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	HARZ MOUNTAINS - LoveToKnow Article on HARZ MOUNTAINS
		The Harz is a mass of Palaeozoic rock rising through the Mesozoic strata of north Germany, and bounded on all sides by faults.
		The Harz is one of the richest mineral storehouses in Germany, and the chief industry is mining, which has been carried on since the middle of the toth century.
		The Harz was the last stronghold of paganism in Germany, and to that fact are due the legends, in which no district is richer, and the fanciful names given by the people to peculiar objects and appearances of nature.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HA/HARZ_MOUNTAINS.htm (2143 words)

	Harz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The northernmost mountain chain of Germany, it straddles the border between the states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
		The Harz is divided into the Upper Harz (Oberharz) in the northwest and the Lower Harz (Unterharz) in the southeast.
		Between 1945 and 1990 an international border ran through the Harz, the west belonging to the FRG and the east to the GDR.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harz (378 words)

	Harz -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The Harz is a (A series of hills or mountains) mountain range in northern (A republic in central Europe; split into East German and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990) Germany.
		The northernmost mountain chain of Germany, it straddles the border between the states of (A state in northwestern Germany) Lower Saxony and (additional info and facts about Saxony-Anhalt) Saxony-Anhalt.
		Between 1945 and 1990 an "inter-national" border ran through the Harz, the west belonging to the (A republic in central Europe; split into East German and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990) FRG and the east to the (additional info and facts about GDR) GDR.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ha/harz.htm (455 words)

	Regions of Germany: Der Harz
		The Harz is rather steep at his borders and has a high plateau which is hilly.
		The Harz was formed by an uplift, which affected the whole area of the Harz.
		Then the lifted Harz formed an island in the Cretaceous sea and the rock were subject to weathering.
	www.showcaves.com /english/de/region/Harz.html (786 words)

	Destinations in the Harz mountains / Germany. Information about destination: Castle, Sights, Churches, Wernigerode, ...
		The Upper Harz Mining Museum has one of the oldest and most complete collections of "mining antiquities" as the remains of the region's rich mining traditions were called when the museum opened in 1892.
		The Kyffhaeuser Mountains situated in the south of the Harz Mountains are not only impressing by their geological and botanical variety but by their historico - cultural importance.
		The Castle Of Wernigerode or The Harz Mountains’ Museum in Wernigerode or Fire Brigade Museum or Museum-Court “Ernst Koch” in Silstedt or The Forge Museum: Krell’s Forge or The Smallest House or Museum for Aviation and Technology...
	www.harz-urlaub.de /harz-urlaub-engl/ausflugsziele.htm (1418 words)

	Hannover.de - Harz
		The Harz Mountains are one of the most important features of the southern part of Niedersachsen.
		The part of the Harz mountain range belonging to our federal state does not include the highest peaks, nevertheless it is high enough for winter sports.
		The tourist season comes twice a year in the Harz: in winter, when the guaranteed snow conditions make every kind of winter sport possible, and in summer, when lengthy, interesting walks and hiking can be undertaken with all the advantages of the healthy microclimate.
	www.hannover.de /english/tourist/erlebens/land_ges/landscha/harz.htm (312 words)

	Harz Mountains: Historic, Romantic, Athletic \| Visit Germany \| Deutsche Welle \| 02.02.2004
		The Harz mountains, 90 kilometers (56 miles) long, 30 kilometers wide, and some 400 million years old, straddle the border between what was once East and West Germany, in the central part of the country.
		The small, cozy mountain town is not far from the towns of Braunlage and Wernigerode, directly at the foot of the Brocken.
		The birthplace of skiing in Harz mountains is in neighboring Braunlage.
	www.dw-3d.de /dw/article/0,1564,1087191,00.html (702 words)

	Harz Mountains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Harz (harts) Mountains, the most northerly range of mountains in Germany.
		The Harz Mountains are covered by a system of forestry, which makes them a charming summer resort for the city people of Hanover.
		Many of the toy houses, Noah's arks, and wooden animals on wheels, so attractive at the Christmas time, are made in the Harz Mountains.
	www.factopia.com /aiton-encyclopedia-vol3/harz-mountains.htm (201 words)

	Harz Mountains
		Since the weather forecast for Berlin was rainy and the forecast for the Harz was partly sunny, we headed south towards the Harz.
		The Harz are the northernmost mountains in Germany, and only a couple hours' drive south of Hamburg.
		There are two parks covering the area - the Harz National Park (western) and the Hochharz National Park (eastern), founded in the early 1990's after the reunification of Germany.
	taylorrhome.dyndns.org /Germany/Harz.htm (301 words)

