Wolkramshausen: Park, Manor Houses and Apple Day

Wolkramshausen combines Baroque garden design with a local history in which manor houses and the church each have their own distinct character. The annual South Harz Apple Day offers another way to explore the area. You can plan your trip around its architectural history or around a specific event date.

Park and Manor House History

The Baroque park at Hue de Grais Manor is characterised by geometric features, covered walkways, fountains and an orchard. The geometric layout gives the grounds a clear structure, while the other features showcase different aspects of garden design. For visitors interested in historic estates, this offers a tangible theme distinct from the architectural history of the church.

From the 18th century onwards, aristocratic landowning and civil servant families settled in Wolkramshausen and built imposing manor houses. This development earned the town the name “Little Paris” in the 19th century. The nickname refers to a formative period in the town’s history.

Around 1721/22, Walrad Ludwig von Wilcke (1687–1747) and his wife Anna Wilhelmine, née von Wurmb, built the “Neuwilckesche Gut” in its present dimensions. This precise date provides a concrete historical anchor for the manor house’s history, which goes back to the early 18th century.

Church and Architectural History

The natural stone Church of St. Trinitatis Wolkramshausen also brings together different architectural periods. Its tower is Romanesque at its core. For visitors interested in architectural history, this offers another perspective on the town: alongside the manor houses stands a church whose different phases of construction are part of its story. The tower’s Romanesque core is a precise indication of one of its construction periods.

The South Harz Apple Day

The IG Streuobst Südharz organises the South Harz Apple Day every year in Wolkramshausen, at the foot of the Hainleite. The event takes place in Hue de Grais Palace Park. At the 2026 event, visitors could bring their own apples to be identified by an experienced pomologist. Representatives of the association also presented a display of apple varieties and offered apple pressing activities for children and families. Learning about varieties and taking part in hands-on activities are among the distinctive features of this event.

For families, the activities explicitly aimed at children and families are of particular interest. The hands-on activities mentioned relate to the 2026 event. Since the Apple Day is held annually, check the date and programme for the relevant year when planning a future trip.

If you want the Apple Day to determine your travel dates, plan around the programme for the relevant year. If you are mainly interested in the area’s history, the park, manor houses and St. Trinitatis provide suitable points of interest.

More cultural highlights in the wider destination of Bleicherode

The wider destination of Bleicherode has its own cultural highlights. In the Church of Beatae Mariae Virginis, a wall niche above the entrance to the sacristy houses the statue “Jacob Wrestling with the Angel”, created around 1710. It depicts a scene from Genesis 32:25–27. In the western part of the same church, master organ builder Robert Knauf built the organ. Extensive restoration work enabled the instrument to sound again in 2013 in its original 1898 condition.

The Old Chancellery in Bleicherode comprises a large half-timbered barn with living quarters and a coach house, which border the courtyard on the west and north sides. The Old Chancellery houses the town library, a music school and an exhibition on the history of Bleicherode’s Jewish community. If access to any of these facilities is essential to your plans, confirm it in advance.

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