Bleicherode

Bleicherode
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Bleicherode within Nordhausen district
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Nordhausen
Government
• Mayor	Frank Rostek (CDU)
Area
• Total	28.27 km2 (10.92 sq mi)
Elevation	237 m (778 ft)
Population  (2006-12-31)
• Total	7,062
• Density	250/km2 (650/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 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.

• 
  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