	Russell Hafter Holidays - Walking Holidays in The Harz Mountains
		The highest mountains in northern Germany, the Harz Mountains offer the holiday maker not only countryside ranging from high summits and ancient forests to limestone valleys and caves, but also include some of the most interesting and beautiful small towns in Europe.
		Then you cross the central Harz and the summit of the highest mountain in northern Germany, the Brocken, before passing the former iron curtain to reach the UNESCO World heritage town of Goslar.
		Its situation on the edge of the Harz Mountains National Park, but also close to the beautiful town of Wernigerode and very convenient for the narrow guage steam railway is unique.
	www.walking-in-germany.co.uk /harz.htm (616 words)

	world of old Cherusker, mountains - harz mountains
		The Harz mountains are one of the most sascinating landscapes of Central Europe.
		These small low mountain ranges in the northeast of Germany covers different forest types, moorlands, rock and block waste dumps, rivers and brooks.
		In the night of Walpurgis, the night to 1st of May, witches meet from completely Germany on the block mountain in order to sweep with their brushwood brooms the last snow from Brocken.
	www.alter-cherusker.de /eng/berge/harz_landschaft.html (324 words)

	Harz - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		The northernmost mountain chain of Germany, it straddles the border between the states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.
		It occupies an area of about 2000 km², and reaches its highest point at the Brocken (1141 m), situated in the eastern part of the mountains.
		Between 1945 and 1990 an "inter-national" border ran through the Harz, the west belonging to the FRG and the east to the GDR.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Harz (368 words)

	The World & I: Witches of the Harz Mountains
		Still legendary throughout the Harz region, Walpurgisnacht is rooted in the pagan Frhjahrsfest, or Spring Festival.
		Brocken Mountain was where Goethe set the witches' Sabbath scene in the story of Faust, who sells his soul to Mephistopheles, the devil.
		The phenomenon has been seen in mountains all over the world and is also known as an anticorona or glory.
	www.worldandi.com /specialreport/walpu/walpu.html (2532 words)

	Harz Mountains Harz .Be in the Nature - Harz .Be in the Nature - Harz mountains information
		The region has offered more than inspiration, though; the Harz were Germany's primary source of minerals and ore for metal manufacturing until the early 20th century.
		Now that the armed border guards have gone, visitors have taken their places and multiplied like mosquitoes in the Harz summer; hikers and spa-fiends alike rush to these rugged hills in the heart of the restored nation.
		Throughout the Harz, historic villages and the lush, natural beauty of the mountains and valleys form a powerful tag-team of tourism.
	www.mountains.harz.be /in.the.nature/harz_mountains.htm (646 words)

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		Forster (1989) was one of the first to attempt a classification of extent and intensity of damages in a small investigation area of the Harz Mountains by means of satellite remote sensing.
		Because of the insufficient geometrical accuracy of the forest survey (gaps and overlapping of neighboring map sheets of up to 100 meters) each of the maps had to be geometrically corrected in ARC/Info using a rubber-sheet algorithm and pass points derived from topographical maps.
		Classifications in a smaller area of the Harz Mountains ("Ackerbruchberg area") showed that Thematic Mapper is a suitable instrument to classify the above mentioned deforestation (crown density) classes.
	ces.iisc.ernet.in /hpg/envis/proceed/schardt.txt.html (3752 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Downhill skiiers will find the Harz Mountains relatively uninspiring, but cross-country skiing is a local passion that's shared by many visitors to the region.
		The Harz are the number-one "Middle Mountains" of Germany.
		A large part of the Harz belong to the Harz National Park, which is recognized as one of the most fascinating Middle Mountains areas of Europe.
	www.uwm.edu /Dept/IWA/TOURS/GERMANY/harz.html (313 words)

	Harz Mountains by ER-5
		With leisurely journeys planned to and from the Harz Mountains (which, in truth, are wooded hills) I wondered how difficult it would be to ride on the right.
		Having crossed the old border between the former East Germany and West Germany, the Harz could be seen in the distance.
		Armed with these recommendations, together with a 1:50,000 map of the Harz, the next few days were spent getting to know the area by bike.
	www.longfram35.freeserve.co.uk /germany/harz_2000.htm (1453 words)

	SIR-C / X-SAR Final Report 97 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Within a PI project for ecology, two study sites in Germany have been investigated for vegetation mapping and forest characterization: the mainly forested area of the Harz Mountains in Northern Germany and the region of Oberpfaffenhofen supersite (Southern Germany), including the area around the lake "Ammersee".
		The forests of the Harz Mountains are in parts severely affected by forest damages.
		In the Harz testsite, a forest and vegetation mapping has been performed in mountaineous terrain, where topographic relief situation had to be taken into account for radar backscatter.
	southport.jpl.nasa.gov /reports/finrpt/Keil_Harz/keil_harz.htm (2925 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Harz Mountains
		Harz, mountain range in central Germany, between the Elbe and Weser rivers.
		The northwestern part of the system is called the Upper Harz (average...
		Hildesheim, city in northwestern Germany, in Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), at the base of the Harz Mountains, near Hannover.
	encarta.msn.com /Harz%2bMountains.html (125 words)

