The landscape in the resin between Osterode am Harz in the west and Mansfeld extends in the east, plus the directly adjacent southern Harz foreland around Nordhausen. The region extends over parts of the federal states Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The southern Harz is known for its karst landscape, where the mountain landscapes glow white from afar. In particular, hikers can be found in the southern Harz Harzer Baudensteig as well as the Harzer Grenzweg are just a few hiking trails that cross the southern Harz.
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places
- Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains
- Bad Sachsa
- Ellrich
- Nordhausen the city of Nordhäuser Doppelkorn with the Cathedral of the Holy Cross
- Stolberg (Harz)
- Walkenried
- Again
- Concern
Other goals
- Biosphere Reserve Karstlandschaft Südharz
background
The southern Harz is shaped by the karst landscape and is characterized by its many beech forests, its white rocks and black caves, which have become an important place to live for many animals.
language
There are numerous local dialects in the Harz Mountains, which differ greatly from north to south and from east to west. This is because the Harz was settled by different tribes at different times. This is why there is such a wide variety of dialects, because hardly any other German region has such a large variety of dialects in such a small area.
getting there
By plane
The Hanover Airport is the closest international airport.
By train
The southern Harz can be easily reached by train. The place Bad Sachsa has its own train station, as well as the place Walkenried in the Integrated municipality of Walkenried. The southern Harz can be reached by train from Göttingen in around 60 minutes. The journey time by train from Erfurt is around two hours.
In addition to the regional trains, the southern Harz can also be reached directly with two pairs of long-distance trains:
- Harz-Berlin-Express, a long-distance train that runs on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays on the Berlin – Potsdam routeMagdeburg – Halberstadt (Train allocation) - Quedlinburg - Thale or - Wernigerode – Vienenburg wrong
By bus
In the street
The southern Harz is via the federal highway B243 and the federal highway 38 Hall–Goettingen reachable.
mobility
Local public transport
The southern Harz is mainly served by buses from bus lines 450, 470, 471, 472, 820, 32 and 34. Some places also have train stations that are used for regional and long-distance traffic.
Tourist Attractions
Museums
- Grenzlandmuseum Tettenborn. At the Green ribbon.
Parks
Almost all of the small towns in the southern Harz are characterized by their nicely laid out (spa) parks. In Bad Sachsa is the small city park. Right next to the Bad Sachsa Tourist Information Center is the large Bad Sachsa spa park with a water treading basin that was redesigned in 2013 and a barefoot path. The spa gardens in Concern also has a treading pool, which is supposed to stimulate the circulation, as well as a "show hut" of the Zorge local history museum, in which some exhibits are on display.
various
- Scharzfeld with the unicorn cave and the stone church
- Harzfalkenhof in Bad Sachsa
- St. Nikolai Church in Bad Sachsa
- Walkenried Monastery Cistercian Museum in Walkenried
activities
hike
The entire southern Harz was used for long hikes in the past. By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich Heine and Hans Christian Andersen to name just a few examples. The extensive network of hiking trails is now particularly supported by the Harz Club e. V. entertain. The various hiking trails lead past beautiful nature, meadows and past the karst landscape. Of Bad Sachsa From there you can also hike on the various terrain spa trails, which are particularly health-promoting. In the southern Harz there are also long-distance hiking trails (e.g. the Harzer Hexenstieg, Karstwanderweg) and, as a supraregional project, the Harz hiking pin with 222 stamp points, where a stamp can be added to the hiking pass at every stamp point passed. The aim is to get this full and thus to be awarded the Harzer hiking badge.
Mountain bike
In the southern Harz there is a very large, well-developed network of mountain bike trails. In addition to the separately accessible mountain bike tours, the Volksbank-Arena-Harz is also an attractive destination for mountain bikers with a total of 74 different routes and 2,200 km of route network at 59,000 meters above sea level.
Winter sports
Although the entire Harz cannot be compared with the Alps, there are still plenty of winter sports options: The southern Harz has tobogganing mountains, skiing and snowboarding opportunities, well-groomed cross-country trails and lakes that can also be used for ice skating. Various ski centers in the southern Harz are in the immediate vicinity.
- Hohegeiß ski center
- Ski center on the Ravensberg in Bad Sachsa
Particularly noteworthy are the numerous cross-country trails in the southern Harz, for the quality and equipment of which the landowners in parts of the Harz National Park, as well as individual municipalities and development associations, are responsible.
further activities
- Barbarossa's tomb
kitchen
In the southern Harz there is the right restaurant for every taste. From Japanese cafes to Italian restaurants to Harz specialties.
A typical Harz specialty is game, which can be found in (almost) every restaurant in the southern Harz region. Traditionally, you go to the small inns that are particularly focused on the Harz specialties. Even higher-priced restaurants and star hotels like to cook regionally, and they are also inspired by international cuisine. The restaurateurs in the southern Harz also attach great importance to regional, fresh products that are used to prepare the specialties.
nightlife
security
In general, it can be said that the southern Harz, like all regions in Germany, can be regarded as safe. Although there is not a police station in every location, they are positioned in such a way that the police can get to the crime scene in a short time. The police station is in Bad Lauterberg, at Scharzfelder Str. 21.
climate
In the southern Harz there is a healthy low mountain range, which is created due to the clean mountain air and the dense forest and thus helps to reduce stress and hectic pace. Regular rainfall throughout the year shape the low mountain range character of the Harz. In general, it can be said that the climate in the southern Harz is milder than in the Upper Harz.
literature
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Harz travel in winter
- Heinrich Heine, Harz journey
