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    The Harz (German: [haːɐ̯ts] ), also called the Harz Mountains, is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region,...
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    Osterode am Harz, often simply called Osterode (German: [ˌɔstəˈʁoːdə] ; Eastphalian: Ostroe), is a town in south-eastern Lower Saxony in central Germany...
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    (305 m above sea level (NN)) in the town of Blankenburg in the district of Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Nearby is the Little Castle with its...
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  • Thumbnail for Mining in the Upper Harz
    Mining in the Upper Harz region of central Germany was a major industry for several centuries, especially for the production of silver, lead, copper, and...
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    the district of Goslar and is located on the northwestern slopes of the Harz mountain range. The Old Town of Goslar with over 1.500 timber houses and...
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  • Hartz concept (redirect from Harz IV)
    improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Hartz concept" – news · newspapers ·...
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    The Upper Harz Water Regale (German: Oberharzer Wasserregal, pronounced [ˌoːbɐhaːɐ̯tsɐ ˈvasɐʁeɡaːl]) is a system of dams, reservoirs, ditches and other...
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  • Neinstedt (category Harz district geography stubs)
    is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, in the Harz area. Since 1 January 2009, it is part of the town Thale. It...
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  • Dankerode (category Harz district geography stubs)
    of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 August 2009, it is part of the town Harzgerode. It lies in the Unterharz, the eastern region of the Harz mountains...
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    Selke Valley Railway (category Transport in the Harz)
    Eisenbahn) and the Anhalt Harz Railway (Anhaltische Harzbahn) were different names for the metre gauge railway in the Lower Harz, Germany, originally owned...
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    Gernrode (redirect from Gernrode/harz)
    pronunciation: [ɡɛʁnˈʁoːdə] ) is a historic town and former municipality in the Harz District, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2014, it has been part...
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    Clausthal-Zellerfeld (category Towns in the Harz)
    in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the southwestern part of the Harz mountains. Its population is approximately 15,000. The town hosts the Clausthal...
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  • Weddersleben (category Harz district geography stubs)
    is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, in the Harz area. Since 1 January 2009, it is part of the town Thale. The...
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  • series of top-secret documents discovered in Germany during May 1945 near the Harz Mountains and compiled at Marburg Castle, Hesse. As American troops were...
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  • Thumbnail for Lerbach, Osterode am Harz
    Lerbach is a village of Osterode am Harz in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is based in the south-western part of the Harz mountains. Wilhelm Kolle (1868-1935)...
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  • Thumbnail for Falkenstein, Saxony-Anhalt
    Falkenstein/Harz is a town in the Harz district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was created in 2002 by merging the town of Ermsleben with the former municipalities...
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    The Upper Harz Ponds (German: Oberharzer Teiche) are found mainly around the mining town of Clausthal-Zellerfeld and the nearby villages of Buntenbock...
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  • Dieses Lied geh allen Herzen ein, die für Harz und Fläming glühn, auch die Elbe soll uns Heimat sein, Sachsen-Anhalt stolz und kühn Ob die Saat uns grünt...
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    Brocken Railway (category Transport in the Harz)
    which together with the Harz Railway and Selke Valley Railway form the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways railway network in the Harz mountain range of Germany...
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  • Thumbnail for Brocken spectre
    fogs and low-altitude accessibility of the Brocken, the highest peak of the Harz Mountains in Germany, have created a local legend from which the phenomenon...
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    lived alone in small huts to tend their wood piles. For example, in the Harz Mountains of Germany, charcoal burners lived in conical huts called Köten...
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    about 1 km northeast of the village of Neustadt on the southern edge of the Harz mountains. Honstein Castle was built in the time of the Hohenstaufen-Guelph...
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  • Thumbnail for Himmelpforten Monastery (Harz)
    Monastery (German: Kloster Himmelpforten) was an Augustinian hermitage in the Harz Mountains of Germany, halfway between Hasserode (in the borough of Wernigerode...
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    lake in Germany between Breitungen, Agnesdorf [de] and Roßla in the South Harz. It is an intermittent lake of about 350 metres (1,150 ft) in length and...
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    The WeltWald Harz (120 hectares) up to 2009 Arboretum Bad Grund, also known as Exotenwald and sometimes called the Arboretum des Forstamtes Grund or the...
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    Albert II of Halberstadt (1325-1358) against territorial lords within the Harz region, mainly against the counts of Regenstein, the castle was fought over...
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    before embarking on the study of law in Göttingen in 1803. Experience in the Harz mountains awakened an interest in mining and, in 1806, he was appointed to...
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  • Thumbnail for Elbingerode
    Elbingerode is an Ortsteil of Oberharz am Brocken in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The former town was incorporated into the...
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  • town of Oberharz am Brocken in the Harz District, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It lies in the Bode valley in the High Harz in central Germany, at a height...
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    Göttingen 552 5520 Braunlage 5521 Herzberg am Harz 5522 Osterode (Harz) 5523 Bad Sachsa 5524 Bad Lauterberg (Harz) 5525 Walkenried 5527 Duderstadt 5528 Gieboldehausen...
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