Harz

The Harz is the highest mountain range in northern Germany and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The name Harz derives from the Middle High German word Hardt or Hart (mountain forest), Latinized as Hercynia. The legendary Brocken is the highest summit in the Harz with a height of 1,141.1 metres (3,744 ft) above sea level. The Wurmberg (971 metres (3,186 ft)) is the highest peak located entirely within Lower Saxony.

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Harz - Transportation - Road
... The Harz is grazed by the A 7 motorway in the west and the A 38 in the south ... The North Harz Foreland benefits from the newly-built B 6n ... The B 4 crosses the Harz from Bad Harzburg on a north-south axis running through Torfhaus and Braunlage as far as Ilfeld on the edge of the South Harz ...
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... Schierke is a village and a former municipality in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt ... Situated within the Harz mountain range in the valley of the Bode River, at the rim of the Harz National Park, it is mainly a tourist resort ... Since 1898 Schierke station has been served by the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways ...
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