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Towns in Harz


Towns in Harz

  • Bad Gandersheim ? The town's origins can be traced back to the 9th Century, when it was an important administrative centre.
  • Bad Harzburg ? charming spa town, ancient cable car and base for walks in the surrounding hills
  • Blankenburg ? quaint former East German town and home to an imposing castle
  • Braunlage ? the main ski resort and cable car to Lower Saxony's highest peak, the Wurmberg
  • Clausthal-Zellerfeld ? a resort in the Harz Mts. Its manufactures include textiles and wood products. The town was once a center for the mining of copper, zinc, and lead ores.
  • Goslar ? gateway to the Harz
  • Halberstadt ? playing a piece of music that's scheduled to last for 639 years
  • Osterwieck ? historic town is situated on the river Ilse, north of Wernigerode
  • Quedlinburg ? UNESCO world heritage site
  • Sankt Andreasberg ? former mining town
  • Schierke ? historic border village and starting point for walks up the Brocken
  • Stolberg ? is a health resort in the state of Saxony-Anhalt
  • Torfhaus ? the highest settlement in Lower Saxony and base for numerous walks
  • Thale ? old mining town and former summer resort for Berliners; gateway to the Bode Gorge
  • Wernigerode ? known for its impressive Romantic-age castle and its trussed (Timber Beamed) houses that are kept in their original styles.

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