Back Roads Germany (Dk Eyewitness Travel Back Roads)

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Sösetalsperre

Rappbodestausee

Okerstausee

Granestausee

RÜBELAND

HÖHLEN

THE

BROCKEN

THE WURMBERG

GOSLAR

RAMMELSBERGER

BERGBAUMUSEUM

NIEDERSACHSEN

SACHSEN-ANHALT

Lautenthal

Benzingerode

Silstedt

Stapelburg

Altenau

Schulenberg

Wildemann im Oberharz

Veckenstedt

Schmatzfeld

Tanne

Elend

St. Andreasberg

Schierke Rübeland

Elbingerode

Drei

Annen

Hohne

Wolfshagen

Oker

Wasserleben

Freiheit

Riefensbeek

Torfhaus

Königskrug

Hasserode

Rothehütte

Reddeber

Braunlage

Ilsenburg

Vienenburg

Bad

Harzburg

-Zellerfeld

Clausthal-

Wernigerode

Hohneklippen

2,956 ft

Bruchberg

3,041 ft

Hanskühnenberg

2,661 ft

Schalke

2,500 ft

Bocksberg

2,382 ft

Gr. Sonnenberg

2,802 ft

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Mystical Mountains

A popular outdoor retreat for northern Germans, the scenic Harz mountain range

lies where Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt), Thuringia (Thüringen), and Lower

Saxony (Niedersachsen) meet. Soaring peaks are absent here, but thickly wooded

mountains abound, with pretty villages and modest resort towns tucked between

them. The Harz’s highest peak, the Brocken, is also its centerpiece, not least for its

long-standing mystical asso cia tions with witchcraft. Mining too has been an

integral part of life here, and old mines have now been made into attractions, but

the Harz is famous mostly for hiking and cycling opportunities in summer and

tobogganing and skiing in winter. The old narrow-gauge railroad network,

complete with steam trains, is ideal for explor ing the gateway towns of Quedlinburg

and Goslar, both UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

BACK ROADS GERMANY

ACTIVITIES

Watch cuckoo clocks being made at the

Harzer Uhrenfabrik in Gernrode

Hike in the deep and verdant Bode Valley for

a picturesque view of the Harz mountains

Explore the atmospheric limestone caverns at

the Rübeland Caves

Take a steam train to the top of the Harz mountains

on the Brockenbahn railroad

Enjoy skiing, tobogganing, hiking, and mountain

biking on the Wurmberg

Journey into the dark depths of the Rammelsberger

silver mine near Goslar