Editing Wernigerode (section)

==Architecture==
[[Image:Wernigerode (2013-06-03), by Klugschnacker in Wikipedia (14).JPG|thumb|right|Town hall and marketplace]]

Wernigerode contains several interesting [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] buildings, including a fine town hall with a timber facade from 1498. Some of the quaint old houses which have escaped the numerous fires through the years are elaborately adorned with wood-carving. The [[Gerhart-Hauptmann]] [[gymnasium (school)|Gymnasium]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gerhart-hauptmann-gymnasium.de|title=Home|website=www.gerhart-hauptmann-gymnasium.de|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref> occupying a modern Gothic building, is the successor to an ancient grammar school that existed until 1825. The castle ({{lang|de|Schloß Wernigerode}}) of the princes of [[Stolberg-Wernigerode]] rises above the town.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} The original was built in the 12th century but the present castle was built between 1862 and 1893 by [[Karl Frühling]] and includes parts of the medieval building.