List of mountains and hills of the Harz
This list of mountains and hills in the Harz contains a selection of mountains, hills, high points and their outliers in the Harz Mountains of Germany. The Harz is part of the German Central Uplands and a natural region main unit (number D37) in the states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The list includes the mountains and hills of the Harz National Park and the nature parks of Harz (Lower Saxony), Harz/Saxony-Anhalt and the South Harz. Hills in the South Harz Karst Landscape Biosphere Reserve, the Harz regions of Alter Stolberg, Mansfeld Land, Ramberg and Rüdigsdorf Switzerland are also included.
→ see also: Harzklippen for a list of rock formations, including tors and crags.
The table is sorted by elevations in metres above sea level referred to Normalnull (NN), except where indicated, according to the BfN[1]). Several columns in the table are sortable by clicking on the symbols in the header. In the column “Mountain, hills, high point”, alternative names are given in brackets and in small, italicized text. In these columns, where the same name occurs more than once, it is distinguished by location names in small text in brackets.
A key to the abbreviations used in the table is given below.
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Mountains and hills of unknown elevation
These are mountains and hills whose elevations are not known/yet researched:
| Mountain, hill or, high point | Elevation (m) [1] | Harz region; NLP, NRP | Location Villages (near/between) | County, counties or unincorporated area (see below) | Land/ Länder (see below) | Location of: (sights; streams/springs); (Location in/at: BR, NR) | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burgberg (Neustadt) | ??? [18] | South Harz; South Harz NRP | Neustadt | NMH | TH | Ruins of Heinrichsburg | |
| Burgberg (Wernigerode) | ??? [18] | Upper Harz; Harz/S-A NRP | Wernigerode | HZ | S-A | Schloss Wernigerode |  |
Height unknown
These are mountains and hills whose height is unknown or not yet researched:
| Mountain, Hill, High point | Height (m) [1] | Harzteil; NLP, NRP | Lage Ortschaften (near/between) | GG; County/ counties (see below) | State(s) (see below) | Location of (Sights; waterbodies/springs); (Located in/by: BPR, NSG) | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burgberg (Neustadt) (51°33′48.5″N 10°50′59.7″E) | ??? [18] | South Harz; South Harz NRP | Neustadt | NDH | TH | Ruins of Heinrichsburg | |
| Harzburg (51°35′19.3″N 10°45′26″E) | ??? [18] | South Harz; South Harz NRP | Appenrode, Ilfeld | NDH | TH | near: Braunsteinhaus inn |
Abbreviations
The meanings of abbreviations found in the table are given below:
Counties (using county number plate letters):
- GS = Goslar (Lower Saxony)
- HZ = Harz (Saxony-Anhalt)
- MSH = Mansfeld-Südharz (Saxony-Anhalt)
- OHA = Osterode am Harz (Lower Saxony)
- NMH = Nordhausen (Thuringia)
Unincorporated areas (UA):
- UA-GS = Harz UA in Goslar county
- UA-OHA = Harz UA in Osterode am Harz county
- LS = Lower Saxony
- S-A = Saxony-Anhalt
- TH = Thuringia
- FRG = Federal Republic of Germany
- GDR = German Democratic Republic
- USSR = Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Harz NLP = Harz National Park
- Harz NRP (LS) = Harz Nature Park (Lower Saxony)
- Harz/S-A NRP = Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park
- South Harz NRP = South Harz Nature Park
Special:
- B = Bundesstraße i.e. federal road
- BNM = Bundesnachrichtendienst, the Federal German Intelligence Service
- BR = biosphere reserve
- BW = Bundeswehr (FRG)
- CD = cultural monument
- E = East[ern]
- Ex = former
- Gr = Große, Großer i.e. Great
- GRU = Glawnoje Raswedywatelnoje Uprawlenije (USSR)
- FRB = Flood retention basin
- HS = hydropower station
- IC = United States Intelligence Community
- Kl = Kleine, Kleiner i.e. Small
- L = Landesstraße i.e. state road
- Mansfeld L. = Mansfeld Land
- MfS = Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (i.e. the Stasi; GDR)
- Mon = monument
- N = north[ern]
- NM = natural monument
- NLP = national park
- NNE = North-northeast[ern]
- NRP = Nature park
- NR = nature reserve
- OP = observation platform / viewing point
- OT = observation tower
- PSF = Pumped storage facility
- Rüdigsdorf S. = Rüdigsdorf Switzerland
- S = Source (river)
- S = South[ern]
- s. a. = see also
- UA = unincorporated area
- WT = water tower
- YH = youth hostel
See also
- List of rock formations in the Harz
- List of the highest mountains in Germany
- List of the highest mountains in the German states
- List of mountain and hill ranges in Germany
- List of mountains and hills of Thuringia
- List of mountains and hills in Saxony-Anhalt
- List of mountains and hills in Lower Saxony
References
- Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
- Elevation of Brocken according to the article, Wie hoch ist der Brocken?, at harzlife.de
- Elevation of various mountains and hills according to Saxony-Anhalt-Viewer Archived 2012-12-04 at Archive.today
- Elevations of various mountains and hills according to topographic map no. 4229. Braunlage, TK25. scale = 1:25,000. Hrsg.: Landesamt für Geoinformation and Landentwicklung Lower Saxony (LGLN), 2010. ISBN 3-89435-416-X
- Elevation of various mountains and hills according to unknown / unverified source
- Elevation of – various mountains and hills according to Der Große Falk Atlas – Deutschland Detailkarten, M = 1:200,000. 2004/2005. ISBN 9783827903815
- Elevation of Bocksberg according to map Wandergebiet Bocksberg Archived 2013-07-08 at the Wayback Machine of the article Wanderparadies at erlebnisbocksberg.de
- Elevation of Stöberhai according to Signposts on the summit Archived 2016-02-25 at the Wayback Machine at mw2.google.com
- Elevation of various mountains and hills according to topographic map Übersichtskarte Harz (DTK 25), at natur-erleben.niedersachsen.de
- Elevation of various mountains and hills according to topographic map, TK25. no. 4328. Bad Lauterberg, scale = 1:25,000. ISBN 9783894354237
- Erroneous hill name of Klappstept according to references in the Wikipedia article, Kloppstert, accessed on 27 July 2012
- Elevation of – Pagelsburg according to Einzelnachweise of the Wikipedia-the articles Pagelsburg, accessed on 27 July 2012
- Elevation of – Kleiner Burgberg (Bad Harzburg), according to Deutsche Grundkarte (M = 1:5,000. topographic map), Niedersächsisches Landesvermessungsamt, pub. by Georg Westermann Verlag, Braunschweig, 1976
- Elevation of the Butterberg (Ilsenburg) according to the Wikipedia article, Butterberg, accessed on 27 July 2012
- Elevation of the Stahlsberg (Ballenstedt-Opperode) according to Bismarck Tower, Ballenstedt at bismarcktuerme.de
- Felshöhen diverser Objekte der Teufelsmauer according to Wikipedia article, Teufelsmauer, accessed on 27 July 2012
- Elevation of various mountains and hills still unknown / still un-researched
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See also: List of the highest mountains in the German states, List of the highest mountains in Germany | ||