The B 243 runs from

Hildesheim Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the ...

over

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 mentioned i ...

and

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 ...

to Nordhausen.

Route

Districts and municipalities

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

Hildesheim (district) Hildesheim is a district (''Landkreis'') in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Hanover, Peine, Wolfenbüttel, Goslar, Northeim, Holzminden and Hamelin-Pyrmont. History In 1885 the Prussian ...

*** Hildesheim ***

Diekholzen Diekholzen is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 6 km southwest of Hildesheim on the Beuster, a tributary of the Innerste. History In 1974, the former villag ...

: Egenstedt ***

Bad Salzdetfurth is a town on the banks of the River Lamme in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Geography The municipality includes the town itself, and 12 civil parishes (''Ortsteile'') which were incorporated in 1974: * Bodenburg * Brei ...

: Groß Düngen, Wesseln ***

Bockenem Bockenem (; Eastphalian: ''Bokeln'') is a town in the district of Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany that was founded in 1154. It is located on the German Timber-Frame Road. Surrounding villages *Jerze *Königsdahlum *Bornum *Mahlum *Schlewecke ...

: Nette, Bönnien, Bockenem, Bornum **

Goslar (district) Goslar () is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Göttingen, Northeim, Hildesheim and Wolfenbüttel, the city of Salzgitter, and by the states of Saxony-Anhalt (district of Har ...

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: Rhüden,

Bornhausen Bornhausen is next to Rhüden the northernmost part of the town of Seesen am Harz in the district of Goslar, in Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northweste ...

, Seesen, Engelade, Münchehof **

Osterode am Harz (district) Osterode () was a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was bounded by (from the southwest and clockwise) the districts of Göttingen, Northeim and Goslar, and by the state of Thuringia (districts of Nordhausen and Eichsfeld). History This part o ...

*** Samtgemeinde Bad Grund:

Gittelde Gittelde is a village and a former municipality in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 March 2013, it is part of the municipality Bad Grund. History Gittelde was founded in the 10th century. In a document dating from ...

Windhausen Windhausen is a village and a former municipality in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 March 2013, it is part of the municipality Bad Grund Bad Grund (Harz) is a town in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony ...

Badenhausen Badenhausen is a village and a former municipality in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 March 2013, it is part of the municipality Bad Grund Bad Grund (Harz) is a town in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, ...

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Osterode am Harz Osterode am Harz, often simply called Osterode (; Eastphalian: ''Ostroe''), is a town in south-eastern Niedersachsen on the south-western edge of the Harz mountains. It was the seat of government of the district of Osterode. Osterode is loca ...

: Katzenstein, Lasfelde, Petershütte, Osterode, Osterode-Leege *** Hörden am Harz: Aschenhütte ***

: Herzberg,

Scharzfeld Scharzfeld is a village in the borough of Herzberg am Harz in the district of Göttingen in South Lower Saxony, Germany. Scharzfeld lies at a height of about 220 m above sea level and has 1,765 inhabitants (as at 1 October 2006). Th ...

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Bad Lauterberg im Harz Bad Lauterberg is a town in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the southern Harz, approx. 15 km southwest of Braunlage, and 20 km southeast of Osterode am Harz. Bad Lauterberg is known ''inter alia ...

: Barbis, Bartolfelde,

Osterhagen Osterhagen is a village near the town of Bad Lauterberg in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony, Germany. The village lies between Bad Lauterberg and Bad Sachsa. Not far from Osterhagen is the Weingartenloch, a supposed treasure cave. The ...

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Bad Sachsa Bad Sachsa is a town in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town was one of the few municipalities in West Germany that imported electric power from former East Germany. This was done via Neuhof Substation. Geography Bad ...

: Nüxei *

Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and lar ...

Nordhausen (district) Nordhausen is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Harz and Mansfeld-Südharz in Saxony-Anhalt; Kyffhäuserkreis and Eichsfeld in Thuringia; and Göttingen and Goslar ...

*** Hohenstein: Mackenrode, Holbach ***

Werther ''Werther'' is an opera (''drame lyrique'') in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann (who used the pseudonym Henri Grémont). It is loosely based on Goethe's epistolary novel ''T ...

: Günzerode

Combined routing

* From Seesen to AS Engelade combined with the B 248 * Between AS Münchehof and Bad Grund combined with the B 242 * In Osterode between Osterode Mitte and Osterode Süd combined with the B 241 * Between Herzberg and Barbis combined with the B 27

Rivers crossed

Beuster Beuster is a village and a former municipality in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of ...

, near Hildesheim-Marienburg *

Lamme Lamme is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It flows into the Innerste near Bad Salzdetfurth. In 1945 the river was crossed by Allied Forces. See also * List of rivers of Lower Saxony References Rivers of Lower Saxony Rivers of Germany< ...

, near Wesseln * Nette, near Bockenem and Engelade * Söse, in Osterode * Sieber, in Herzberg *

Oder The Oder ( , ; Czech language, Czech, Lower Sorbian language, Lower Sorbian and ; ) is a river in Central Europe. It is Poland's second-longest river in total length and third-longest within its borders after the Vistula and Warta. The Oder ri ...

, in Barbis – village in borough of Bad Lauterberg * Steina, in Nüxei – village in borough of Bad Sachsa * Klettenberger Mühlgraben, near Holbach

History

Origins

The metalled artificial road (''Chaussee'') between Seesen and Osterode was built between 1785 and 1795 as an extension of the '' Frankfurt Road'' and known as the Thuringian Road (''Thüringer Straße''). It was established as ''Reichsstraße 243'' between Hildesheim and Nordhausen in 1937. This federal road was interrupted by the

division of Germany Division or divider may refer to: Mathematics *Division (mathematics), the inverse of multiplication *Division algorithm, a method for computing the result of mathematical division Military * Division (military), a formation typically consisting ...

and was only opened again from end to end on 18 November 1989 when the border crossing between Nüxei and Mackenrode was installed.

References

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Transport in the Harz