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{{Infobox German location
|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            = 69.42
|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''' is a town in the [[Nordhausen (district)|district of Nordhausen]], in [[Thuringia]], [[Germany]]. It is situated on the southern edge of the [[Harz]], 13&nbsp;km northwest of [[Nordhausen, Thuringia|Nordhausen]]. It is the northernmost settlement in Thuringia.

== History ==

=== Second World War ===

During the [[Second World War]], Ellrich housed two [[subcamp (SS)|subcamp]]s at {{ill|Ellrich-Juliushütte concentration camp annex|de|KZ-Außenlager Ellrich-Juliushütte|lt=Juliushütte|vertical-align=sup}} and {{ill|Ellrich-Bürgergarten concentration camp annex|de|KZ-Außenlager Ellrich-Bürgergarten|lt=Bürgergarten|vertical-align=sup}} of the [[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]] (1851–1915), historian and archivist
* [[Wilhelm Apel]] (1905–1969), Hessian politician (SPD) and deputy of the Hessian state parliament
* [[Dietrich Haugk]] (1925–2015), film director and voice actor
* [[Rolf Hoppe]] (1930-2018), actor

==References==
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[[Category:Towns in the Harz]]
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