{{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=December 2009}} {{Expand German|topic=geo|Ellrich|date=June 2020}} }} {{Infobox German place |type = Stadt |image_photo = |image_coa = DEU Ellrich COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|51|35|8|N|10|40|5|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Ellrich in NDH.png |state = Thüringen |district = Nordhausen |elevation = 255 |area = 69.43 |postal_code = 99755 |area_code = 036332 |licence = NDH |Gemeindeschlüssel = 16 0 62 005 |mayor = Henry Pasenow<ref>[https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/wahl.asp?wahlart=BM&wJahr=0000&zeigeErg=LAND&auswertung=2 Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht], Freistaat Thüringen. Retrieved 25 June 2024.</ref> |leader_term = 2024–30 |party = CDU }}
'''Ellrich''' ({{IPA|de|ˈɛlʁɪç|-|De-Ellrich2.ogg}}) 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 {{ill|Ellrich-Juliushütte concentration camp annex|de|KZ-Außenlager Ellrich-Juliushütte|lt=Juliushütte}} and {{ill|Ellrich-Bürgergarten concentration camp annex|de|KZ-Außenlager Ellrich-Bürgergarten|lt=Bürgergarten}} of the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp.<ref>{{cite book |language=de |last=Wagner |first=Jens-Christian |date=2007 |title=Konzentrationslager Mittelbau-Dora 1943–1945. Begleitband zur ständigen Ausstellung in der KZ-Gedenkstätte Mittelbau-Dora |trans-title=Concentration Camp Mittelbau-Dora 1943-1945, accompanying volume to the permanent exhibition at the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp memorial site |chapter=Ellrich-Bürgergarten |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RAzkfslOh1oC&pg=PA187 |publisher=Wallstein |location=Göttingen |page=187 |isbn=9783835301184 }}</ref>
== 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
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