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The Thuringi, or Thuringians were a Germanic people who lived in their own kingdom in what is now Central Germany. They are first mentioned in written records starting in the fifth century, during a period when the Huns were the most influential force in Central Europe and the Western Roman Empire lost control of this region. The kingdom was not mentioned during the reign of Attila (reigned 434–453), or during the conflicts between the small kingdoms which formed immediately after his death. The kingdom's early history and boundaries are uncertain. However, the medieval kingdom, and the modern German federal state which is still called Thuringia, lies between the Harz in the north, and the Thuringian forest in the south.
The medieval Thuringian kingdom came into conflict with the Merovingian Franks, and it later became a stem duchy within the Frankish realm. (Full article...)
Geography and Nature
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- Landscape: Hercynian Forest, Upper Harz
- Animals: Bear Monument, Black Stork, Dipper, Lynx, Harz Roller, Peregrine, Boreal owl, Wildcat
- Caves: Baumann's Cave, Hermann's Cave
- Gardens : WeltWald Harz, Brocken Garden
- Geology: Rhenohercynian Zone
- Lakes and reservoirs: List, Harzwasserwerke, Brockenteich, Ecker, Innerste, Königshütte, Mandelholz, Oder, Oderteich, Oker, Neustadt, Rappbode, Silberteich, Söse, Wendefurth, Wippra
- Nature parks: Harz National Park
- Mountains: List, Achtermannshöhe, Aschentalshalbe, Auf dem Acker, Bocksberg, Brocken, Bruchberg, Carlshaushöhe, Großer Knollen, Hasselkopf, Heinrichshöhe, Hohnekamm, Jordanshöhe, Königsberg, Kuppe, Rammelsberg, Ravensberg, Rehberg, Scharfenstein, Sonnenberg, Stöberhai, Wolfsklippen, Wolfswarte, Wurmberg, Zeterklippen
- Plateaux: Alter Stolberg, Hexentanzplatz
- Regions: Mansfelder Land
- Ridges: Langfast
- Rivers: Bode, Bode Gorge, Eine, Grane, Gose, Holtemme, Ilse, Innerste, Kalte Bode, Oder, Oker, Rappbode, Rhume, Selke, Söse, Warme Bode, Wipper, Wormke, Zillierbach, Zorge
- Rock formations: Ackertklippe, Bäumlersklippe, Brockentor, Böser Kleef, Elfenstein, Froschfelsen, Gänseschnabel, Hahnenkleeklippen, Hirschhornklippen, Hoher Kleef, Hamburger Wappen, Hübichenstein, Ilsestein, Kahle Klippe, Kamelfelsen, Kästeklippen, Muxklippe, Ottofels, Roßtrappe, Schnarcherklippen, Schurre, Taubenklippe, Treppenstein
- Natural monuments: Kleine Renne, Ottofels, Mönchsbuche, Steinerne Renne
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Culture
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- Castles and stately homes: Alte Burg, Anhalt Castle, Erichsburg, Falkenstein, Grasburg, Güntersburg, Hasserode, Harzburg, Heinrichsberg, Herzberg, Hohnstein, Ilsenburg, Konradsburg, Lauenburg, Meisdorf House, Plessenburg, Scharzfels, Stapelburg, Wernigerode
- Cuisine: Harzer cheese, Schierker Feuerstein spirit
- Education: Clausthal University of Technology
- Forestry: Köte
- Language: Eastphalian, Thuringian, Upper Harz
- Legend: Princess Ilse
- Minerals: Breithauptite, Bournonite, Bronzite, Clausthalite, Goslarite, Harmotome, Harz granite, Harzburgite, Manganite, Manganosite, Pyrargyrite, Samsonite, Umangite, Zinkenite
- Mining: Medieval mining, Mining in the Upper Harz, Dennert Fir Tree, Man engine, Rammelsberg Mine, Samson Pit, Upper Harz Ditches, Upper Harz Ponds, Upper Harz Water Regale, Upper Harz Water Tunnels
- Museums: Mines of Rammelsberg, Upper Harz Mining Museum
- Skiing: List of resorts, Braunlage, Sankt Andreasberg, Sonnenberg, Wurmberg, Wurmberg Ski Jumps
- Walking: Harz Club, Harz Run, Harzer Wandernadel network; Witches' Trail, Kaiser Way
- Towers: Joseph's Cross
- Special articles: Brocken spectre, Harz Red mountain cattle, Imperial Palace of Goslar, Inner German border, Molkenhaus, Romkerhall Hunting Lodge, Timber framing
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Towns and Villages
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- Important Towns and Villages: Abbenrode, Allrode, Altenau, Bad Grund, Bad Harzburg, Bad Lauterberg, Bad Sachsa, Bad Suderode, Ballenstedt, Benneckenstein, Blankenburg, Braunlage, Breitenstein, Breitungen, Cattenstedt, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Dietersdorf, Elbingerode, Elend, Ellrich, Falkenstein, Gernrode, Goslar, Hainrode, Harzgerode, Hasselfelde, Hattorf am Harz, Hayn, Heimburg, Herrmannsacker, Herzberg am Harz, Hüttenrode, Ilfeld, Ilsenburg, Kleinleinungen, Langelsheim, Mansfeld, Neustadt, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen, Osterode am Harz, Questenberg, Rieder, Roßla, Sangerhausen, Sankt Andreasberg, Schwenda, Seesen, Sorge, Stapelburg, Stiege, Stolberg, Tanne, Thale, Timmenrode, Trautenstein, Uftrungen, Wieda, Wildemann, Walkenried, Wernigerode, Westerhausen, Wienrode, Wippra, Zorge
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General images
The following are images from various Harz-related articles on Wikipedia.
