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The upper course of the Bode near Treseburg as it enters the Bode Gorge Nature Reserve The Bode (German pronunciation: [ˈboːdə] ⓘ) is a river in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, a left tributary of the Saale.
It rises in the Harz mountains and drains them in a northerly direction. After 169 kilometres (105 mi) it discharges into the Saale at Nienburg. The river is named after a legendary giant, the wild, rampaging, Bohemian, Prince Bodo, who, according to the Rosstrappe legend, changed into a marauding dog that guarded the crown of Princess Brunhilde in the Kronensumpf ("crown marsh") in the present-day Bode Gorge (German: Bodetal). The gorge is the narrow section of the Bode valley between Treseburg and Thale. (Full article...)
Geography and Nature
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- Landscape: Hercynian Forest, Upper Harz
- Animals: Bear Monument, Black Stork, Dipper, Lynx, Harz Roller, Peregrine, Boreal owl, Wildcat
- Caves: Baumann's Cave, Hermann's Cave
- Gardens : WeltWald Harz, Brocken Garden
- Geology: Rhenohercynian Zone
- Lakes and reservoirs: List, Harzwasserwerke, Brockenteich, Ecker, Innerste, Königshütte, Mandelholz, Oder, Oderteich, Oker, Neustadt, Rappbode, Silberteich, Söse, Wendefurth, Wippra
- Nature parks: Harz National Park
- Mountains: List, Achtermannshöhe, Aschentalshalbe, Auf dem Acker, Bocksberg, Brocken, Bruchberg, Carlshaushöhe, Großer Knollen, Hasselkopf, Heinrichshöhe, Hohnekamm, Jordanshöhe, Königsberg, Kuppe, Rammelsberg, Ravensberg, Rehberg, Scharfenstein, Sonnenberg, Stöberhai, Wolfsklippen, Wolfswarte, Wurmberg, Zeterklippen
- Plateaux: Alter Stolberg, Hexentanzplatz
- Regions: Mansfelder Land
- Ridges: Langfast
- Rivers: Bode, Bode Gorge, Eine, Grane, Gose, Holtemme, Ilse, Innerste, Kalte Bode, Oder, Oker, Rappbode, Rhume, Selke, Söse, Warme Bode, Wipper, Wormke, Zillierbach, Zorge
- Rock formations: Ackertklippe, Bäumlersklippe, Brockentor, Böser Kleef, Elfenstein, Froschfelsen, Gänseschnabel, Hahnenkleeklippen, Hirschhornklippen, Hoher Kleef, Hamburger Wappen, Hübichenstein, Ilsestein, Kahle Klippe, Kamelfelsen, Kästeklippen, Muxklippe, Ottofels, Roßtrappe, Schnarcherklippen, Schurre, Taubenklippe, Treppenstein
- Natural monuments: Kleine Renne, Ottofels, Mönchsbuche, Steinerne Renne
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Culture
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- Castles and stately homes: Alte Burg, Anhalt Castle, Erichsburg, Falkenstein, Grasburg, Güntersburg, Hasserode, Harzburg, Heinrichsberg, Herzberg, Hohnstein, Ilsenburg, Konradsburg, Lauenburg, Meisdorf House, Plessenburg, Scharzfels, Stapelburg, Wernigerode
- Cuisine: Harzer cheese, Schierker Feuerstein spirit
- Education: Clausthal University of Technology
- Forestry: Köte
- Language: Eastphalian, Thuringian, Upper Harz
- Legend: Princess Ilse
- Minerals: Breithauptite, Bournonite, Bronzite, Clausthalite, Goslarite, Harmotome, Harz granite, Harzburgite, Manganite, Manganosite, Pyrargyrite, Samsonite, Umangite, Zinkenite
- Mining: Medieval mining, Mining in the Upper Harz, Dennert Fir Tree, Man engine, Rammelsberg Mine, Samson Pit, Upper Harz Ditches, Upper Harz Ponds, Upper Harz Water Regale, Upper Harz Water Tunnels
- Museums: Mines of Rammelsberg, Upper Harz Mining Museum
- Skiing: List of resorts, Braunlage, Sankt Andreasberg, Sonnenberg, Wurmberg, Wurmberg Ski Jumps
- Walking: Harz Club, Harz Run, Harzer Wandernadel network; Witches' Trail, Kaiser Way
- Towers: Joseph's Cross
- Special articles: Brocken spectre, Harz Red mountain cattle, Imperial Palace of Goslar, Inner German border, Molkenhaus, Romkerhall Hunting Lodge, Timber framing
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Towns and Villages
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- Important Towns and Villages: Abbenrode, Allrode, Altenau, Bad Grund, Bad Harzburg, Bad Lauterberg, Bad Sachsa, Bad Suderode, Ballenstedt, Benneckenstein, Blankenburg, Braunlage, Breitenstein, Breitungen, Cattenstedt, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Dietersdorf, Elbingerode, Elend, Ellrich, Falkenstein, Gernrode, Goslar, Hainrode, Harzgerode, Hasselfelde, Hattorf am Harz, Hayn, Heimburg, Herrmannsacker, Herzberg am Harz, Hüttenrode, Ilfeld, Ilsenburg, Kleinleinungen, Langelsheim, Mansfeld, Neustadt, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen, Osterode am Harz, Questenberg, Rieder, Roßla, Sangerhausen, Sankt Andreasberg, Schwenda, Seesen, Sorge, Stapelburg, Stiege, Stolberg, Tanne, Thale, Timmenrode, Trautenstein, Uftrungen, Wieda, Wildemann, Walkenried, Wernigerode, Westerhausen, Wienrode, Wippra, Zorge
