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TheHarzis the second highest mountain range inGermany'sCentral Uplandsafter theOre Mountainsand extends across parts ofLower Saxony,Saxony-AnhaltandThuringia.The nameHarzderives from theMiddle High GermanwordHardtorHart(mountain forest). The Harz has the highest mountain in northwestern Germany, the legendaryBrocken,which is 1,141 metres (3,743 ft) above sea level and was the site of a former Sovietlistening postduring theCold War.The Harz also hosts the highest dam in Germany, the 106 m highRappbode Dam.The region has a high level of snow and rainfall, and its network of lakes and dams provide drinking water to the surrounding towns and cities as well as flood protection. It is also a popular tourist destination with ski resorts such asBraunlageandSankt Andreasbergand a major hiking trail network known as theHarzer Wandernadel.More...

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Harz National Parkis anature reservein theGermanfederal states ofLower SaxonyandSaxony-Anhalt.It comprises portions of the westernHarzmountain range, extending fromHerzbergandBad Lauterbergat the southern edge toBad HarzburgandIlsenburgon the northern slopes. 95% of the area is covered with forests, mainly withspruceandbeechwoods, including severalbogs,graniterocks and creeks. The park is part of theNatura 2000network of theEuropean Union.

In its current form, the park was created on January 1, 2006, by the merger of the Harz National Park in Lower Saxony, established in 1994, and the Upper Harz National Park in Saxony-Anhalt, established in 1990. As the formerinner German borderran through the Harz, large parts of the range were prohibited areas, that apart from the fortifications had remained completely unaffected for decades. Today the park covers parts of the districts ofGoslar,GöttingenandHarz.(Full article...)

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Harzer Wandernadel Wernigerode Castle Brocken Upper Harz Unicorn Cave Brocken Railway Bode (river) Brocken Garden Thuringii Upper Harz Water Regale Walkenried Abbey Upper Harz Ditches Thale Upper Harz Mining Museum Mining in the Upper Harz Upper Harz Water Tunnels Harz Roller Clausthal-Zellerfeld Oderteich Wolfsklippen Bode Gorge

Geography and Nature

Landscape:Hercynian Forest,Upper Harz
Animals:Bear Monument,Black Stork,Dipper,Lynx,Harz Roller,Peregrine,Boreal owl,Wildcat
Caves:Baumann's Cave,Hermann's Cave
Gardens:WeltWald Harz,Brocken Garden
Geology:Rhenohercynian Zone
Lakes and reservoirs:List,Harzwasserwerke,Brockenteich,Ecker,Innerste,Königshütte,Mandelholz,Oder,Oderteich,Oker,Neustadt,Rappbode,Silberteich,Söse,Wendefurth,Wippra
Nature parks:Harz National Park
Mountains:List,Achtermannshöhe,Aschentalshalbe,Auf dem Acker,Bocksberg,Brocken,Bruchberg,Carlshaushöhe,Großer Knollen,Hasselkopf,Heinrichshöhe,Hohnekamm,Jordanshöhe,Königsberg,Kuppe,Rammelsberg,Ravensberg,Rehberg,Scharfenstein,Sonnenberg,Stöberhai,Wolfsklippen,Wolfswarte,Wurmberg,Zeterklippen
Plateaux:Alter Stolberg,Hexentanzplatz
Regions:Mansfelder Land
Ridges:Langfast
Rivers:Bode,Bode Gorge,Eine,Grane,Gose,Holtemme,Ilse,Innerste,Kalte Bode,Oder,Oker,Rappbode,Rhume,Selke,Söse,Warme Bode,Wipper,Wormke,Zillierbach,Zorge
Rock formations:Ackertklippe,Bäumlersklippe,Brockentor,Böser Kleef,Elfenstein,Froschfelsen,Gänseschnabel,Hahnenkleeklippen,Hirschhornklippen,Hoher Kleef,Hamburger Wappen,Hübichenstein,Ilsestein,Kahle Klippe,Kamelfelsen,Kästeklippen,Muxklippe,Ottofels,Roßtrappe,Schnarcherklippen,Schurre,Taubenklippe,Treppenstein
Natural monuments:Kleine Renne,Ottofels,Mönchsbuche,Steinerne Renne

