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Welcome to the Harz Portal, the home of Wikipedia information on the Harz, an important natural landscape and tourist destination in North Germany.

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Introduction
The Harz is the second highest mountain range in Germany's Central Uplands after the Ore Mountains and extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The name Harz derives from the Middle High German word Hardt or Hart (mountain forest). The Harz has the highest mountain in northwestern Germany, the legendary Brocken, which is 1,141 metres (3,743 ft) above sea level and was the site of a former Soviet listening post during the Cold War. The Harz also hosts the highest dam in Germany, the 106 m high Rappbode Dam. The region has a high level of snow and rainfall, and its network of lakes and dams provide drinking water to the surrounding towns and cities as well as flood protection. It is also a popular tourist destination with ski resorts such as Braunlage and Sankt Andreasberg and a major hiking trail network known as the Harzer Wandernadel. More...
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The Upper Harz Water Tunnels (German: Oberharzer Wasserläufe, pronounced [ˌoːbɐhaːɐ̯tsɐ ˈvasɐlɔʏfə]) are part of the Upper Harz Water Regale - a network of reservoirs, ditches, tunnels and other structures in the Harz mountains of central Germany. The German term Wasserlauf refers to the underground element (i.e. the tunnels) of the network of watercourses used in the historic silver mining industry of the Upper Harz. This network of ditches and tunnels was used to supply the mines with headrace waters for their water wheels from the 16th century onwards. In the system of the Upper Harz Water Regale there are over 35 such tunnels with a total length of about 30 km (19 mi). (Full article...)
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  • 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 ?
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  • Bismarck Tower (Bad Lauterberg), Harzschützen, Homburg's Watchtower, Thale Mountain Theatre, Wurmberg Granite
  • Abbeys: Hagenrode
  • Castles: Kalkburg, Pipinsburg, Sachsenstein Castle
  • Nature reserves: Kramershai
  • Mountains and plateaux: Lange (Harz)
  • Rivers: Kellwasser Valley
  • Rocks: Gläserner Mönch
  • Other: Regionalverband Harz, Kaiserworth, Krug Bridge, Lynx Stone, Wernigerode Orangery, Wernigerode Pleasure Garden
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