• 3 Federal States: Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia
• Population about 890.000
• Extent of Area:  
  100 km from East to West
    40 km from North to South
• Nearest airport:  
  Hanover (1 h)     Halle/Leipzig (2 hrs)     Frankfurt / Main ( 3 hrs)
• approximately  67.000 guest beds in all categories (hotels, guest houses,   boarding houses, self catering accommodation)
• price ranges:  ( b & b per person in a double room)
  **       20,- -     41,- €
  ***     29,- -     55,- €
  ****   31,- -   100,- €
  ***** 65,-  -  120,- €
• Brocken, the highest mountain (1142m), known as “Blocksberg” in Goethe`s Faust
• national park, more than 8.000 km footpaths and more than
  500 km cross country trails
• Water bodies: 
      9 Reservoirs
  101 Mountain Lakes
• Harzer-Hexen-Stieg – regional hiking trail from Osterode through the Harz Mountains and up to the Brocken to Thale
• steam driven narrow gauge railway with 140 km network, up to the top of the Brocken

Your partner for all inquiries:
Harz Mountains Tourist Board, Marktstr. 45, D – 38640 Goslar, Germany
Tel.: + 49 (0) 53 21 34 04 – 0, Fax: + 49 (0) 53 21 34 04 – 66
E-Mail: info@harzinfo.de

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