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The region

The Harz

Northern Germany's highest range – wild, forested and different in every season.

Plate IHeather in bloom above a reservoir, the Harz hills beyondPhoto: Stefan Martin

The Harz begins right behind Bad Harzburg: dense forests, clear streams and paths that climb ever higher – up to the Brocken, at 1,141 metres the highest peak of the range.

A large part is protected as a national park. Here nature is returning, lynx roam the forests again, and more than 8,000 kilometres of marked trails invite you to walk.

Plate IIHarz National Park signpost, with a banana for the breakPhoto: Stefan Martin

Harz highlights

  • Transmitter mast and weather station on the Brocken summit
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    The Brocken
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    A legendary peak – reachable on foot, by bike or aboard the historic narrow-gauge railway.
  • A dead tree, with the new forest growing all around it
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    Harz National Park
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    Tomorrow's wilderness: protected forests, moors and rare species.
  • Hiking path with timber steps and a rope railing
    C
    Harzer Wandernadel
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    222 stamp stations to collect – a walking game for young and old.
  • The Brocken railway tracks in the snow
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    Narrow-gauge railway
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    Steam-engine romance on historic tracks up to the Brocken.
  • Deeply snow-covered spruces under a blue sky
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    Winter in the Harz
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    Cross-country trails, toboggan slopes and snow-covered forests.
Plate IIISunrise over granite boulders and spruce forestPhoto: Stefan Martin

In every season

Plate IVA reservoir in summer, seen between sprucesPhoto: Stefan Martin

Spring & summer

Hiking, bike rides, the treetop walk and mild evenings on the terrace – the forests stay pleasantly cool.

Plate VCross-country skiing on a trail between snow-covered sprucesPhoto: Stefan Martin

Autumn & winter

Golden beech forests, mist over the valleys and, later, snow for toboggan and trail.

Out and about with your host

Stefan Martin lives in Bad Harzburg and spends a lot of time outdoors – on foot, by bike and, in winter, up on the Brocken. These photos come from his own trips.

  • By bike on the snowy Brocken
  • Red deer resting in the grass under old trees
  • Looking down into a deep rocky gorge
  • A fire salamander by the trail, beside the shadow of the bike
  • Signposts in hoarfrost on the snowy plateau
  • A stone bridge over a mountain stream
  • By bike along a boardwalk through the forest
  • Snowmen in top hats on a park bench, in the evening
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