Braunlage is a town and health resort in the Goslar district in Lower Saxony in Germany. It lies within the Harz mountain range, south of the Brocken. Nowadays Braunlage's main business is tourism, particularly ski tourists.
Population: 5,159
Latitude: 51° 43' 35.44" N
Longitude: 10° 36' 39.24" E
Gillersheim is a village with approximately 1400 inhabitants in southern Lower Saxony. Gillersheim belongs to the Gemeinde (municipality) of Katlenburg-Lindau and to the Landkreis (district) of Northeim. The village celebrated 900 years of existence…
Gieboldehausen is a Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
The Froschfelsen ("Frog Rocks", 545 m above NN), also called the Froschsteinklippe, is a natural monument near Ilsenburg in the northern Harz in central Germany.
The Feigenbaumklippe is a rock formation in the Oker valley in the Harz mountains of central Germany. They lie on the hiking trail from the Kästeklippen crags to Romkerhall Waterfall. These granite rocks, which show clear signs of "wool sack weather…
Falkenhagen is a village in the municipality Landolfshausen, in the district of Göttingen of Lower Saxony, Germany.
The Dyke Ditch (German: Dammgraben) is the longest artificial ditch in the Upper Harz in central Germany. Its purpose was to collect surface runoff for the operation of the Upper Harz mining industry from precipitation-heavy regions a long way away …
The Bärlochsmühle is a former mill near Straßberg in the Harz mountains in Central Germany.
The Butterberg in the Harz district of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt lies about halfway between Ilsenburg and Drübeck, at a height of 279 m above NN. From the top, the Harz Foreland and the ridges of the Harz mountains may be seen. The view of I…
The small village of Buntenbock lies on the plateau of the Harz mountains in Germany and is part of the mining and university town of Clausthal-Zellerfeld.
At the foot of the Wurmberg is the Brockenweg Ski Jump (51°44′24.81″N10°36′47.55″E). This has two training jumps (K 7 and K 15), two artificial jumps (K 40 and K 58) and the derelict winter jump (K 70). The Braunlage Winter Sports Club (WSV Braunla…
The Brocken Pond (German: Brockenteich) is the name of a waterbody that was created in 1744 in the County of Wernigerode below the summit of the Brocken, the highest mountain in the Harz mountains of Germany.
Bode-Holtemme was a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was situated along the rivers Bode and Holtemme, east of Halberstadt. The seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft was in Wegel…
Blankenburg was a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft was in Blankenburg am Harz.
Bernshausen is a village in the Gemeinde Seeburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, with a population of about 590. It lies across the lake, named Seeburger See, from the larger village of Seeburg proper, to the west. The Aue creek flows out of the lake and th…
The Bear Monument (German: Bärendenkmal) is a monument to bears in the Harz mountains of central Germany. It stands by a forest track and walking trail in woods not far from the Bremer Teich and the Viktorshöhe hill and marks the spot where the last…
The Alter Stolberg is a wooded karst plateau, up to 357.7 m above sea level (NN) high, in the South Harz in Central Germany.
The Ackertklippe is a rock formation in Königshütte in the district of Harz in the Harz mountains of Germany. It is composed mainly of granite.
Nordharz ("north Harz") was a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was situated north of the Harz mountain range and the town of Wernigerode. The seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinscha…