Schierke
Sign in to saveSchierke is a village and a former municipality in the Harz district of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Wernigerode. Situated within the Harz mountain range in the valley of the river Bode, at the rim of the Harz National Park, it is mainly a tourist resort, especially for hiking and all kinds of winter sports.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadtteil
- German location.Town
- Wernigerode
- German location.image_photo
- Harzwanderung Oberharz um Braunlage - Wurmberg - Weg nach Braunlage -Wurmberg- Blick nach Schierke vom Wurmberg - panoramio.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- View from Wurmberg
- German location.image_coa
- DE-ST 15-0-85-370 Schierke COA.png
- German location.state
- Sachsen-Anhalt
- German location.district
- Harz
- German location.elevation
- 610
- German location.area
- 40.13
- German location.population
- 721
- German location.Stand
- 2006-12-31
- German location.postal_code
- 38879
- German location.area_code
- 039455
- German location.licence
- HZ
- German location.website
- www.schierke-am-brocken.de
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Location
- Climate
- History
- Politics
- Coat of arms
- Memorials
- Places of interest
- Sport and hiking
- Notable people
- Schierker Feuerstein
- References
- External links
Schierke is a village and a former municipality in the Harz district of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Wernigerode. Situated within the Harz mountain range in the valley of the river Bode, at the rim of the Harz National Park, it is mainly a tourist resort, especially for hiking and all kinds of winter sports.
== Geography == thumb|upright|left|1912 map of Schierke