Wernigerode (district)

Wernigerode
CountryGermany
StateSaxony-Anhalt
Disbanded2007-07-01
CapitalWernigerode
Area
 • Total797.60 km2 (307.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total94,556
 • Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationWR

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.