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Bleicherode () is a town in the district of Nordhausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Wipper, 17 km southwest of Nordhausen. It is located in the southern Harz Mountain area. On 1 December 2007, the former municipality Obergebra was incorporated by Bleicherode. The former municipalities Etzelsrode, Friedrichsthal, Kleinbodungen, Kraja, Hainrode, Nohra, Wipperdorf and Wolkramshausen were merged into Bleicherode in January 2019. Every Tuesday and Thursday, there is a market held at the Zierbrunnenplatz in the town.

Key facts

German location.party
CDU
German location.type
Stadt
German location.image_photo
Kirche Bleicherode.JPG
German location.image_caption
Gothic Protestant Church of Saint Mary
German location.image_coa
DEU Bleicherode COA.svg
German location.image_plan
Bleicherode in NDH.png
German location.state
Thüringen
German location.district
Nordhausen
German location.elevation
237
German location.area
108.20
German location.postal_code
99752
German location.area_code
036338
German location.licence
NDH
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
16 0 62 066
German location.website
www.bleicherode.de
German location.mayor
Frank Rostek
German location.leader_term
2019–25

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Bleicherode () is a town in the district of Nordhausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Wipper, 17 km southwest of Nordhausen. It is located in the southern Harz Mountain area. On 1 December 2007, the former municipality Obergebra was incorporated by Bleicherode. The former municipalities Etzelsrode, Friedrichsthal, Kleinbodungen, Kraja, Hainrode, Nohra, Wipperdorf and Wolkramshausen were merged into Bleicherode in January 2019. Every Tuesday and Thursday, there is a market held at the Zierbrunnenplatz in the town.

Historically, Bleicherode belonged to the Prussian province of Saxony between 1700 and 1945.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bleicherode” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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