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Ilse Valley
The Ilse valley (german: Ilsetal) is the ravine of the Ilse stream in the northern boundary of the Harz mountain range in Germany. Part of the Harz National Park, it runs from the town of Ilsenburg at the foot of the mountain range up to the source region near the summit of the Brocken massif, the highest mountain of the range. The scenic valley is a popular hiking area. As one approaches the steep northwestern edge of the Harz, one can see its more prominent peaks. Between Goslar and Wernigerode, the mountains are especially striking, where their slopes rise steeply from the northern foothills. Between the mountains of the Harz rim run deep gorges. These include those of the Ilse river as well as the parallel valleys of the Oker, Ecker and Bode (Bode Gorge). Heinrich Heine, the famous German writer, described the Ilse valley with its little river and the rocks of the Ilsestein enthroned above it. In the 1830s, a country road was built from Ilsenburg through the Ilse valley runni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilse Im Harz Nahe Ilsenburg
Ilse is a common female name, technically a German diminutive of Elizabeth (given name), Elisabeth, functioning as a given name in its own right chiefly in Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and all of the Scandinavian countries including Finland. It may refer to: Rivers * Ilse (Bega), a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, tributary of the Bega * Ilse (Lahn), a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, tributary of the Lahn * Ilse (Oker), a river of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, flowing from the Harz mountains, tributary of the Oker * Ilse (Weser), a river in Lower Saxony, Germany People * Princess Ilse, a legendary princess of the Harz mountains in Germany * Ilse Aichinger (1921–2016), Austrian writer * Ilse Everlien Berardo (born 1955), German Lutheran theologian, responsible for the German-speaking Protestant Church on Madeira Island * Ilse Bing (1899–1998), German avant-garde photographer * Ilse Braun (1909–1979), one of two siste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
