Gernrode

Gernrode is a town and a former municipality in Germany, in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt. The town was first mentioned in 961 and became a city (received Stadtrecht) in 1539. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Quedlinburg. Gernrode is 9 km south of Quedlinburg in the Harz mountains and has state recognition as a spa town, where one may take the cure and recuperate in general (staatlich anerkannter Kur- und Erholungsort). It is perhaps best known today for the Ottonian/Romanesque church of St. Cyriakus, and as the start of the Selketalbahn narrow gauge railway.