 1929 and reminds us that Wernigerode is called the colourful city in the Harz Mountains after Hermann Löns.
8. Bahnhof Brocken
Brocken station is the terminus on the summit of the Brocken, the highest mountain in the Harz in central Germany. It lies in the state of Saxony-Anhalt and is the end point of the Brocken Railway operated by the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways.
9. Menhir von Benzingerode
The Menhir of Benzingerode is a menhir near Benzingerode, a district of Wernigerode in the district of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt. With a height of 3.85 meters, it is considered the highest prehistoric long stone (menhir) in northern Germany.
10. Wolkenhäuschen
The Wolkenhäuschen is a building on the summit of the Brocken in the Harz Mountains. It was built as the first known development of the highest Harz peak and has been preserved to this day despite the eventful history of the mountain.
11. Elversstein
The Elversstein in the Harz Mountains of Germany is a granite rock formation with a maximum elevation of 499 m above sea level (NN) on the Steinberg near Hasserode in the county of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt.
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