Bleicherode

Bleicherode
Town
Gothic Protestant Church of Saint Mary
Coat of arms
Location of Bleicherode within Nordhausen district
Bleicherode Bleicherode
Coordinates: 51°25′N 10°34′E
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Nordhausen
Government
• Mayor (2019–25)	Frank Rostek (CDU)
Area
• Total	108.20 km2 (41.78 sq mi)
Elevation	237 m (778 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	10,163
• Density	94/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	99752
Dialling codes	036338
Vehicle registration	NDH
Website	www.bleicherode.de

Bleicherode (German pronunciation: [blaɪ̯çəˈʁoːdə] ) 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. The former municipalities Etzelsrode, Friedrichsthal, Kleinbodungen, Kraja, Hainrode, Nohra, Wipperdorf and Wolkramshausen were merged into Bleicherode in January 2019. Every Tuesday and Thursday, there is a market held at the Zierbrunnenplatz 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
• Hans Beyth (1901–1947), German-Jewish banker and Zionist (leader of Youth Aliyah, 1945–47)

See also

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