Hasserode has been a quarter in the town 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....

 since 1907, a town in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt

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Location

Hasserode lies at the foot of the Harz Mountains in the valley of the River Holtemme, whose upper reaches include the water cascade of the Steinerne Renne

Steinerne Renne

The Steinerne Renne is a waterfall and natural monument near the town of Wernigerode in the Harz mountains of central Germany.- Location :The Steinerne Renne is located west of Hasserode in the borough of Wernigerode in a forested area at the foot of the Brocken...

. A state road (Landstraße

Landstraße

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) runs through the quarter to Drei Annen Hohne

Drei Annen Hohne

Drei Annen Hohne is a village that lies on the edge of the Harz National Park in the Harz mountains of central Germany. Administratively it is part of the borough of Wernigerode in the district of Harz within the German state of Saxony-Anhalt....

 and Schierke

Schierke

Schierke is a village and a former municipality in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Wernigerode.Schierke was first mentioned as Schiriken in a 1590 deed...

 in the direction of the Harz's highest mountain, the Brocken. The Harz Railway and Brocken Railway, part of the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways also run through the district which has three stations: Hochschule Harz (formerly Kirchstraße), Wernigerode-Hasserode and Steinerne Renne.

History

The village grew up around Hasserode Castle

Hasserode Castle

Hasserode Castle in the quarter of the same name in the town of Wernigerode am Harz was a medieval fortification whose site is near Hasserode station on the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways...

 in the 12th century, but was abandoned by the 16th century and was only reoccupied again in 1768 by order of King Frederick II of Prussia, hence the name Friedrichsthal for the lower part of the parish and the village name of Hasserode-Friedrichsthal which has been used from time to time.

Places of interest

• Christ Church with the painting Kreuzigung im Gedräng by Adam Offinger
• Boeters Mill, old paper mill in Amtsgasse 1

Tourism

The Hasserode Holiday (Hasseröder Ferienpark) was established at the start of the 21st century on Langen Stieg and in the Nessel valley, on the terrain of the old open-air swimming pool. It is a holiday camp with an indoor pool.

People born in Hasserode

• Johann Christian Meier (1732–1815), pedagogue
• Otto Herfurth
  Otto Herfurth
  Otto Herfurth was a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...
  
   (1893–1944), professional officer and resistance fighter on 20 July 1944

Personalities

• Julius Count of Bose (1809–1894), Prussian infantry general, died in Hasserode

Literatur

• Brückner, Jörg (1998). Der Fund eines Wappensteins von 1121. Nachricht aus d. Jahr 1707 gibt Rätsel um Gründung Hasserodes auf, In: Neue Wernigeröder Zeitung. 9 (1998), 22, p. 23–24.
• Boeters, Heinrich Ernst (2009). Die Boeters und ihre Papiermühlen, Seevetal