List of mountains in the Harz
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This List of mountains in the Harz
shows a selection of the highest elevations in the Harz
mountains in central Germany (in order of height). Although there is no universally agreed definition of a 'mountain
', summits at 2000 feet (609.6 m) or higher may generally be referred to as mountains; those below 2000 feet as 'hill
s', hence the division of this list.
Name, Height in metres above NN, Location (District/Region)
Harz
The Harz is the highest mountain range in northern Germany and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The name Harz derives from the Middle High German word Hardt or Hart , latinized as Hercynia. The legendary Brocken is the highest summit in the Harz...
shows a selection of the highest elevations in the Harz
Harz
The Harz is the highest mountain range in northern Germany and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The name Harz derives from the Middle High German word Hardt or Hart , latinized as Hercynia. The legendary Brocken is the highest summit in the Harz...
mountains in central Germany (in order of height). Although there is no universally agreed definition of a 'mountain
Mountain
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', summits at 2000 feet (609.6 m) or higher may generally be referred to as mountains; those below 2000 feet as 'hill
Hill
A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. Hills often have a distinct summit, although in areas with scarp/dip topography a hill may refer to a particular section of flat terrain without a massive summit A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. Hills...
s', hence the division of this list.
2000 feet or higher
- Brocken (1.141,1 m), Saxony-Anhalt
- HeinrichshöheHeinrichshöheThe Heinrichshöhe is a subsidiary peak of the Brocken and, at , the second highest elevation in the Harz Mountains. The summit lies about 1.4 km southeast of the top of the Brocken near the Brocken Road in the Harz National Park....
(1.040 m), Saxony-Anhalt - KönigsbergKönigsberg (Brocken)The Königsberg is a neighbouring peak of the Brocken and, at 1034 m above sea level the third highest elevation in the Harz mountains. It lies on a long ridge that runs from southeast to northwest about 1.5 km south of the Brocken's summit....
(1.035 m), Saxony-Anhalt
- Heinrichshöhe
- WurmbergWurmberg (Harz)At the Wurmberg is the second highest mountain in the Harz and the highest in Lower Saxony .- Geography :The Wurmberg lies north of Braunlage, in the district of Goslar, and west of Schierke. Its summit is located due south of the Brocken and roughly 400 m south of the state border with...
(971 m), Lower Saxony - RenneckenbergRenneckenbergThe Renneckenberg is a high mountain in the Harz mountain range of central Germany within the borough of Wernigerode. It runs as a ridge from the Zeterklippen crags in the northwest to the Kapellenklippe in the southeast and lies close to the road from Schierke to the Brocken, the highest mountain...
(933 m), Saxony-Anhalt; with the KapellenklippeKapellenklippeThe Kapellenklippe is a tor near the Glassworks Way on the Renneckenberg mountain in the High Harz in central Germany within the borough of Wernigerode. The tor is in a very remote spot in the Harz National Park and can only be reached over unsigned paths. To visit the rocks, a guide is...
(927 m) and the ZeterklippenZeterklippenThe Zeterklippen are a striking rock formation or tor on the 930 metre high Renneckenberg mountain, overlooking the Ilse valley in the Harz mountains in Germany. The Renneckenberg is an eastern sub-peak of the Brocken. The rocks themselves lie at a height of about above sea level. They can be...
(930 m) - BruchbergBruchbergAt the Bruchberg in the Upper Harz is the second highest mountain in Lower Saxony and the third highest in the Harz mountains in North Germany. It lies between Altenau and Torfhaus in the middle of the Harz National Park. The Bruchberg is more like a plateau and has no real summit...
(927 m), Lower Saxony; with the Wolfswarte (918 m) - AchtermannshöheAchtermannshöheAt , the Achtermannshöhe in the Harz National Park is the third highest mountain in Lower Saxony and the fourth highest in the Harz mountains....
(926 m), Lower Saxony - Hohne-Kamm (908 m), Saxony-Anhalt; with Grenzklippe (908 m), Leistenklippe (901 m), Bärenklippe (850 m)
- RehbergRehberg (Harz)At above sea level, the Rehberg in the Harz mountains is the fourth highest mountain in the German state of Lower Saxony, and the fifth highest in the Harz....
(893 m), Lower Saxony - Auf dem AckerAuf dem AckerAuf dem Acker is a mountain ridge up to 865.1 metres high, which is located in the southwestern part of the Harz mountains in Lower Saxony .- Geography :...
(866 m), Lower Saxony - SonnenbergSonnenberg (Harz)The Sonnenberg is a ski resort in the Upper Harz surrounded by the Harz National Park. The settlement of the same name located there is part of the borough of Sankt Andreasberg.- Topography :...
(853 m), Lower Saxony - ErdbeerkopfErdbeerkopfThe Erdbeerkopf is a high mountain in the High Harz in central Germany, northeast of Schierke in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.To the north and east, the forested summit is bordered by the Wormsgraben, the valley of the Wormke. To the south runs the Brocken Railway along the slopes of the...
(848 m), Saxony-Anhalt - Kleiner Winterberg (837 m), Saxony-Anhalt
- Lärchenkopf (801 m), Lower Saxony
- SchalkeSchalke (Harz)The Schalke is a mountain, , in the Upper Harz in the German state of Lower Saxony. It lies in Goslar district north of Clausthal-Zellerfeld and west of Schulenberg....
