Wernigerode | |
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Country | Germany |
State | Saxony-Anhalt |
Disbanded | 2007-07-01 |
Capital | Wernigerode |
Area | |
• Total | 797.60 km2 (307.96 sq mi) |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 94,556 |
• Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | WR |
Wernigerode was a district (Kreis) in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The neighboring districts were (from north clockwise) Halberstadt, Quedlinburg, the district Nordhausen in Thuringia and the district Goslar in Lower Saxony. On 1 July 2007, during the district reform in Saxony-Anhalt it became part of the new district of Harz.