Bleicherode
Sign in to saveBleicherode () 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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