The “Kleinste Haus” (“Smallest House”) Museum is located around the corner (140 metres from the apartments) at Kochstrasse 43. The house was built in 1792 in a 2.95m wide gap between two neighbouring houses. Allegedly, eleven people lived here on three floors.

The “Schiefes Haus” (“Crooked House”) Museum is located 190 metres away from the apartments at Klintgasse 5. The building was built around 1680 as a textile mill on the site of an old mill, which was first mentioned in a document as early as the 13th century. The water wheel was fed by a mill race from the Zillierbach (Zillier stream). This race continued to flow through the “Klares Loch” (“Clear Hole”) to the River Holtemme. From the middle of the 19th century, the building served as a flour mill and in 1890 it was converted to a residential house. Between 2010 and 2012, the town of Wernigerode organised the renovation of the protected building and its conversion to a museum. The house has a lean greater than that of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The town hall (240 metres away from the apartments) of Wernigerode is a very popular and impressive building. First referenced in 1277, there was originally a music hall (“Spelhus”) on this site, belonging to the local count. Shortly before his death in 1427, the last Wernigerode count gave the building to the town. Two years later, the town built a more solid construction with a wine cellar and a large guest room. In 1494, a half-timbered floor was built onto what is today’s Wernigerode town hall. The town council decided in 1528 to convert the music hall into a town hall. Since 1848 the so-called benefactors’ fountain has stood in the historical market place in front of the town hall to honour those residents of Wernigerode who have made significant services to the town.

The “Westerntorturm” (450 to 550 metres from the apartments) is part of the former Western Gate of Wernigerode. Until the 19th Century, the western gate complex had a further, outer gate, a curtain wall and another tower. The outer gate was demolished in 1853 and the smaller outer tower was demolished after 1865. When the wealthy citizens bought the count’s entire town fortifications and could then collect duties, it served as a debtor’s tower (i.e. those citizens who did not pay their debts had to sit out their punishments in the tower).

The old Church Of Our Lady (approximately 200 metres from the holiday apartments) has been transformed in the last few years into a Concert Hall (opens a new browser window). Since December 2021 the concert hall has been the home of the Wernigerode Philharmonic Ochestra. The concert hall runs a first class, rich cultural programme (opens a new browser window) throughout the year.

The oldest house in Wernigerode is at Hinterstraße 48 (550 metres away from the apartments). This house and its neighbours, which are also protected buildings, form a very beautiful row of historic houses.

The Fire Service Museum of Wernigerode is located in Steingrube 4a (350 metres from the apartments). In Wernigerode, a town that was shaped by several large city fires, the fire department was always very important.

The Harz Museum, at Klint 10 (270 metres from the apartments), has an exhibition area of about 300 square metres, where in the permanent exhibition the history of the Harz can be viewed in a journey through time from the beginning of the earth’s history up to modern times. The Harz Museum also hosts an interesting series of special exhibitions.

The “Clear Hole” is on the Hinterstraße (460 metres from the apartments), opposite the Heidestraße. The “Clear Hole” was the lowest part of the old town. The water from the millrace flowed here through an opening in the city wall to the River Holtemme. As a weak spot in the town wall, the opening was protected with an iron grill. The name “Clear Hole” probably arose from the enigmatic Harz humour. Whenever during heavy rain the mill stream carried the medieval town rubbish away, the water was anything but “clear”.

The fortified tower on “Am Vorwerk” (430 metres away from the apartments) features a childens’ play area. From here you have a beautiful view of the castle.

The fortified tower and the city wall on “Am Burgberg” (470 metres from the apartments) is the longest surviving section of the town wall.