Ellrich is a town in the district of Nordhausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the southern edge of the Harz, 13 km northwest of Nordhausen.PersonalitiesSons and daughters of the city Wilhelm Wiegand (1851-1915), historian and archivist Wilhelm Apel (1905-1969), Hessian politician (SPD) and deputy of the Hessian state parliament Dietrich Haugk (1925-2015), film director and voice actor Rolf Hoppe (born 1930), actor