Applied Studies. Sights Harzer Schmalspurbahn - a narrow gauge railway that leads from Wernigerode to the Brocken (1141 m), the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, and then goes to Nordhausen to the south of the Harz mountains. The second highest peak, Wurmberg (971 m), is accessible by cable car from Braunlage which is connected by bus to Wernigerode. Wernigerode has numerous museums, galleries, libraries, monuments and parks. Armeleuteberg - hill with an Emperor Tower and forest inn. Culture Wernigerode is the home of the choir Rundfunk-Jugendchor Wernigerode. Natural monuments Steinerne and Kleine Renne, and the nearby well of Wernigeröder Bürgerbrunnen Ottofels, rock formation with extensive views over the Harz Mönchsbuche, a protected beech on the old monk's way Sport Wernigerode hosts the Brocken Marathon each October. Wernigerode's most supported club is Einheit Wernigerode, who competes in the NOFV-Oberliga, and recently qualified for the DFB-Pokal, eventually losing to SC Paderborn 07 0-10. Wernigerode also has had an American Football club, The Mountain Tigers, since 1993. During the last 19 years this team has played in Germany's Oberliga 4 and Regionaliga 3. Since its inception, it has been a mainstay for American football in the Harz region. Twin towns – sister cities Wernigerode is twinned with: Carpi, Italy (1964) Cisnădie, Romania (2002) Hội An, Vietnam (2013) Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Germany (1998) Notable people Henry Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1716–1786), canon, dean and author of many hymns Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein (1723–1795), physician and engineer Christian Frederick of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1746–1824), Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743–1817), chemist Henry of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1772–1854), Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode Anton of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1785–1854), chief minister in Magdeburg, governor in the Prussian Province of Saxony and Prussian Minister of State Heinrich Karl Beyrich (1796–1834), botanist Gustav Eduard von Hindersin (1804–1872), Prussian general Otto Herfurth (1893–1944), general Wilhelm Bittrich (1895–1979), Waffen-SS General Friedrich Lütge (1901–1968), historian and economist Franz Nicklisch (1906–1975), actor Rolf Hermichen (1918–2014), fighter ace Konrad Sasse (1926–1981), musicologist Rudolf Dannhauer (born 1934), cross-country skier Waldtraut Lewin (1937–2017), stage director Wolf Barth (1942–2016), mathematician Monika Wulf-Mathies (born 1942), politician Karin Rüger-Schulze (born 1944), track and field athlete Irene Ellenberger (born 1946), architect Lutz Unger (born 1951), swimmer Karsten Brandt (born 1958), cross-country skier Caspar René Hirschfeld (born 1965), composer Bernhard Schneyer (born 1968), composer Guido Fulst (born 1970), racing cyclist Jens Baxmann (born 1985), ice hockey player Nils Petersen (born 1988), footballer Christopher Grotheer (born 1992), skeleton