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General images
The following are images from various Harz-related articles on Wikipedia.
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Image 1Carlshaus Tower on the Carlshaushöhe ( 626 m above NN) (from Harz)
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Image 2Reservoir behind the Wendefurth Dam (from Harz)
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Image 3View of the Upper Harz (from Harz)
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Image 4Stolberg (from Harz)
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Image 5Bode Gorge (from Harz)
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Image 6Bode Gorge (from Harz)
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Image 8Rammelsberg Mining Museum (from Harz)
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Image 9Mansfeld (leeward) (from Harz)
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Image 11Sender Brocken at the summit in winter (from Harz)
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Image 12Map of the Harz mountains (from Harz)
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Image 13Torfhaus Moor (from Harz)
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Image 14The Oker with white water. A footpath is on the right bank. (from Harz)
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Image 15Brocken (windward) (from Harz)
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Image 16The Eurasian lynx – once again found living wild in the Harz (from Harz)
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Image 18Harz 1852 (from Harz)
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Image 19Spruce woods in the Harz (from Harz)
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Image 20Narrow gauge railway (from Harz)
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Image 21Old town of Wernigerode (from Harz)
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Image 22Coloured black and white photograph: the Burgberg with Wernigerode Castle (between 1890 and 1905) (from List of mountains and hills of the Harz)
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Image 23The B 4/B 242 Harz high road near Braunlage (from Harz)
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Image 24Gabbro Quarry near Bad Harzburg (from Harz)
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Image 25Prospecte des Hartzwalds (view of the Harz Forest) (from Harz)
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Image 26Mining archive in Clausthal-Zellerfeld (from Harz)
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Image 27Braunlage (windward) (from Harz)
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Image 28Former climbing areas on the Roßtrappe (from Harz)
Did you know
- 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 ?
People
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- Botanists: Heinrich Karl Beyrich, Ludwig Preiss
- Historians: Werner Rahn, Oswald Spengler, Kurt Ranke
- Military: Baron Wilhelm von Biela, Wilhelm Bittrich, Albrecht Eggeling, Heinrich Fehlis, Kurt Ubben (fighter ace)
- Politicians: Karl von Einem and Alexander von Schleinitz (Prussian Foreign Ministers), Joseph von Radowitz (Prussian statesman)
- Sportsmen and women: Marco Bode (footballer), Björn Dreyer (footballer), Guido Fulst (cyclist), Joachim Kirst (decathlete), Manuela Lutze (sculler)
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Transport
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- Cable Car: Burgberg Cable Car
- Rail: Brocken Railway, Eisfelder Talmühle station, Harz Narrow Gauge Railways, Harzquerbahn, Innerste Valley Railway, Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway Company, Selketalbahn, South Harz Railway
- Road: B 4, B 27, B 242, B 245, B 446, German Timber-Frame Road, Harz-Heide Road, Romanesque Road
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