Ellrich

Town in Thuringia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Ellrich within Nordhausen district

(2018–24) Henry Pasenow^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total69.42 km² (26.80 sq mi)Elevation

255 m (837 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total5,492 • Density79/km² (200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

99755

Dialling codes036332Vehicle registrationNDH

Ellrich is a town in the district of Nordhausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the southern edge of the Harz, 13 km northwest of Nordhausen. It is the northernmost settlement in Thuringia.

History

Second World War

During the Second World War, Ellrich housed two subcamps at Juliushütte^[de] and Bürgergarten^[de] of the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp.^[3]

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the city

Wilhelm Wiegand (1851–1915), historian and archivist
Wilhelm Apel (1905–1969), Hessian politician (SPD) and deputy of the Hessian state parliament
Dietrich Haugk (1925–2015), film director and voice actor
Rolf Hoppe (1930-2018), actor

References

^ Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 14 July 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.
^ Wagner, Jens-Christian (2007). "Ellrich-Bürgergarten". Konzentrationslager Mittelbau-Dora 1943–1945. Begleitband zur ständigen Ausstellung in der KZ-Gedenkstätte Mittelbau-Dora [Concentration Camp Mittelbau-Dora 1943-1945, accompanying volume to the permanent exhibition at the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp memorial site] (in German). Göttingen: Wallstein. p. 187. ISBN 9783835301184.