Blankenburg (Harz) - Blankenburg (Harz)

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Blankenburg
federal stateSaxony-Anhalt
Residents
19.817 (2019)
height
288 m
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Blankenburg

Blankenburg (Harz) is a middle town in Saxony-Anhalt on the northern edge of the Eastern Harz located. Blankenburg was temporarily the royal seat of a branch of the Guelph Dukes and is overlooked by a castle that has been converted into a baroque palace and towers over the city on a mountain spur.

Map of Blankenburg (Harz)

background

Blankenburg was founded by the Saxon Duke and later Emperor Lothar von Supplinburg around 1123. The city, residence of the Principality of Grafschaft Blankenburg in the 17th and 18th centuries, has a number of sights to offer, including the succession of castle / palace above, the mountain church, dedicated to St. Bartholämeus, halfway up and the town hall on Foot of the mountain.

Particularly noteworthy is the baroque garden built around 1700, which was recently voted the most beautiful garden park in Saxony-Anhalt. A visit to the directly adjacent museum is also worthwhile, where you can feel the former baroque splendor that Blankenburg exudes. On the way to Halberstadt turn right to Regenstein ab, a former knight's festival and baroque fortress - by the way, the second largest preserved of its kind in Germany.

getting there

By plane

The nearest international airports are the Leipzig Halle AirportWebsite of this institutionLeipzig Halle Airport in the Wikipedia encyclopediaLeipzig Halle Airport in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryLeipzig Halle Airport (Q668382) in the Wikidata database(IATA: LEJ) and the Hanover AirportWebsite of this institutionHanover Airport in the Wikipedia encyclopediaHannover Airport in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsHannover Airport (Q170169) in the Wikidata database(IATA: HAJ).

By train

Blankenburg has a railway connection to Halberstadt. During the day there is a clock hub in Halberstadt on the hour with connections to and from Halle, Magdeburg and Goslar (with a transition to Hanover). The 1 Blankenburg station is about one kilometer north of the city center.

By bus

Flixbus travels to Berlin once or twice a day and several times a week via Göttingen into the Ruhr area. The long-distance bus stop is at the train station.

In the street

Blankenburg is on the A36 and the B81. The A 36 offers a quick connection to Braunschweig and Halle / Leipzig.

Blankenburg is the starting point of the B27which runs south from here through the Harz Mountains.

mobility

Tourist Attractions

  • 1  Big lock. on the 305 m high Kalkberg.
  • 2  Little lock
  • The 3 Baroque garden lies behind the little lock.
  • 4  town hall
  • 5  Regenstein Castle and Fortress
  • Devil's wall
  • Goat head tower
  • 6  Hostel Museum. historical journeyman's hostel.
  • 7  Michaelstein Monastery, Michaelstein 3, 38889 Blankenburg-Michaelstein, Germany. The former Cistercian monastery, founded in 1146, houses the Saxony-Anhalt Music Academy for education and performance practice. Numerous concerts in the monastery enrich the cultural life on the edge of the Harz, including the double bass kaleidoscope located in the monastery and the one that is also located there Michaelstein Youth Baroque Orchestra Bach's heirs.

Churches

  • 8  Mountain Church of St. Bartholomew, Bartholomäikirchhof, 38889 Blankenburg. Open: daily 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., in winter 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  • 9  St. Joseph, Helsunger Str. 40, 38889 Blankenburg. Open: daily 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. (summer), 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (winter).

activities

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kitchen

nightlife

accommodation

health

Practical advice

  • 1  Tourist information Blankenburg, Schnappelberg 3, 38889 Blankenburg, Germany. Tel.: (0)3944 2898.
  • Numerous discounts are not only available in Blankenburg with the HarzCard.

trips

  • Ride from Wernigerode with the Harzquer- or Brockenbahn to the Chunks.

literature

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