History The district was established by merging the former districts of PERSON@1 , Wernigerode and LOCATION@1 as well as the city of LOCATION@2 -LRB- from the district of LOCATION@3 -RRB- as part of the reform of NUMBER@1 .

History The district was made by joining the old districts of PERSON@1 , Wernigerode and LOCATION@1 as well as the city of LOCATION@2 -LRB- from the district of LOCATION@3 -RRB- .
