# Ellrich

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{{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&ndash;30
|party             = CDU
}}

'''Ellrich''' ({{IPA|de|ˈɛlʁɪç|-|De-Ellrich2.ogg}}) is a town in the [district of Nordhausen](/source/Nordhausen_(district)), in [Thuringia](/source/Thuringia), [Germany](/source/Germany). It is situated on the southern edge of the [Harz](/source/Harz), 13&nbsp;km northwest of [Nordhausen](/source/Nordhausen%2C_Thuringia). It is the northernmost settlement in Thuringia.

== History ==

=== Second World War ===

During the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War), Ellrich housed two [subcamp](/source/subcamp_(SS))s 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](/source/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](/source/Wilhelm_Wiegand) (1851–1915), historian and archivist
* [Wilhelm Apel](/source/Wilhelm_Apel) (1905–1969), Hessian politician (SPD) and deputy of the Hessian state parliament
* [Dietrich Haugk](/source/Dietrich_Haugk) (1925–2015), film director and voice actor
* [Rolf Hoppe](/source/Rolf_Hoppe) (1930–2018), actor

==References==
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{{Cities and towns in Nordhausen (district)}}

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Category:Towns in the Harz
Category:Nordhausen (district)

{{Nordhausen-geo-stub}}

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