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Güntersberge
Güntersberge () is a village and a former town in Harz District, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It holds the status of an officially recognized resort town since 2001. Güntersberge, together with the other municipalities of the former ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ("collective municipality") Unterharz, merged into the town of Harzgerode as of 1 August 2009. Geography The settlement is located in the upper Selke Valley, in the lower eastern part of the Harz mountain range close to the border with Thuringia. In the northwest, down the scenic Selke Valley Trail, is the abandoned village of Selkenfelde. In the southwest is the Katzsohlteich reservoir of the Katzsohlbach, a right tributary of the Selke river. The Steinfurtbach and other numerous mountain brooks run through the area. Güntersberge station is a stop on the Selke Valley Railway, part of the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways network, running from Quedlinburg up the Harz range to Hasselfelde. The ''Bundesstraße 242'' highway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selke Valley Railway
The Selke Valley Railway (''Selketalbahn''), ''Gernrode-Harzgerode Railway'' (''Gernroder-Harzgeroder Eisenbahn'') and the ''Anhalt Harz Railway'' (''Anhaltische Harzbahn'') were different names for the metre gauge railway in the Lower Harz, Germany, originally owned by the Gernrode-Harzgerode Railway Company (''Gernrode-Harzgeroder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', GHE). It is now only known as the ''Selke Valley Railway''. This has included the Quedlinburg–Gernrode line since 2006. It continues through Alexisbad to Hasselfelde and includes the Alexisbad–Harzgerode branch and the Stiege– Eisfelder Talmühle connecting line. All of them are now owned by the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways ''(Harzer Schmalspurbahnen''). The line follows the Selke river between Mägdesprung and Albrechtshaus. History Opening and early years The Gernrode–Mägdesprung railway was opened by the Gernrode-Harzgerode Railway Company (''Gernrode-Harzgeroder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', GHE) after a constructio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harzgerode
Harzgerode is a town in the district of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Geography Harzgerode lies in the lower eastern part of the Harz mountain range on the Selke River, south of Quedlinburg. It is connected to Gernrode and Quedlinburg via Alexisbad by a narrow gauge railway called the Selke Valley Railway (''Selketalbahn''). The municipal area comprises the following 8 localities (''Ortschaften''), some of which consist of several divisions (''Ortsteile''):Hauptsatzung der Stadt Harzgerode August 2019. * * ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Güntersburg
The ruined castle of Güntersburg stands about southwest of Güntersberge in the Harz mountain range of central Germany.''Die Burgruine Güntersburg'' at www.harzlife.de. Accessed on 5 Dec 2010. Condition The ruins are located on the Kohlberg hill above the Selke valley. The castle site is very large and has an area of about . It probably included a fortified settlement, possibly preceding modern Güntersberge, beside the proper castle. To the northwest the site was protected by a and a long |
Selke Valley Trail
The Selke Valley TrailDuda, Anka and Witschaß, Martin (xxxx). ''Harz County Trail Guides'', map and guide brochure, Dept of Economic Affairs, Harz County, Quelinburg Druck. (german: Selketalstieg) is a 67 km long footpath in the Harz mountains of Germany. It begins at the Selke Valley Railway station in Stiege and follows the River Selke in places. Along the route lie the villages of Güntersberge, Straßberg, Silberhütte, Alexisbad, Mägdesprung, Meisdorf, Ballenstedt, Gernrode, Bad Suderode and Quarmbeck. The end of the ''Selketalstieg'' is in ''Carl-Ritter-Straße'' in Quedlinburg Quedlinburg () is a town situated just north of the Harz mountains, in the district of Harz in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. As an influential and prosperous trading centre during the early Middle Ages, Quedlinburg became a center of in .... In 2006 the footpath was established by the Harz Tourist Association (''Harzer Verkehrsverband''). References {{harz-geo-stub Hiking tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anhalt-Harzgerode
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Bundesstraße 242
The B 242 is a federal highway (german: Bundesstraße) in Germany. It runs from Seesen to Mansfeld. Route The B 242, also known as the Harz High Road (''Harzhochstraße''), runs right across the Harz mountains in central Germany. From Seesen on the northwestern edge of the Harz near the A 7 motorway it runs through the Upper Harz past Clausthal-Zellerfeld, the High Harz, where it is combined for several kilometres with the B 4, past Braunlage and then through the eastern Harz foothills into Mansfelder Land. There it joins the B 180 east of Klostermansfeld. An extension of the B 242 via Polleben and Salzmünde to Halle (Saale) is being planned. Rivers crossed * Innerste * Oderteich * Warme Bode, near Sorge * Hassel between Hasselfelde and Stiege * Selke near Alexisbad * Wipper in Mansfeld Photographs See also * List of federal roads in Germany {{DEFAULTSORT:Bundesstrasse 242 242 Year 242 (Roman numerals, CCXLII) was a common year starting on Satur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katzsohlbach
