Gernrode
Gernrode | |
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View from the Harz mountains | |
Location of Gernrode | |
| Coordinates: 51°43′28″N 11°8′21″E / 51.72444°N 11.13917°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony-Anhalt |
| District | Harz |
| Town | Quedlinburg |
| Area | |
• Total | 34.07 km2 (13.15 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 217 m (712 ft) |
| Population (2012-12-31) | |
• Total | 3,533 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 06507 |
| Dialling codes | 039485 |
| Vehicle registration | HZ |
| Website | www |
Gernrode (German pronunciation: [ɡɛʁnˈʁoːdə] ⓘ) is a historic town and former municipality in the Harz District, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2014, it has been part of Quedlinburg. It was the seat of the former Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("municipal association") of Gernrode/Harz.
First mentioned in 961, Gernrode received the privilege to bear its own coat of arms and seal, commonly regarded as town privileges. The town is best known for the Ottonian church of Saint Cyriakus, the collegiate church of a former Imperial chapter of nuns, and as the start of the narrow gauge Selke Valley Railway.