	Holidays to Germany by Moswin - Harz Mountains
		The 'Imperial City in the Harz', Goslar is visually one of Europe's most remarkable 'time warps'.
		Goslar is also one of the major gateways to the Harz, offering numerous attractive walks amidst its beautiful mountain landscapes.
		Wernigerode is a fairy tale town of picturesque half-timbered buildings, the grandest of which is its beautiful town hall, a gem of mediaeval architecture.
	www.moswin.com /harz_mountains.htm (509 words)

	Harz National Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		It was declared a protected area in 1994 and covers central parts of the Harz Mountains, stretching from Bad Harzburg in the north to the Oder valley dam in the south, and supplements the Upper Harz National Park in Saxony-Anhalt.
		Magnificent beechwood forests, steeply tumbling streams, widespread high moors, virgin mountain fir forests and oceans of stone offer many opportunities to let your soul float free and discovery the wilderness.
		1 excursion to the heights: in the mountain tram to the Burgberg
	www.germany-tourism.de /e/6293.html (412 words)

	Urlaub in Stolberg / **** vacation apartments in the Harz mountains
		Stolberg is an ideal point of departure for excursions to the mountains of Harz.
		Having climbed the 200 steps to the observation platform (38m high) you have a marvellous view of the "Brocken" (highest mountain of Harz) in that case that the weather is good enough.
		In the quitness of woods is situated the Nordhaeuser dam, the oldest dam in the Harz (built in 1902).
	www.urlaub-in-stolberg.de /umgebung_en.html (711 words)

	Harz Advent break - 'Hirschmann' holiday apartments in the Harz Mountains - harz-holiday.com
		Harz Advent break - 'Hirschmann' holiday apartments in the Harz Mountains - harz-holiday.com
		In the atmospheric days leading up to Christmas, we very warmly invite you to the Harz region of Germany for an Advent break, including a visit to the romantic Christmas Market in the ancient imperial city of Goslar.
		2 x nights with Harz country house breakfast in one of our comfortable apartments (Type C or B) at the "Hirschmann" hotel in Hahnenklee/Oberharz.
	www.harz-advent-break.com (233 words)

	Witches of the Harz Mountains
		Winter's forces have made their final assault, and Dame Holda must summon her witches or wisewomen to dance the snow away.
		Not realizing that he was observing his own shadow, the climber apparently lost his footing after being startled by a rainbow-haloed figure emerging from the mists.
		He has the ability to control the weather, usually by summoning gales and rain.
	www.worldandi.com /public/2001/April/walpu.html (2523 words)

	International Travel News: Goslar and Quedlinburg: two World Heritage Sites hidden in the Harz Mountains - Brief Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Both towns are located on the fringe, of the Harz Mountains in central Germany and date back more than 1,000 years.
		The latter is topped with a glockenspiel with chimes and mechanical figures portraying the history of the nearby Rammelsberg mine, the main source of the town's wealth.
		When the Potsdam Conference of 1945 determined the structure of postwar Germany, a line was drawn through the Harz Mountains.
	www.findarticles.com /cf_dls/m3648/3_25/62003272/p1/article.jhtml (681 words)

	Goslar : Introduction \| Frommers.com
		This ancient Hanseatic and imperial town at the foot of the Harz Mountains owed its early prosperity to the Harz silver mines, which were worked as early as 968.
		The legends and folklore associated with the Harz Mountains are perhaps more intriguing than the mountains themselves.
		The mountain on which the witches supposedly danced in olden times was the Brocken, whose granite top has been flattened by erosion.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/goslar/0891010001.html (279 words)

	Holidays at the edge of the Harz mountains
		Our house is placed in a small settlement between Wernigerode and Ilsenburg at a southern hillside with a view of the Harz mountains.
		In the old part of the town, there is a traffic-free zone, that invites you to so for a stroll presents with its cafés and restaurants.
		, the highest mountain of the Harz with a height from 1142 metres.
	www.meinecke.onlinehome.de /uk.html (284 words)

	Season of the Witch: Walpurgisnacht in Germany's Harz Mountains - Steenie Harvey
		Season of the Witch: Walpurgisnacht in Germany's Harz Mountains
		Steenie Harvey is a freelance writer based in County Roscommon in the Republic of Ireland.
		Wandering through Germany's Harz Mountains, it's impossible not to realize that you have entered a domain of enchantment, a place where landscape conspires with legend to create a
	www.worldandi.com /specialreport/2001/april/Sa22085.htm (294 words)

	Harz on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The Upper Harz has extensive wastelands and a severe, rainy climate.
		Season of the Witch - Walpurgisnacht in Germany's Harz Mountains.
		Framework houses and cobblestone roads in an old town in the Harz mountains.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/H/Harz.asp (306 words)

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