Bleicherode

Bleicherode
Coat of arms
Bleicherode
Location of Bleicherode within Nordhausen district
Coordinates: 51°25′0″N 10°34′0″E / 51.41667°N 10.56667°ECoordinates: 51°25′0″N 10°34′0″E / 51.41667°N 10.56667°E
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Nordhausen
Government
• Mayor	Frank Rostek (CDU)
Area
• Total	28.27 km^2 (10.92 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	6,173
• Density	220/km^2 (570/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	99752
Dialling codes	036338
Vehicle registration	NDH
Website	www.bleicherode.de

Bleicherode is a town in the district of Nordhausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Wipper, 17 km southwest of Nordhausen. On 1 December 2007, the former municipality Obergebra was incorporated by Bleicherode. Every Thursday, there is a market held in the town.

Historically, Bleicherode belonged to the Prussian province of Saxony between 1700 and 1945.

One of Bleicherode's most famous natives is the cartographer August Heinrich Petermann.

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  The house where Petermann was born: Neue Straße 3, Bleicherode

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  Memorial for August Petermann in Bleicherode

Notable persons

• August Heinrich Petermann (1822–1878), German cartographer
• Adalbert Merx (1838–1909), German theologian
• Heinrich Stengel (1884–1970), German rector and numismatist
• Hans Beyth (1901–1947), German-Jewish banker and zionist
• Jochen Berg (1948–2009), German author
• Hans-Günther Bücking (*1951), German cinematographer and director

See also

• Gerson von Bleichröder (1822–1893), German-Jewish banker, Chief banker of Otto von Bismarck

References

1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, Gemeinschaftsfreie Gemeinde, erfüllende/beauftragende Gemeinden, Verwaltungsgemeinschaft/Mitgliedsgemeinden in Thüringen". Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik (in German). July 2016.