Harz: Hotels and Accommodations
Accommodation in Harz
The Harz is a low mountain range at the intersection of Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt, and Lower Saxony and is considered the highest low mountain range in northern Germany. Its landscape combines prominent elevations with forests, rocks, and water, creating a diverse picture of this German low mountain region.
Nature
Harz National Park extends across the Harz massif from the southern area near Herzberg to the northern slopes near Bad Harzburg and Ilsenburg. Elevations range from approximately 240 to 270 meters at the edges up to 1,141 meters at the Brocken.
The Harz landscape is characterized by forests, rocks, and water. In the wider Harz area, the Brocken, the Bode Gorge, waterfalls, caves, and the Rappbode Dam are named as significant natural highlights.
In the immediate surroundings of the Harz are Mühlenberg, Roßtrappe, and Lindenberg. The wider regional surroundings of the Harz also include Poppenberg and Wernigerode Castle.
Culture
The cultural heritage of the Harz is closely connected with mining. This includes traces of the UNESCO World Heritage Site and monuments representing 3,000 years of mining across more than 200 km².
The Harz combines castles, museums, open-air stages, and historic railways with natural attractions. The visitor offerings also include the Harz Narrow-Gauge Railways route to the Brocken.
The surrounding area of the Harz is home to the Quedlinburg Castle Museum as well as the ruins of Klein Lauenburg and Groß Lauenburg. Harz tourism information categorizes regional attractions into the areas of nature, history, culture, and family excursions, helping visitors choose destinations according to their particular interests.
If you would like to find a hotel in the Harz, you can tailor your accommodation search specifically to this destination.
Additional local pages lead to Blankenburg Am Harz, Wernigerode, Tanne, Ilsenburg, Oberharz Am Brocken, and Nordharz.
To the overarching travel overview: Saxony-Anhalt.
