Editing Wernigerode (section)

=== Location ===
[[Image:WernigerodeCastleWinter.jpg|thumb|left|[[Wernigerode Castle]]]]
[[File:WenigerodeWinterViewFromCastle.jpg|thumb|left|Wernigerode and the [[Brocken]] in winter]]
The town lies at about {{convert|250|m}} above [[Normalnull|sea level (NN)]] on the northeastern flank of the [[Harz Mountains]] in central [[Germany]], at the foot of their highest peak, the [[Brocken]], on the [[Bundesstraße 6|B 6]] and [[Bundesstraße 244|B 244]] federal highways and on the [[Halberstadt–Vienenburg railway|railway line from Halberstadt to Vienenburg]] that links the cities of [[Halle (Saale)]] and [[Hanover]].

The [[River Holtemme]] flows through the town and, not far from its western gate, it is joined by the [[Zillierbach]] stream, which is also known as the {{lang|de|Flutrenne}} near its mouth. North of the town the Barrenbach flows through several ponds and empties into the {{lang|de|Holtemme}} in the village of Minsleben. The historic town centre consists of an [[old town]] and a [[new town]] ({{lang|de|Altstadt}} and {{lang|de|Neustadt}}). The town's borough includes [[Hasserode]], [[Nöschenrode]], the residential estates of Stadtfeld, [[Burgbreite]] and Harzblick as well as the villages of [[Benzingerode]], [[Minsleben]], [[Silstedt]], [[Schierke]] and [[Reddeber]].

The borough measures {{convert|9.5|km}} from west to east and {{convert|6|km}} from north to south. Its highest point is the [[Brocken]], at {{convert|1,141|m}} above NN, and its lowest is at {{convert|215|m}}.

The town lies on the German-Dutch holiday road known as the [[Orange Route]].

The [[Northern Harz Boundary Fault]] crosses the borough along which runs the watershed between the Weser and Elbe rivers. To the north precipitation flows into the Weser, to the southeast, later northeast, waters flow into the Elbe. This fault line runs through the suburb of Hasserode to the west south west of the city centre and forms the town's castle hill to the south east of the city centre.