Harz
A highland area in northern Germany, spreading across Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. It is a landscape of forests, granite outcrops and old mining towns, with narrow gauge steam trains running to the Brocken, its highest summit.
- Where
- Wernigerode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 51.7500, 10.6333
Get the Harz stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Harz. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Saxony-Anhalt volume with your photos and a note.
Near Harz
Brocken 5.6 km
The highest peak of the Harz at 1,141 metres, a bare granite summit often wrapped in fog. In German legend witches gather here on Walpurgis Night, and a steam railway runs to the top.
Wernigerode Castle 14 km
A schloss in the Harz mountains above the town of Wernigerode. The present building was finished in the late 19th century and resembles Neuschwanstein, though its foundations are much older. It sits on a hill above the town and houses a museum of 19th century life, with sweeping views across the Harz.
Rammelsberg Mines and Goslar 22 km
A silver, copper and lead mine on the Rammelsberg hill above Goslar in the Harz, worked for about a thousand years until 1988. With the old town of Goslar and the Upper Harz water system, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Imperial Palace of Goslar 22 km
A historical building complex at the foot of the Rammelsberg hill in the south of Goslar, north of the Harz mountains. It covers an area of about 340 by 180 metres. Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire held court here from the 11th century, and the great hall is among the largest secular Romanesque buildings.
Quedlinburg Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town 36 km
A medieval town at the foot of the Harz with more than 1,300 timber framed houses and a Romanesque church on a castle hill. Henry the Fowler was buried here in 936. The whole town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Fagus Factory 62 km
A shoe last factory in Alfeld on the Leine river, designed by Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer from 1911. Its glass curtain walls made it a forerunner of modern architecture, and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Hildesheim Cathedral and St Michael's Church 65 km
Two churches in Hildesheim that show early Romanesque art around the year 1000. St Michael's, with its painted wooden ceiling, was built under Bishop Bernward, and the cathedral holds his bronze doors. Both are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Magdeburg Cathedral 80 km
Officially the Cathedral of Saints Maurice and Catherine, a Lutheran cathedral and the oldest Gothic cathedral in Germany. It was the proto-cathedral of the former Prince-Archbishopric of Magdeburg. Work began in 1209, and its two towers stand about 100 metres high above the Elbe river in the centre of the city.
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Questions
Where is Harz?
Harz is in Wernigerode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Brocken (5.6 km), Wernigerode Castle (14 km), Rammelsberg Mines and Goslar (22 km).
How do I get the Harz stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Harz and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Saxony-Anhalt volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Harz before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Saxony-Anhalt volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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