Osterwieck

Osterwieck
Town
View over Osterwieck and Harz range
Coat of arms
Location of Osterwieck within Harz district
Osterwieck Show map of Germany Osterwieck Show map of Saxony-Anhalt
Coordinates: 51°58′N 10°43′E / 51.967°N 10.717°E / 51.967; 10.717
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Harz
Government
• Mayor (2021–28)	Dirk Heinemann^[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	212.67 km² (82.11 sq mi)
Elevation	123 m (404 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)^[2]
• Total	10,898
• Density	51/km² (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	38835
Dialling codes	039421, 039422, 039458
Vehicle registration	HZ
Website	www.stadt-osterwieck.de

Osterwieck (pronunciation^ⓘ) is a historic town in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

Geography

The municipal area stretches along the river Ilse, north of Wernigerode and the Harz mountain range.

The town Osterwieck consists of the following Ortschaften or municipal divisions:^[3]

Berßel
Bühne
Dardesheim
Deersheim
Hessen
Lüttgenrode
Osterode am Fallstein
Osterwieck
Rhoden
Rohrsheim
Schauen
Veltheim
Wülperode
Zilly

The Altstadt (Old Town) with St. Stephen's Church is a stop on the scenic German Timber-Frame Road and on the Romanesque Road.

History

The settlement was first mentioned about 780 when Charlemagne in course of the Saxon Wars crossed the Oker river and had a church dedicated to Saint Stephen erected at a place then called Salingenstede. This church became a centre of the Christian mission among the pagan Saxons, overseen by Hildegrim of Châlons, and the origin of the later Bishopric of Halberstadt. On 1 April 974, Emperor Otto II issued a deed granting market and mint rights to Seligenstadt, this is commonly regarded as the date of the town's foundation.

The name Osterwieck was first mentioned in a 1073 letter by Archbishop Liemar of Bremen to Bishop Burchard II of Halberstadt. Destroyed by a blaze in 1511, the town was rebuilt and today features an ensemble of about 400 Fachwerk buildings. The nave of the St. Stephen Church erected in the 16th century is one of the oldest Protestant church buildings, while its Romanesque twin steeples date back to 1100.

On 1 January 2010 the former municipalities Aue-Fallstein, Berßel, Bühne, Lüttgenrode, Rhoden, Schauen, and Wülperode were merged into Osterwieck.^[4] The Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Osterwieck-Fallstein was disbanded at the same time.

Politics

Seats in the town's council (Stadtrat) as of 2014 local elections:

Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU): 6
Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD): 2
Alliance 90/The Greens: 1
Independent: 20

International relations

Osterwieck is twinned with:

Hornburg, Germany
Ardouval, Les Grandes-Ventes, Lisses and Saint-Hellier in the Seine-Maritime département, France

Notable people

Johann Georg Hermann Voigt (1769–1811), cellist and composer
Winfried Freudenberg (1956–1989), last victim of the Berlin Wall, was born in Osterwieck

References

^ Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 3 February 2022.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
^ Hauptsatzung der Stadt Osterwieck, July 2019.
^ Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010, Statistisches Bundesamt

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Osterwieck.

Official website (in German)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Osterwieck.

v t e Towns and municipalities in the district of Harz
Ballenstedt Blankenburg (Harz) Ditfurt Falkenstein Groß Quenstedt Halberstadt Harsleben Harzgerode Hedersleben Huy Ilsenburg Nordharz Oberharz am Brocken Osterwieck Quedlinburg Schwanebeck Selke-Aue Thale Wegeleben Wernigerode

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