Elbingerode

Elbingerode
Elbingerode
	Stadtteil of Oberharz am Brocken
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Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Harz
Town	Oberharz am Brocken
Area
• Total	80.74 km2 (31.17 sq mi)
Population (2006-12-31)
• Total	5,591
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	38875
Dialling codes	039454
Vehicle registration	HZ
Website	www.elbingerode.de

Elbingerode is a town in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Oberharz am Brocken. Elbingerode has 3,672 inhabitants (1-1-2010).

Overview

It is situated in the eastern Harz mountain range, approximately 8 km south of Wernigerode. The municipality consists of Elbingerode proper and the villages of Königshütte and Rübeland.

The area around Elbingerode had been a feudal hunting ground since the Middle Ages. King Henry the Fowler stayed several times at the Bodfeld, a royal hunting lodge or Königspfalz, demonstrably in 935, as did his successors of the Ottonian and Salian dynasty. Emperor Henry III died here on 5 October 1056(1056-10-05) on an excursion with Pope Victor II. The town itself was first mentioned as Alvelingeroth in a 1206 deed, when Pope Innocent III granted it to Gandersheim Abbey.

Notable people

Andreas Werckmeister, organist and music theorist, from 1674 to 1696.
Ferdinand Tiemann, chemist, born (1848-06-10)10 June 1848 in Rübeland, died 14 November 1899(1899-11-14) in Meran
Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst, author, born (1866-03-07)7 March 1866 in Elbingerode, died 13 May 1933(1933-05-13) in Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing