Elbingerode is a town

Town

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 in the Harz district

Harz (district)

- History :The district was established by merging the former districts of Halberstadt, Wernigerode and Quedlinburg as well as the city of Falkenstein as part of the reform of 2007.-Towns and municipalities:...

, in the German

Germany

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 state of Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt

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. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Oberharz am Brocken

Oberharz am Brocken

Oberharz am Brocken is a town in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2010 by the merger of the former municipalities:Benneckenstein,Elbingerode,Elend,Hasselfelde,Königshütte,Rübeland,Sorge,Stiege,Tanne,...

. Elbingerode has 3.672 inhabitants (1-1-2010).

It is situated in the eastern Harz

Harz

The Harz is the highest mountain range in northern Germany and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The name Harz derives from the Middle High German word Hardt or Hart , latinized as Hercynia. The legendary Brocken is the highest summit in the Harz...

 mountain range, approximately 8 km south of Wernigerode

Wernigerode

Wernigerode is a town in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Until 2007, it was the capital of the district of Wernigerode. Its population was 35,500 in 1999....

. 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

Middle Ages

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. King Henry the Fowler stayed several times at the Bodfeld

Bodfeld

Bodfeld was a small royal palace or lodge that was primarily established for hunting purposes and, when the town of Elbingerode was emerged, for the administration of ore mining in the central Harz that underpinned the power of the Ottonian and Salian kings and emperors in medieval Europe...

, a royal hunting lodge or Königspfalz, demonstrably in 935, as did his successors of the Ottonian and Salian dynasty

Salian dynasty

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. Emperor Henry III

Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor

Henry III , called the Black or the Pious, was a member of the Salian Dynasty of Holy Roman Emperors...

 died here on on an excursion with Pope Victor II

Pope Victor II

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. The town itself was first mentioned as Alvelingeroth in a 1206 deed, when Pope Innocent III

Pope Innocent III

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 granted it to Gandersheim Abbey

Gandersheim Abbey

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.

Notable people

• Ferdinand Tiemann
  Ferdinand Tiemann
  Johann Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Tiemann was a German chemist and together with Reimer discoverer of the Reimer-Tiemann reaction.Beginning in 1866, Tiemann studied pharmacy at the TU Braunschweig where he graduated in 1869...
  
  , chemist, born 10 June 1848 in Rübeland, died in Meran
• Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst
  Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst
  Paul Ernst was a German writer, dramatist, critic and journalist.-Novels:*Der schmale Weg zum Glück*Das Glück von Lautenthal*Der Schatz im Morgenbrotstal*Saat auf Hoffnung...
  
  , author, born 7 March 1866 in Elbingerode, died in Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing
  Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing
  Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria....
  
  

International relations

Elbingerode is twinned

Town twinning

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 with: Altenau

Altenau

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, Germany Chambourcy

Chambourcy

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, France

France

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 Elbingerode, Lower Saxony

Elbingerode, Lower Saxony

Elbingerode is a municipality in the district of Osterode, in Lower Saxony, Germany....

, Germany Gehrden

Gehrden

Gehrden is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. southwest of Hanover.- References :...

, Germany Hoheneggelsen, Söhlde

Söhlde

Söhlde is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km east of Hildesheim, and 10 km northwest of Salzgitter.- References :...

, Germany Purhus

Purhus municipality

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, Denmark

Denmark

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 Velké Opatovice

Velké Opatovice

Velké Opatovice is a small town in the Moravian region of the Czech Republic.Velké Opatovice is situated in the district of Malá Haná, about 260 km southeast of Prague and 120 km north of Vinna. The five nearest municipalities are Bezďečí, Brťov, Korbelova Lhota, Svárov, and Velká Roudka...

, Blansko District

Blansko District

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, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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