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 :
Harzer cheese,
Schierker Feuerstein spirit
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 Wandernadel network;
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 1 Narrow gauge railway (from
Harz )
Image 2 The
Eurasian lynx – once again found living wild in the Harz (from
Harz )
Image 3 Map of the Harz mountains (from
Harz )
Image 4 Coloured black and white photograph: the Burgberg with Wernigerode Castle (between 1890 and 1905) (from
List of mountains and hills of the Harz )
Image 5 Stolberg (from
Harz )
Image 6 Rammelsberg Mining Museum (from
Harz )
Image 7 Bode Gorge (from
Harz )
Image 8 Carlshaus Tower on the
Carlshaushöhe (
626 m above NN ) (from
Harz )
Image 9 Bode Gorge (from
Harz )
Image 10 Prospecte des Hartzwalds (View of the Harz Forest) (from
Harz )
Image 11 Reservoir behind the
Wendefurth Dam (from
Harz )
Image 12 Spruce woods in the Harz (from
Harz )
Image 13 The Oker with white water. A footpath is on the right bank. (from
Harz )
Image 14 Mining archive in
Clausthal-Zellerfeld (from
Harz )
Image 15 Former climbing areas on the
Roßtrappe (from
Harz )
Image 17 Mansfeld (leeward) (from
Harz )
Image 18 Old town of Wernigerode (from
Harz )
Image 19 Braunlage (windward) (from
Harz )
Image 20 Gabbro Quarry near
Bad Harzburg (from
Harz )
Image 21 Torfhaus Moor (from
Harz )
Image 22 View of the Upper Harz (from
Harz )
Image 23 Harz 1852 (from
Harz )
Image 24 Brocken (windward) (from
Harz )
Image 25 The B 4/B 242 Harz high road near Braunlage (from
Harz )
Image 27
Sender Brocken at the summit in winter (from
Harz )
Did you know
The
Wurmberg in the Harz, near
Braunlage , is the highest mountain in
Lower Saxony ?
An indication of the natural state of the beech woods in the Harz is the return of the
black stork (pictured )?
The
Harz Narrow Gauge Railways , an old fashioned, steam and diesel-powered railway network is a very popular mode of transport, especially with tourists ?
People
Botanists :
Heinrich Karl Beyrich ,
Ludwig Preiss
Historians :
Werner Rahn ,
Oswald Spengler ,
Kurt Ranke
Military :
Baron Wilhelm von Biela ,
Wilhelm Bittrich ,
Albrecht Eggeling ,
Heinrich Fehlis ,
Kurt Ubben (fighter ace)
Politicians :
Karl von Einem and
Alexander von Schleinitz (Prussian Foreign Ministers),
Joseph von Radowitz (Prussian statesman)
Sportsmen and women :
Marco Bode (footballer),
Björn Dreyer (footballer),
Guido Fulst (cyclist),
Joachim Kirst (decathlete),
Manuela Lutze (sculler)
Transport
Cable Car :
Burgberg Cable Car
Rail :
Brocken Railway ,
Eisfelder Talmühle station,
Harz Narrow Gauge Railways ,
Harzquerbahn ,
Innerste Valley Railway ,
Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway Company ,
Selketalbahn ,
South Harz Railway
Road :
B 4 ,
B 27 ,
B 242 ,
B 245 ,
B 446 ,
German Timber-Frame Road ,
Harz-Heide Road ,
Romanesque Road