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Mystical Mountains

A popular outdoor retreat for northern Germans, the scenic Harz mountain range
lies where Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt), Thuringia (Thüringen) and Lower
Saxony (Niedersachsen) meet. Soaring peaks are absent here, but thickly wooded
mountains abound, with pretty villages and modest resort towns tucked between
them. The Harz’s highest peak, the Brocken, is also its centrepiece, not least for its
long-standing mystical asso cia tions with witchcraft. Mining too has been an
integral part of life here, and old mines have now been made into attractions, but
the Harz is famous mostly for hiking and cycling opportunities in summer and
tobogganing and skiing in winter. The old narrow-gauge railway network, complete
with steam trains, is ideal for explor ing the gateway towns of Quedlinburg and
Goslar, both UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

VienenburgVienenburg
Wasserleben
Wasserleben
GOSLAR Oker Oker
GOSLAR
Stapelburg
Veckenstedt
Wolfshagen Stapelburg Veckenstedt
Wolfshagen
Schmatzfeld HalberstadtHalberstadt
Schmatzfeld
GranestauseeGranestausee BadBad
RAMMELSBERGER
RAMMELSBERGER
Reddeber
BERGBAUMUSEUM
BERGBAUMUSEUM HarzburgHarzburg Reddeber
Langenstein
Silstedt
Derenburg
LautenthalLautenthal Silstedt Derenburg Langenstein
Ilsenburg
Ilsenburg
Bocksberg
Bocksberg
726 m Schalke
726 m
Schalke
762 m
762 m WernigerodeWernigerode Ditfurt
Ditfurt
OkerstauseeOkerstausee BenzingerodeBenzingerode
O O
Schulenberg
Schulenberg Münchenhof
Münchenhof
Hasser
im Oberharz
Wildemann
Wildemann b b im Oberharz Hasserodeode
e e THE THE Heimburg
Heimburg
H a
Westerhausen
r r H a r z r z SACHSEN-ANHALTSACHSEN-ANHALT Westerhausen
BROCKEN
-Zellerfeld-Zellerfeld BROCKEN
Altenau
Altenau
Torfhaus Hohneklippen Blankenburg QUEDLINBURG Hoym Hoym
Blankenburg
QUEDLINBURG
Torfhaus
Hohneklippen
Clausthal-Clausthal- 901 m Drei Drei Gersdorfer
901 m
h a r z
h a r z
Gersdorfer
Bruchberg Annen Cattenstedt Burg Burg Badeborn
Bruchberg
Annen
Cattenstedt
Badeborn
927 m Hohne Elbingerodeode Weddersleben
Elbinger
927 m
Weddersleben
Hohne
NIEDERSACHSENNIEDERSACHSEN THE WURMBERG Hüttenrodeode Wienrodeode Bode Bode
Hüttenr
Wienr
THE WURMBERG
Asmusstedt
Rübeland
Neinstedt
Schierke
Gr. Sonnenberg Schierke Rübeland Thale Thale Neinstedt Rieder Asmusstedt
Gr. Sonnenberg
Rieder
Ermsleben
RÜBELAND
854 m Elend Elend Rothehütte RÜBELAND BadBad Ermsleben
854 m
Rothehütte
Königskrug
Riefensbeek
Riefensbeek Königskrug HÖHLEN THE HEXENTANZPLATZTHE HEXENTANZPLATZ Suderodeode BallenstedtBallenstedt
HÖHLEN
Suder
Gernr
Freiheit
Freiheit Gernrodeode
B o d e t a
SösetalsperreSösetalsperre Altenbrak HARZERHARZER
Altenbrak
Braunlage
Hanskühnenberg
Hanskühnenberg St. Andreasberg Braunlage RappbodestauseeRappbodestausee B o d e t a l l UHRENFABRIKUHRENFABRIK Meisdorf
St. Andreasberg
Meisdorf
811 m
811 m
Tanne Tanne BURG FALKENSTEINBURG FALKENSTEIN
Wieser
Mägdesprung Wieserodeode
Mägdesprung
ACTIVITIES Selke Pansfelde
Selke
Pansfelde
Stanger
Stangerodeode
Watch cuckoo clocks being made at the
Harzer Uhrenfabrik in Gernrode
Hike in the deep and verdant Bode Valley for
a picturesque view of the Harz Mountains
Explore the atmospheric limestone caverns at
the Rübeland Caves
Take a steam train to the top of the Harz Mountains
on the Brockenbahn railway
Enjoy skiing, tobogganing, hiking and mountain
biking on the Wurmberg
Journey into the dark depths of the Rammelsberger
silver mine near Goslar
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