Culture

Castles and stately homes:Alte Burg,Anhalt Castle,Erichsburg,Falkenstein,Grasburg,Güntersburg,Hasserode,Harzburg,Heinrichsberg,Herzberg,Hohnstein,Ilsenburg,Konradsburg,Lauenburg,Meisdorf House,Plessenburg,Scharzfels,Stapelburg,Wernigerode
Cuisine:Harzercheese,Schierker Feuersteinspirit
Education:Clausthal University of Technology
Forestry:Köte
Language:Eastphalian,Thuringian,Upper Harz
Legend:Princess Ilse
Minerals:Breithauptite,Bournonite,Bronzite,Clausthalite,Goslarite,Harmotome,Harz granite,Harzburgite,Manganite,Manganosite,Pyrargyrite,Samsonite,Umangite,Zinkenite
Mining:Medieval mining,Mining in the Upper Harz,Dennert Fir Tree,Man engine,Rammelsberg Mine,Samson Pit,Upper Harz Ditches,Upper Harz Ponds,Upper Harz Water Regale,Upper Harz Water Tunnels
Museums:Mines of Rammelsberg,Upper Harz Mining Museum
Skiing:List of resorts,Braunlage,Sankt Andreasberg,Sonnenberg,Wurmberg,Wurmberg Ski Jumps
Walking:Harz Club,Harz Run,Harzer Wandernadelnetwork;Witches' Trail,Kaiser Way
Towers:Joseph's Cross
Special articles:Brocken spectre,Harz Red mountain cattle,Imperial Palace of Goslar,Inner German border,Molkenhaus,Romkerhall Hunting Lodge,Timber framing

Towns and Villages

Important Towns and Villages:Abbenrode,Allrode,Altenau,Bad Grund,Bad Harzburg,Bad Lauterberg,Bad Sachsa,Bad Suderode,Ballenstedt,Benneckenstein,Blankenburg,Braunlage,Breitenstein,Breitungen,Cattenstedt,Clausthal-Zellerfeld,Dietersdorf,Elbingerode,Elend,Ellrich,Falkenstein,Gernrode,Goslar,Hainrode,Harzgerode,Hasselfelde,Hattorf am Harz,Hayn,Heimburg,Herrmannsacker,Herzberg am Harz,Hüttenrode,Ilfeld,Ilsenburg,Kleinleinungen,Langelsheim,Mansfeld,Neustadt,Niedersachswerfen,Nordhausen,Osterode am Harz,Questenberg,Rieder,Roßla,Sangerhausen,Sankt Andreasberg,Schwenda,Seesen,Sorge,Stapelburg,Stiege,Stolberg,Tanne,Thale,Timmenrode,Trautenstein,Uftrungen,Wieda,Wildemann,Walkenried,Wernigerode,Westerhausen,Wienrode,Wippra,Zorge

General images

The following are images from various Harz-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Stolberg (fromHarz)
Image 2Brocken (windward) (fromHarz)
Image 3Former climbing areas on theRoßtrappe(fromHarz)
Image 4Old town of Wernigerode (fromHarz)
Image 5Narrow gauge railway (fromHarz)
Image 6Mansfeld (leeward) (fromHarz)
Image 7Rammelsberg Mining Museum (fromHarz)
Image 8Bode Gorge (fromHarz)
Image 9Spruce woods in the Harz (fromHarz)
Image 10Torfhaus Moor (fromHarz)
Image 11Mining archive inClausthal-Zellerfeld(fromHarz)
Image 12Gabbro Quarry nearBad Harzburg(fromHarz)
Image 13Braunlage (windward) (fromHarz)
Image 14Topographyof the Harz (fromList of mountains and hills of the Harz)
Image 15Map of the Harz mountains (fromHarz)
Image 16Sender Brockenat the summit in winter (fromHarz)
Image 17TheWendefurth Reservoir(fromList of dams and reservoirs in the Harz)
Image 18Bode Gorge (fromHarz)
Image 19The B 4/B 242 Harz high road near Braunlage (fromHarz)
Image 20Coloured black and white photograph: the Burgberg with Wernigerode Castle (between 1890 and 1905) (fromList of mountains and hills of the Harz)
Image 21Castle and abbey of Quedlinburg(fromHarz)
Image 22View of the Upper Harz (fromHarz)
Image 23TheEurasian lynx– once again found living wild in the Harz (fromHarz)
Image 24Harz 1852 (fromHarz)
Image 25Carlshaus Tower on theCarlshaushöhe(626 m above NN) (fromHarz)
Image 26Reservoir behind theWendefurth Dam(fromHarz)
Image 27The Oker with white water. A footpath is on the right bank. (fromHarz)
Image 28Prospecte des Hartzwalds (View of the Harz Forest) (fromHarz)

Did you know

TheWurmbergin the Harz, nearBraunlage,is the highest mountain inLower Saxony?
An indication of the natural state of the beech woods in the Harz is the return of theblack stork(pictured)?
TheHarz Narrow Gauge Railways,an old fashioned, steam and diesel-powered railway network is a very popular mode of transport, especially with tourists?

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