Ellrich

Ellrich
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Ellrich within Nordhausen district
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Coordinates: 51°35′8″N 10°40′5″E
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Nordhausen
Government
• Mayor (2024–30)	Henry Pasenow[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	69.42 km^2 (26.80 sq mi)
Elevation	255 m (837 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	5,492
• Density	79/km^2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	99755
Dialling codes	036332
Vehicle registration	NDH

Ellrich is a town in the district of Nordhausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the southern edge of the Harz, 13 km northwest of Nordhausen. It is the northernmost settlement in Thuringia.

History

Second World War

During the Second World War, Ellrich housed two subcamps at Juliushütte^[de] and Bürgergarten^[de] of the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp.[3]

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the city

• Wilhelm Wiegand (1851–1915), historian and archivist
• Wilhelm Apel (1905–1969), Hessian politician (SPD) and deputy of the Hessian state parliament
• Dietrich Haugk (1925–2015), film director and voice actor
• Rolf Hoppe (1930-2018), actor

References

1. Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
2. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.
3. Wagner, Jens-Christian (2007). "Ellrich-Bürgergarten". Konzentrationslager Mittelbau-Dora 1943–1945. Begleitband zur ständigen Ausstellung in der KZ-Gedenkstätte Mittelbau-Dora [Concentration Camp Mittelbau-Dora 1943-1945, accompanying volume to the permanent exhibition at the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp memorial site] (in German). Göttingen: Wallstein. p. 187. ISBN 9783835301184.