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{{short description|Town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany}}
{{Use dmy dates |date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox German location
|type                = Stadt
|image_photo        = {{Multiple image
 |caption_align = center
 |border = infobox
 |total_width = 290
 |perrow = 1/2/1
 |image1 = Schloss Wernigerode nach Sonnenuntergang.jpg
 |caption1 = [[Wernigerode Castle]]
 |image2 = Platz vor Rathaus Wernigerode 20210916 HOF06401censcrop.jpg
 |caption2 = Townhall
 |image3 = Brocken vom Torfhaus.jpg
 |caption3 = [[Brocken]]
 |image4 = Wernigerode Turm Liebfrauenkirche Bahnhofsgelände.jpg
 |caption4 = Old town
  }}
|image_coa             = DE-ST 15-0-85-370 Wernigerode COA.svg
|coordinates        = {{coord|51|50|6|N|10|47|7|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Wernigerode in HZ.png
|state         = Sachsen-Anhalt
|district          = Harz
|elevation               = 240
|area             = 170.03
|postal_code                = 38855, 38879 
|area_code            = 03943, 039455
|licence                = HZ, HBS, QLB, WR
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 15 0 85 370
|website           = [http://www.wernigerode.de/ www.wernigerode.de]
|mayor             = Tobias Kascha<ref>[https://wahlergebnisse.sachsen-anhalt.de/wahlen/bmbm/index.html Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse], [[Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt]], accessed 10 November 2022.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2022&ndash;29
|party             = SPD
}}

'''Wernigerode''' ({{IPA|de|ˌvɛɐnɪɡəˈʁoːdə|-|De-Wernigerode.ogg}}) is a [[town]] in the [[Harz (district)|district of Harz]], [[Saxony-Anhalt]], [[Germany]]. Until 2007, it was the capital of the [[Wernigerode (district)|district of Wernigerode]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wernigerode.de/de/|title = Stadt Wernigerode| date=21 February 2024 }}</ref> Its population was 32,181 in 2020.

Wernigerode is located southwest of [[Halberstadt]], and is picturesquely situated on the [[Holtemme]] river, on the northern slopes of the [[Harz Mountains]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} Wernigerode is located on the [[German Timber-Frame Road]].