This part of Germany is rich in towns with beautiful old buildings and, you wont find them on the tourist map.
Wernigerode is one of these towns, lots of historic, functioning buildings. Walking amongst them is a pleasant experience with lots to explore. Photographs can only give you a taster of the intricate details, some are works of art.
Two weddings took place in the town hall whilst we were there, rarely do you see one wedding leave by one set of steps while another enters via a parallel set.
The group of girls dressed in green and white are part of a group that greeted the second wedding party on its exit. The bride and groom were required to cut through a log with a double handed cross cut hand saw. Wish we new the significance. I am sure you can come up with lots of theories, all clean.
We took the horse drawn bus up to the castle, or schloss.
Whilst we were there we visited the railway station to obtain details of the steam train that runs up into the mountains. We plan to ride it, you have been warned.
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