Wernigerode
WERNIGERODE
State : Sachsen-Anhalt
District (Kreis) : Harz (until 2007 Wernigerode)
Additions : 1907 Hasserode; 1929 Nöschenrode; 1993 Benzingerode, Minsleben, Silstedt; 2009 Schierke; 2010 Reddeber
| German | In Silber eine rote Burg mit gezinnter Mauer, einem höheren zweifenstrigen Mittelturm mit Spitzdach und Knauf zwischen zwei einfenstrigen gezinnten Türmen, im kleeblattförmigen Tor mit aufgezogenem Fallgatter eine rote Forelle. |
| English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
Wernigerode developed around the estate built in 1112 by a family, who named themselves after the area, as Counts of Wernigerode. The village received city rights in 1229. In 1429 the city and surrounding area was acquired by the Counts of Stolberg and in 1449 it became part of Brandenburg.
The arms are based on the oldest known seal, which dates from 1309. The arms show a city with below the gate a fish taken of the arms of the Counts of Wernigerode. They used two red trout in a silver field.
 The arms in a manuscript from 1514 | |
 Seal from around 1900 |
 The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (1900) |
 Local emergency money from 1920 |
 The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925 |
 Postal cancellation 1986 |
 The arms in the town (2021) |
 The arms in the town (2021) |
 The arms in the town (2021) |
 The arms in the town (2021) |
 The arms in the town (2021) |
 The arms in the town (2021) |
Literature: Bensing et al; Lexikon Städte und Wappen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, 1985.