The Eastern Harz, today often equated with Lower resin, is the one in the new federal states, essentially in Saxony-Anhalt located part of the Resin. Just a small part around Nordhausen/ Ilfeld belongs to Thuringia. The Eastern Harz borders on the north and north-east Magdeburg Börde, to the east and south-east to that Mansfeld country, in the southwest to the in Northern Thuringia located landscapes of the Golden Aue and Kyffhauser/Hainleite. In the west the in Lower Saxony located part of the Harz Mountains (Upper Harz; the designation West Harz is ambiguous).
Administratively, the Saxony-Anhalt part of the Harz Mountains largely coincides with the Harz district with administrative headquarters in Halberstadt.
places
The main cities are:
- 1 Halberstadt - Located a little away from the Harz, the old episcopal town is the district town of the Harz district and is called "Gateway to the Harz"
- 2 Quedlinburg - World cultural heritage with a lot of half-timbered houses
- 3 Wernigerode - similar to Stolberg provided with many half-timbered houses; northern starting point of the Harzquerbahn.
Other touristically important places:
- 4 Benneckenstein - Climatic health resort in the transition to the Upper Harz
- 5 Blankenburg -
- 6 Gernrode -
- 7 Harzgerode -
- 8 Hasselfelde -
- 9 Ilsenburg -
- 10 Rübeland - important show caves
- 11 Schierke - one of the starting points for hiking and / or train tours to Chunks.
- 12 Schwenda - Village on the plateau with the "small Frauenkirche".
- 13 Stolberg - known for its numerous half-timbered houses from the late Middle Ages; Birth town of the farmer's leader Thomas Müntzer.
- 14 Fir (resin) - hometown of the Harzer Rote Höhenviehs; Resort in the middle Harz
- 15 Thale - Starting point for excursions to the Rosstrappe and the Hexentanzplatz.
- 16 Trautenstein - Village with the label "A hiking paradise"
Other goals
- 1 Chunks
- At 1142 m, the highest, much-visited elevation in the Harz Mountains. For many, a Brocken hike is one of the highlights of a vacation in the Harz Mountains. If you are on holiday in the East Harz, it is best to start your hike from Schierke.
- Sangerhausen - Rose city on the southern edge of the Eastern Harz Mountains, among others. with the Röhrig show mine and the rosarium.
background
getting there
By plane
The airports are located for those arriving by plane Hanover-Langenhagen
(IATA: HAJ), Berlin Brandenburg(IATA: BER), or Leipzig / Halle(IATA: LEJ) similarly far away and are then about two to three hours away by car or train.
By train
The long-distance trains of the DB make a wide berth around the eastern Harz. The next IC or ICE stops are in Magdeburg, Halle (Saale), Hanover and Göttingen. There you have to change to local trains, which in this region are mostly from private ones Abellio Rail Central Germany operate. Nevertheless, the normal DB tickets are also valid. Important lines in the region are the RE 11 Magdeburg – Halberstadt – Quedlinburg – Thale (every hour) and the RE 4/24 Halle – Halberstadt (–Wernigerode – Goslar) (every hour). You can change between the two lines at the Halberstadt railway junction. From Magdeburg to Quedlinburg you drive z. B. around 1:15 hours, from Halle to Wernigerode 1½ hours, from Hanover or Göttingen to Wernigerode (with another change in Goslar) 1:50 hours.
Only on weekends there are three direct train connections to / from Berlin with the Harz-Berlin-Express (HBX). This runs on Friday evenings, Saturday evenings and Sunday evenings from the Harz (Thale, Quedlinburg; Goslar, Ilsenburg, Wernigerode - train unification or division in Halberstadt) to Berlin and on Saturday mornings, Sunday mornings and Sunday evenings from Berlin to the Harz Mountains. The journey from Berlin to Wernigerode or Quedlinburg takes around three hours each. Outside of Saxony-Anhalt, there are no network and DB tickets in the HBX. The one-way trip to or from Berlin costs 16 €, the tickets are available from the train staff.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- Great Auerberg (579 m) with observation tower Joseph Cross at Stolberg
- Rappbodetalsperre - largest dam in the Harz Mountains. The reservoir is used as a drinking water reservoir. Water sports and swimming are therefore not permitted. The 106 m high dam is worth a detour. The barrier can be driven on with motor vehicles.
- Show caves Baumanns- and Herrmannshöhle as Büchenberg show mine in the cave location Rübeland.
- Karst cave "Heimkehle" on the southern edge of the Eastern Harz Mountains south of Stolberg (additional)
- Falkenstein Castle
activities
- Trips with the Selketalbahn and the Harzquerbahn
- Visit of Summer toboggan run in Wippra (info)
- Pulmann City - Amusement park in the form of a western town Hasselfelde
- Holiday park MerkelbachMoose Park in Friedrichsbrunn
kitchen
nightlife
security
climate
trips
- Kyffhauser - Small low mountain range, which can be found about 10 km south of the Eastern Harz. The famous Barbarossa monument is enthroned here in the summit region. The Barbarossa Cave is also located on the western edge. The small but diverse low mountain range invites you to go hiking.
- Wiehe model railway (located about 25 km south of Sangerhausen) - A 12,000 m2 exhibition with several model railways (including the Harz narrow-gauge railways) is shown here, distributed over several halls. For more see www.modellbahn-wiehe.de.
