Altstadt
District of Quedlinburg
Saxony-Anhalt - Germany

Langenstein-Zwieberge

The Langenstein-Zwieberge was a concentration camp, an under-camp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. More than 7000 prisoners from 23 countries were imprisoned there between April 1944 and April 1945.

Located at 51.8444, 11.0233 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Buchenwald concentration camp

Bode Valley Gondola Lift

The Bode Valley Gondola Lift is a gondola lift built between 1969 and 1970 by the Czechoslovak collective combine Transporta Chrudim as a joint project with PGH Elektrotherm Quedlinburg in the vicinity of Thale in the Harz mountains in Lower Saxony, Germany. It runs from its valley station at a height of 183 metres above sea level to the mountain station on the plateau of Hexentanzplatz ("Witch's Dancing Place"), which is 428 metres high.

Located at 51.735, 11.0283 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Transport in the Harz, Buildings and structures in Lower Saxony

Bode-Holtemme

Bode-Holtemme was a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was situated along the rivers Bode and Holtemme, east of Halberstadt. The seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft was in Wegeleben. It was disbanded on 1 January 2010. The Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Bode-Holtemme consisted of the following municipalities: Groß Quenstedt Harsleben Nienhagen Schwanebeck

Located at 51.8667, 11.1667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Former Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Saxony-Anhalt

Ballenstedt/Bode-Selke-Aue

Ballenstedt/Bode-Selke-Aue was a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft was in Ballenstedt. It was disbanded on 1 January 2010. The Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Ballenstedt/Bode-Selke-Aue consisted of the following municipalities: Ballenstedt Ditfurt Hausneindorf Hedersleben Heteborn Radisleben

Located at 51.7167, 11.2333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Former Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Saxony-Anhalt

Gernrode/Harz

Gernrode/Harz was a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft was in Gernrode. It was disbanded in January 2011. Gernrode as well as Bad Suderode and Rieder became part of Quedlinburg. The Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Gernrode/Harz consisted of the following municipalities: Bad Suderode Gernrode

Located at 51.7167, 11.1333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Former Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Saxony-Anhalt

Thale (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft)

Thale is a former Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft was in Thale. It was disbanded in September 2010. The Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Thale consisted of the following municipalities: Thale

Located at 51.75, 11.05 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Former Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Saxony-Anhalt, Thale

Quedlinburg Abbey

Quedlinburg Abbey (German: Stift Quedlinburg or Reichsstift Quedlinburg) was a house of secular canonesses (Frauenstift) in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was founded in 936 on the initiative of Saint Mathilda, the widow of Henry the Fowler, as his memorial. For many centuries it enjoyed great prestige and influence.

Located at 51.7859, 11.1368 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Quedlinburg, Monasteries of secular canonesses, 1020s architecture, Monasteries in Saxony-Anhalt, 936 establishments, Lutheran women's religious houses, Christian monasteries established in the 10th century, Churches in Saxony-Anhalt

Theft of medieval art from Quedlinburg

The theft of medieval art from Quedlinburg was perpetrated by United States Army Lieutenant Joe T. Meador in the days prior to the end of World War II in Europe. Precious church objects stored near Quedlinburg, Germany were found by the U.S. Army.

Located at 51.7858, 11.1369 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Quedlinburg, Stolen works of art, World War II crimes, Art and cultural repatriation after World War II, War crimes by the United States during World War II, Individual thefts

Bear Monument

The Bear Monument is a monument to bears in the Harz mountains of central Germany. It stands by a forest track and walking trail in woods not far from the Bremer Teich and the Viktorshöhe hill and marks the spot where the last bear was killed in 1696 in the Anhalt Forest. The monument was erected around 1900. It is a glacial erratic boulder on which a cast-iron memorial plate with an inscription has been affixed. Next to the bear monument is a checkpoint (no.

Located at 51.6822, 11.1008 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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History of Anhalt, Buildings and structures in the Harz, Harzer Wandernadel, Gernrode

Hexentanzplatz (Harz)

The Hexentanzplatz ("Witches' Dance Floor") in the Harz mountains is a plateau, which lies high above the Bode Gorge, opposite the Rosstrappe in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Located at 51.7342, 11.0286 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Harz, Thale, Harzer Wandernadel

Walpurgis Hall

The Walpurgis Hall is a hall on the Witches' Dance Floor near Thale in the Harz mountains, Germany, built in the Old Germanic style by Hermann Hendrich and Bernhard Sehring. The hall was opened in 1901 and is a museum today. Whilst Sehring designed the architecture of the building to Hendrich's guidelines, Hendrich himself was responsible for the five large paintings in the interior of the hall.

Located at 51.7327, 11.0261 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in the Harz, Museums in Saxony-Anhalt, Cultural infrastructure completed in 1901

Stecklenburg

The Stecklenburg is a ruined medieval castle in the East Harz in Germany, located on a small rise only a few hundred metres away from the village of Stecklenberg (in the borough of Thale) in the district of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt. The castle was built in the 11th century by the Stackelbergs on the remains of an older one. In the 12th century it was destroyed in a battle, but later rebuilt. Its new owners in 1281 were the abbey in Halberstadt.

Located at 51.7308, 11.0878 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Castles in Saxony-Anhalt, Ruins in Germany, Visitor attractions in Saxony-Anhalt

Rosstrappe Chair Lift

The Rosstrappe Chair Lift is a 559 metre-long single-seater chair lift built in 1980 by the firm of Chrudrim. It runs from Thale in the Bode Gorge taking eight minutes to reach the rock massif of the Rosstrappe. The Rosstrappe Chair Lift climbs 250 metres over a length of 668 metres. It has over 13 supports. In 2005 the old chair lift was replaced by a new one. The cable used has a diameter of 28 mm and it is driven by a 40 kW engine in the valley station.

Located at 51.7425, 11.0261 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Transport in the Harz, Thale

Teufelsmauer (Harz)

The Teufelsmauer (Devil's Wall) is a rock formation made of hard sandstones of the Upper Cretaceous in the northern part of the Harz Foreland in central Germany. This wall of rock runs from Blankenburg (Harz) via Weddersleben and Rieder to Ballenstedt. The most prominent individual rocks of the Teufelsmauer have their own names. The Teufelsmauer near Weddersleben is also called the Adlersklippen ("Eagle Crags").

Located at 51.7575, 11.0831 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Rock formations in Saxony-Anhalt, Rock formations in the Harz, Nature reserves in Saxony-Anhalt, Blankenburg (Harz), Ballenstedt, Thale

Heinrichsberg Castle

Heinrichsberg Castle is a ruin north of Mägdesprung in the borough of Harzgerode in central Germany. It is not far from the B 185 federal road in the district of Harz in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.

Located at 51.6753, 11.1322 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Castles in Saxony-Anhalt, Castles in the Harz, History of Anhalt, Harzgerode

Hotel Waldkater

The Hotel Waldkater was a famous hotel in the Bode Gorge in the Harz Mountains of Germany.

Located at 51.7375, 11.0244 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Hotels in Germany, Thale, 1845 establishments in Germany, Hotel buildings completed in 1845

Homburg Watchtower

The Homburg Watchtower is an observation tower on the site of a Germanic refuge castle (Fliehburg) near the Hexentanzplatz above the town of Thale in the Harz Mountains of central Germany.

Located at 51.7382, 11.032 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Harz, Thale

Hubertus Spring

The Hubertus Spring is a "healing spring" (Heilquelle) in the Harz Mountains of central Germany whose waters contain radon. It rises on Hubertus Island (Hubertusinsel or Große Salzstrominsel), which is about 2 hectares in area, near Thale, immediately at the exit of the River Bode from the Harz Mountains. It has been well known for a long time and, according to oral tradition, was first noticed by foresters and hunters, because roe deer satisfied their hunger for salt here.

Located at 51.7422, 11.0278 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Harz, Thale

Oberhof Ballenstedt

The Oberhof Ballenstedt is a stately home next to the town hall in Ballenstedt in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Today it is a schloss, but originally the Oberhof was a fortified town castle (Stadtburg), that had been enfeoffed to the family of its builders, the lords of Stammern since its construction in the 16th century. The gravestones and epitaphs of the family from the 16th century are now in Ballenstedt's St. Nicholas' Church.

Located at 51.7203, 11.2415 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Castles in Saxony-Anhalt, History of Anhalt, Ballenstedt, Harz (district)

Gegensteine

The Gegensteine are crags near the town of Ballenstedt on the northern edge of the Harz Mountains in Germany. There are two: the Großer Gegenstein and Kleiner Gegenstein ("Great Gegenstein" and "Little Gegenstein"). They are striking, free-standing rock pinnacles and outliers of the Teufelsmauer. They lie within a nature reserve. The Großer Gegenstein can be ascended by means of ladders and steps carved out of the rock.

Located at 51.7367, 11.2258 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Ballenstedt, Nature reserves in Saxony-Anhalt

Große Teufelsmühle

The Große Teufelsmühle is a natural monument on the Viktorshöhe near Friedrichsbrunn in the Harz Mountains of central Germany. The name means "Great Devil's Mill". It is a tor, a granite rock formation that displays typical spheroidal or "mattress" weathering. The Große Teufelsmühle is a protected monument. Next to it is a checkpoint (no. 189) in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking system. In the vicinity is another rock formation, the Kleine Teufelsmühle.

Located at 51.6848, 11.0795 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Natural monuments in Saxony-Anhalt, Rock formations in Saxony-Anhalt, Gernrode, Harzer Wandernadel

Bremer Teich

The Bremer Teich ("Bremer Pond") is an historic reservoir that lies south of the two villages of Bad Suderode and Gernrode in the Harz Mountains of Germany, and is used as a recreation area (natural swimming pool and camp site). It impounds the Bremer Graben, an artificial channel fed by water from the Bode and the Saale. The water reservoir was built in the 18th century in the Lower Harz. It has an area of ca. 4 ha. The pond is located on the Romanesque Road and the North Harz Cycleway.

Located at 51.6861, 11.1114 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Selke basin, Harz, Lakes of Saxony-Anhalt, Gernrode, Harz (district)

St. Cyriakus, Gernrode

St. Cyriakus is a medieval church in Gernrode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is one of the few surviving examples of Ottonian architecture, built in 969/960-965 by margrave Gero, although it was restored in the 19th century. It is now used by the Evangelic community of Gernrode.

Located at 51.7243, 11.136 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Churches in Saxony-Anhalt, Ottonian architecture, Carolingian architecture

Thale Central Station

Thale Central Station (Thale Hauptbahnhof) is located on the Magdeburg–Thale railway in the town of Thale in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station. The only other station in Thale is the halt at Thale Musestieg, although there used to be three stations in Thale on a branch of the Blankenburg–Quedlinburg railway, which was opened in 1908 and was closed in the 1960s.

Located at 51.7459, 11.0312 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Railway stations in Saxony-Anhalt, Hauptbahnhof in Germany, Thale

Ölbergshöhe

The Ölbergshöhe in the Harz Mountains of central Germany is a mountain spur, 320.6 m, of the Ramberg ridge near Bad Suderode in the Saxony-Anhalt county of Harz.

Located at 51.7238, 11.119 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Hills of the Harz, Harzer Wandernadel