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Image 1Braunlage (windward) (from Harz)
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Image 2View of the Upper Harz (from Harz)
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Image 3Stolberg (from Harz)
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Image 5Sender Brocken at the summit in winter (from Harz)
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Image 7Old town of Wernigerode (from Harz)
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Image 8Spruce woods in the Harz (from Harz)
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Image 9Torfhaus Moor (from Harz)
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Image 10Carlshaus Tower on the Carlshaushöhe ( 626 m above NN) (from Harz)
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Image 11The B 4/B 242 Harz high road near Braunlage (from Harz)
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Image 12Prospecte des Hartzwalds (view of the Harz Forest) (from Harz)
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Image 13Bode Gorge (from Harz)
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Image 14Mining archive in Clausthal-Zellerfeld (from Harz)
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Image 15Bode Gorge (from Harz)
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Image 16The Eurasian lynx – once again found living wild in the Harz (from Harz)
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Image 17Map of the Harz mountains (from Harz)
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Image 18Brocken (windward) (from Harz)
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Image 19Gabbro Quarry near Bad Harzburg (from Harz)
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Image 20Rammelsberg Mining Museum (from Harz)
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Image 21Reservoir behind the Wendefurth Dam (from Harz)
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Image 22The Oker with white water. A footpath is on the right bank. (from Harz)
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Image 23Narrow gauge railway (from Harz)
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Image 25Former climbing areas on the Roßtrappe (from Harz)
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Image 26Coloured black and white photograph: the Burgberg with Wernigerode Castle (between 1890 and 1905) (from List of mountains and hills of the Harz)
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Image 27Harz 1852 (from Harz)
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Image 28Mansfeld (leeward) (from Harz)
Did you know
- The Wurmberg in the Harz, near Braunlage, is the highest mountain in Lower Saxony?
- An indication of the natural state of the beech woods in the Harz is the return of the black stork (pictured)?
- The Harz Narrow Gauge Railways, an old fashioned, steam and diesel-powered railway network is a very popular mode of transport, especially with tourists ?
People
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- Botanists: Heinrich Karl Beyrich, Ludwig Preiss
- Historians: Werner Rahn, Oswald Spengler, Kurt Ranke
- Military: Baron Wilhelm von Biela, Wilhelm Bittrich, Albrecht Eggeling, Heinrich Fehlis, Kurt Ubben (fighter ace)
- Politicians: Karl von Einem and Alexander von Schleinitz (Prussian Foreign Ministers), Joseph von Radowitz (Prussian statesman)
- Sportsmen and women: Marco Bode (footballer), Björn Dreyer (footballer), Guido Fulst (cyclist), Joachim Kirst (decathlete), Manuela Lutze (sculler)
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Transport
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- Cable Car: Burgberg Cable Car
- Rail: Brocken Railway, Eisfelder Talmühle station, Harz Narrow Gauge Railways, Harzquerbahn, Innerste Valley Railway, Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway Company, Selketalbahn, South Harz Railway
- Road: B 4, B 27, B 242, B 245, B 446, German Timber-Frame Road, Harz-Heide Road, Romanesque Road
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