Katzsohlbach is a stream in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It flows through Katzsohlteich Pond, and joins the Selke River in Güntersberge. See also *List of rivers of Saxony-Anhalt A list of rivers of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany: A * Aland * Aller * Allerbach, tributary of the Rappbode (Rappbode Auxiliary Dam) * Allerbach, tributary of the Warme Bode * Alte Elbe B * Bauerngraben * Beber *Biese *Black Elster * Bode * Born-Dorst ... Rivers of Saxony-Anhalt Rivers of Germany {{SaxonyAnhalt-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katzsohlteich
The Katzsohlteich is an artificially impounded reservoir that lies southwest of the town of Güntersberge in the Harz Mountains of central Germany and is used as a preflooder (''Vorfluter'') and fishpond. Only a few metres from the pond is the considerably larger lake of Bergsee, past the southern shores of which runs the Selke Valley Railway. The Katzsohlbach stream flows through the pond immediately before it empties at the Bergsee into the Selke. The old Marble Mill (''Marmormühle'') which used to be driven by water from the pond, no longer exists. It processed marble from a quarry lying some way above the Katzsohlteich. The Katzsohlteich is checkpoint 172 in the Harzer Wandernadel The Harzer Wandernadel is a system of hiking awards in the Harz mountains in central Germany. The hiker (or mountain biker) can earn awards at different levels of challenge by walking to the various checkpoints in the network and stamping his or ... system. {{Harz-geo-stub Harz RKatzsohlt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selkenfelde
Selkenfelde is an abandoned village in Saxony-Anhalt in the central German district of Harz. It is located not far from the B 242 federal road (Harz High Road) between Stiege (Harz) and Güntersberge. According to legend the origins of the village go back to Charlemagne. It was first mentioned as ''Silicanuelth'' in AD 961 in two documents by King Otto I and co-regent Otto II dated 15 and 25 July.RI II 1, 1 No. 302; DO I No. 228; DO II No. 1 Selkenfelde had been already abandoned by the Thirty Years' War. The abandoned village of Selkenfelde is incorporated in the network of hiking checkpoints that form the Harzer Wandernadel The Harzer Wandernadel is a system of hiking awards in the Harz mountains in central Germany. The hiker (or mountain biker) can earn awards at different levels of challenge by walking to the various checkpoints in the network and stamping his or .... References {{Harz-geo-stub Harz Harz (district) Oberharz am Brocken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steinfurtbach
Steinfurtbach is a river of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It flows into the Selke near Güntersberge. See also *List of rivers of Saxony-Anhalt A list of rivers of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany: A * Aland * Aller * Allerbach, tributary of the Rappbode (Rappbode Auxiliary Dam) * Allerbach, tributary of the Warme Bode * Alte Elbe B * Bauerngraben * Beber *Biese *Black Elster * Bode * Born-Dorst ... Rivers of Saxony-Anhalt Rivers of Germany {{SaxonyAnhalt-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selke (river)
The Selke is a river of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is a right-hand tributary of the Bode that starts in the Harz Mountains before breaking out onto the northeastern Harz Foreland. It has a length of , of which lie in the forested mountains of the Harz and the rest on the agricultural lowlands of the Harz Foreland. Course The Selke rises near the village of Friedrichshöhe in the borough of Güntersberge at a height of about above NN. From Friedrichshöhe to Mägdesprung in the borough of Harzgerode, it is accompanied by the Selke Valley Railway for a distance of . The Selke has cut deeply into the Harz Mountains in some places whilst in others it runs in a broad valley, depending on the bedrock. In Meisdorf on the northeastern edge of the Lower Harz, the Selke leaves the forested mountain region and winds across a cultivated plain, continuing to flow in an easterly or northeasterly direction as far as Ermsleben. Beyond Ermsleben the river swings through 90° to the nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unterharz
Unterharz is a former ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was situated in the eastern part of the Harz, south of Quedlinburg. The seat of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' was in Harzgerode. It was disbanded on 1 August 2009. The ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' Unterharz consisted of the following municipalities: # Dankerode # Güntersberge # Harzgerode # Königerode Königerode is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 August 2009, it is part of the town Harzgerode Harzgerode is a town in the district of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Geography Harzg ... # Neudorf # Schielo # Siptenfelde # Straßberg Former Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Saxony-Anhalt {{Harz-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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