The B 242 is a federal highway () in
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
. It runs from
Seesen
Seesen () is a town and municipality in the district of Goslar, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the northwestern edge of the Harz mountain range, approx. west of Goslar.
History
The Saxon settlement of ''Sehusa'' was first mentio ...
to
Mansfeld
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 ...
.
Route
The B 242, also known as the Harz High Road (''Harzhochstraße''), runs right across the
Harz mountains
The Harz (), also called the Harz Mountains, is a Mittelgebirge, 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 nam ...
in central Germany. From Seesen on the northwestern edge of the Harz near the
A 7 motorway it runs through the
Upper Harz
The Upper Harz (, ) is the northwestern and higher part of the Harz mountain range in Germany. The exact boundaries of this geographical region may be defined differently depending on the context. In its traditional sense, the term Upper Harz cover ...
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
Salzmünde is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea t ...
to
Halle (Saale)
Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (), is the second largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is the sixth-most populous city in the area of former East Germany after (East Berlin, East) Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Chem ...
is being planned.
Rivers crossed
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Innerste
The Innerste () is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Leine river and in length.
Origin of the name
The river name is not related to the German word ''innerste'' meaning innermost. ''Innerste'', in earlier time ...
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Oderteich
The Oderteich is an historic reservoir about seven kilometres northeast of Sankt Andreasberg in the Upper Harz in central Germany (geography), central Germany. It was built by miners from St. Andreasberg in the years 1715 to 1722 and, today, is a ...
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Warme Bode
The Warme Bode is the right-hand headstream of the Bode (river), Bode in the High Harz mountains of central Germany in the states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. It is long and is formed by the confluence of the Große Bode and Kleine Bode riv ...
, near Sorge
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Hassel between Hasselfelde and Stiege
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Selke near Alexisbad
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Wipper in Mansfeld
Photographs
File:B242 hoechster Punkt.jpg, The highest point on the B 242 (828 m AMSL) between Dammhaus and Sonnenberg
File:Brocken-Sonnenberg.jpg, View from the Harz highway of the Brocken
The Brocken, also sometimes referred to as the Blocksberg, is a mountain near Schierke in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, between the rivers Weser River, Weser and Elbe. The highest peak in the Harz mountain range, and in Northern Germany, ...
See also
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List of federal roads in Germany
References
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242
Year 242 (Roman numerals, CCXLII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gratus and Lepidus (or, less frequently, year 995 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denominatio ...
Transport in the Harz