Meisdorf is a village in the town of Falkenstein/Harz in the district of

Harz The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German ...

in the German state of

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

Location

Meisdorf lies at the eastern foot of the

Harz Mountains The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German ...

in the east of the

Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park The Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park (german: Naturpark Harz/Sachsen-Anhalt) is situated n the districts of Harz and Mansfeld-Südharz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The nature park which lies in the Harz Mountains was founded in 2003 and has ...

at around . The River Selke flows through it and forms a valley (''Selketal'') in the Lower Harz and

Mansfeld Land Mansfeld, sometimes also unofficially Mansfeld-Lutherstadt, is a town in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Protestant reformator Martin Luther grew up in Mansfeld, and in 1993 the town became one of sixteen places in ...

. Southwest of Meisdorf above the river lies the ruins of

Anhalt Castle Anhalt Castle (german: Burg Anhalt) is a ruined medieval fortification near the town of Harzgerode in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Location The castle is located in the eastern, lower part of the Harz mountain range (''Unterharz''). The ruins stand on ...

, the preserved medieval castle of

Falkenstein Falkenstein or Falckenstein ("falcons' stone" in German) may refer to: Places Austria * Falkenstein, Lower Austria, a market town in the district of Mistelbach Germany * Falkenstein, Bavaria, a market town in the district of Cham * Falkenst ...

and the sites of

Old Falkenstein Castle Old Falkenstein Castle (german: Burg Alter Falkenstein or ''Burg Alt-Falkenstein'') in the Harz Mountains of Germany is the castle site or ''burgstall'' of a high medieval hill castle. It lies on the territory of Falkenstein/Harz in the state of S ...

and the Ackeburg.

References

Literature

* Sven Frotscher: ''Burg Falkenstein und Schloß Meisdorf.'' Ed. Leipzig, Leipzig, 1995, * Heimatverein Meisdorf (ed.): ''Chronik der Gemeinde Meisdorf.'' Meisdorf, 2005 (self-publication)

External links

''Meisdorf''
at falkenstein-harz.de

at heimatverein-meisdorf.de {{Authority control Falkenstein, Saxony-Anhalt Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt