Scharzfeld is a village in the borough of

Herzberg am Harz Herzberg am Harz is a town in the Göttingen district of Lower Saxony, Germany. Geography Herzberg is situated on the southwestern rim of the Harz mountain range and the Harz National Park. Natural monuments in the surrounding area include the ...

in the district of Göttingen in

South Lower Saxony South Lower Saxony (german: Südniedersachsen) refers to the southern part of the German federal state of Lower Saxony. The region so described is neither historically nor geographically clearly defined to the north within Lower Saxony. It cuts acr ...

, Germany. Scharzfeld lies at a height of about 220 m above sea level and has 1,765 inhabitants (as at 1 October 2006). The first recorded mention of Scharzfeld is in a deed that relates to the year 952 and was probably forged in the 13th century. This stated that

Otto the Great Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), traditionally known as Otto the Great (german: Otto der Große, it, Ottone il Grande), was East Frankish king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the oldest son of Henr ...

confirmed ''Schartfelde'' and other villages as belonging to the monastery at Pöhlde.''Die Urkunden Konrad I. Heinrich I. und Otto I.''. In:

Monumenta Germaniae Historica The ''Monumenta Germaniae Historica'' (''MGH'') is a comprehensive series of carefully edited and published primary sources, both chronicle and archival, for the study of Northwestern and Central European history from the end of the Roman Empire ...

, Die Urkunden der deutschen Könige und Kaiser, Band 1. Hannover 1879-1894. Nr. 439, S. 593f. In der Einleitung der Urkunde
S. 593 (gif)
wird die Fälschung diskutiert.

Culture and places of interest

* on the Steinberg * Nature reserve (dry grassland) with views over Scharzfeld near the Steinkirche *

Unicorn Cave The Unicorn Cave (german: Einhornhöhle) is the largest show cave in the West Harz, about kilometres northwest of Scharzfeld in the borough of Herzberg am Harz in central Germany.

Scharzfels Castle Scharzfels Castle (german: Burgruine Scharzfels) is the medieval ruin of a fortification located east of the village of Scharzfeld in the borough of Herzberg am Harz in central Germany. It lies in a wood on a ridge about 150 m above the Oder vall ...

ruins *

Großer Knollen The Großer Knollen (also the Groß Knollen; colloquially referred to as the Knollen, historically the ''Grosze Knolle'') is a mountain in the southwestern part of the Harz in Lower Saxony, Germany. Geography The Großer Knollen is located nor ...

and its pub

References

External links

Scharzfeld on the website for the town of Herzberg
{{Authority control Göttingen (district) Herzberg am Harz