WERNIGERODE -a modern centre of business, a town for rambling, shopping and living in, a place of tourism, a town of culture, education and conferences.

The town of Wernigerode with its suburbs Minsleben, Benzingerode und Silstedt constitutes an important economic, cultural and touristic centre of the Harz county. Alongside the large conurbations of Halle und Magdeburg, Wernigerode is one of the economically most developed locations in Saxony-Anhalt. At the same time, the region is one of the most popular holiday and recreation areas of northern Germany.

The economic structure of Wernigerode Municipality is characterized by medium-sized industry, trade, crafts and tourism. Main sectors are mechanical engineering, metalworking, pharmaceutical industry, construction industry, stationery production, food and beverages and the crafts. Other important industries are tourism, education, retail and services. Wernigerode has several industrial zones.

The newly developed Industrial Park North West with a surface area of 79,2 hectares still has plots available for new businesses. The town's good road and rail links make favourable conditions for new businesses. Owing to its beautiful landscape, Wernigerode is also a charming place to live.

At present, the town has nearly 17,000 existing dwelling units. Apart from existing attractive quarters with large-volume villas and three residential quarters with blocks of rented flats, there is room for new construction of detached houses and apartment houses of owned flats in the short and medium term.

Wernigerode provides excellent medical care for its inhabitants with the hospital Harzklinikum Wernigerode-Blankenburg GmbH and nearly 80 practitioners and consulting physicians. Schooling and education covers the whole bandwidth from Primary School and Secondary School, High School and vocational schools up to the college "Hochschule Harz". Private education institutes and music schools complement the choice.

The historical Old Town offers numerous retail stores and boutiques. All in all, the historical Old Town of Wernigerode, together with its shopping gallery "Forum Bunte Stadt", and the new Culture and Conference Centre, has shaped up to become a modern, attractive place for shopping. A large number of restaurants, cafés and pubs invite the guest to stay.

Economy Promotion - Innovation and Formation Centre

What you can expect from us:

We provide services for you!

Comprehensive consulting and advice in all location issues and detailed information on location development
Procurement of municipal business plots

Making of contact with private providers of real estate, office space, storage and production plots

Clarification of legal prerequisites in advance of space provisioning

Ongoing support of interested businesses - from the initial contact and the permission procedure up to business opening

Support with site movements within the town, alteration and extension projects

Representation of the interests of our businesses within the administration, i.e. in the land-use planning procedure

Ongoing support of resident businesses

Co-ordination of projects between downtown retailers and the administration

Consultancy on public subsidies and making of contact with the Investment Bank of Saxony-Anhalt

Ask us, we'll be happy to help!

Industrial locations

Our business locations:

Industrial Park "Nord-West"
60 hectares, about 1,000 jobs (plots available)
Employers who want to set up a new business can find an ideal business neighbourhood in our industrial park "Nord-West" with a direct link to the federal road B 6. Among the renowned resident enterprises are the brewer Hasseröder, chocolate producer Wergona Schokoladen GmbH and automobile supplier KSM Castings GmbH. Our economy promotion does not only cover real estate, but also a packet of support and co-ordination. After having bought a plot, businesses will not incur any further development costs.

The Industrial Park "Nord-West" still has plots available (hatched areas).

New! Industrial and Business Zone "Schmatzfelder Chaussee"

Preparations are under way for development of additional plots for industry and business. In parallel with the necessary consolidation procedure, land-use plan no. 05 "Gewerbe- und Industriegebiet Schmatzfelder Chaussee" is in preparation. From about 2010 on, these plots will be available for business settlement.

Industrial Zone "Gießerweg"
30 hectares, about 2,100 jobs (all plots occupied)

During to the adaptation and restructuring processes after the Political Reunification, the resident businesses developed a reutilization, development and financing strategy for the zone, together with the Municipality and the local utility companies, in order to prevent the site from developing into an industrial wasteland.
They succeeded in shaping a modern and attractive business location which today has jobs for more than 2,000 people.

Industrial Zone "Dornbergsweg"
30 hectares, about 1,400 jobs (all plots occupied)
The plots in the Industrial Zone Dornbergsweg have been marketed by the Municipality of Wernigerode and by private investors. The Municipality has repaired and extended the public road "Dornbergsweg" in the 90's and has developed the individual plots.


Industrial Zone "Stadtfeld"
15 hectares, about 750 jobs (all plots occupied)
In 1991, this was one of the first Industrial Zones to be developed in Saxony-Anhalt. The zone has a direct junction to the federal road B 6n. This new road provides a powerful infrastructural link for the resident businesses. This area being fully occupied, the Municipality is in the process of procuring additional plots and subsequently developing and marketing them.

Industrial Zone "Am Kupferhammer"
10 hectares, about 320 jobs (all plots occupied)
This is the seat of our high-performance utility provider Stadtwerke Wernigerode GmbH. In its direct neighbourhood, you'll find the automobile supplier Metallveredlung Wernigerode GmbH, as well as S&H electronic Leiterplatten GmbH, biggest PCB producer of Saxony-Anhalt, and a formation centre for the German construction trade.