(762 m), Lower Saxony - Abbenstein (756 m), Lower Saxony
- Kuppe (Harz)Kuppe (Harz)The Kuppe is a mountain in the Harz that lies north of Sankt Andreasberg in the district of Goslar in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is 729 m high and is connected to the Jordanshöhe in the west....
(729 m), Lower Saxony - BocksbergBocksberg (Harz)The Bocksberg is the local mountain for the village of Hahnenklee in the borough of Goslar in the German state of Lower Saxony. It lies southeast of this spa village in the Harz mountains and is ....
(727 m), Lower Saxony - JordanshöheJordanshöheThe Jordanshöhe is a mountain in the Harz in central Germany. It lies north of the town of Sankt Andreasberg in the district of Goslar in Lower Saxony. To the west is the Kuppe. On the mountain there is the Jordanshöhe youth hostel and the Jordanshöhe nature trail ....
(727 m), Lower Saxony - WolfsklippenWolfsklippenThe Wolfsklippen is a granite mountain, high, in the Harz mountains in Central Germany with an observation platform on the summit. The mountain lies northeast of the Brocken, the highest elevation in the Harz, about 200 m east of the road way from Drei Annen Hohne to Plessenburg.- History...
(723 m), Saxony-Anhalt - StöberhaiStöberhaiThe Stöberhai is a mountain the Harz highlands in Central Germany, immediately south of the Oder Dam and northwest of Wieda. At a height of it is the highest mountain in the South Harz...
(720 m), Lower Saxony - ScharfensteinScharfenstein (Harz)The Scharfenstein today is a park ranger station with self-catering facilities in the Harz National Park in Germany and is sited below the 698 m high Scharfenstein Crag in the Harz mountains between Ilsenburg and Bad Harzburg and the Brocken near the Ecker Dam...
, (698 m), Saxony-Anhalt - Altetalskopf (693 m), Lower Saxony
- Großer KnollenGroßer KnollenThe Großer Knollen is a high mountain in the southwestern part of the Harz in Lower Saxony, Germany.- Geography :The Großer Knollen is located northeast of Herzberg am Harz and Scharzfeld, north of Bad Lauterberg im Harz and south of the hamlet of Sieber...
(687 m), Lower Saxony - AschentalshalbeAschentalshalbeThe Aschentalshalbe is a mountain ridge between the Gödeckekopf and Adlersberg and the Großer Knollen to the south. It lies south of the village of Sieber in the district of Osterode in the German state of Lower Saxony and comprises three peaks:...
(685 m), Lower Saxony - Koboltstaler KöpfeKoboltstaler KöpfeThe Koboltstaler Köpfe are a group of three mountains, that rise southwest of Sankt Andreasberg and east of Sieber in the district of Osterode am Harz in Lower Saxony. The highest of the three peaks is 673 metres high. The other two summits lie roughly 350 metres east and south of the...
(673 m), Lower Saxony - Großer Schleifsteinberg (671 m), Lower Saxony
- WolfskopfWolfskopfThe Wolfskopf is a 668.5 metre high mountain in the West Harz in central Germany. It lies in the district of Osterode am Harz roughly 2 km east of Kamschlacken and about 5 km southwest of Altenau....
(668.5 m), Lower Saxony - RavensbergRavensberg (Harz)The Ravensberg is a 659 m high mountain in the South Harz mountains in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is relatively isolated and visible for a long way. It lies in the district of Osterode am Harz, north of Bad Sachsa....
(659 m), Lower Saxony - ÜbelsbergÜbelsbergThe Übelsberg is a 651.3 metre high mountain in the South Harz, which lies southwest of Sieber in the district of Osterode am Harz in Lower Saxony. It sits astride the watershed between the Grade Lutter and the Krumme Lutter rivers. The mountain is linked via a ridge to the Aschentalshalbe in...
(651.3 m), Lower Saxony - BraakbergBraakbergThe Braakberg is a 645.5 metre high mountain in the Harz in central Germany, which lies about 2.4 km north of Lonau in the district of Osterode am Harz in the state of Lower Saxony. To the north the Braakberg transitions into the ridge known as Auf dem Acker...
(645.5 m), Lower Saxony - Rammelsberg (635 m), Lower Saxony
- Großer Ehrenberg (635 m), Thuringia
- Kleiner KnollenKleiner KnollenThe Kleiner Knollen is a 631 metre high mountain in the southwestern part of the Harz in the German state of Lower Saxony.- Geography :The Kleiner Knollen is located east of Herzberg am Harz, northeast of Scharzfeld, northwest of Bad Lauterberg im Harz and south of Sieber. It is dominated by...
(631 m), Lower Saxony - CarlshaushöheCarlshaushöheThe Carlshaushöhe is a mountain, , in the Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.- Geographical location :It is located southwest of Hasselfelde between Trautenstein to the north, Benneckenstein to the west and Sophienhof in the borough of Ilfeld in Thuringia to the south.- Carlshaus Tower :On...
(626 m), Saxony-Anhalt - Großer WurzelnbergGroßer WurzelnbergThe Großer Wurzelnberg rises to a height of in the Harz mountains of central Germany. It lies 3.7 km northeast of Sieber in the district of Osterode am Harz in Lower Saxony. It is a rounded summit on one of the ridges running southwards from the Acker and which forms the watershed between...
(625.8 m), Lower Saxony - Stundenbuche (616 m), Lower Saxony
- Hasselkopf (612 m), Lower Saxony
- Kleiner WurzelnbergKleiner WurzelnbergThe Kleiner Wurzelnberg rises to a height of in the Harz mountains of Germany, 3.7 km northeast of Sieber in the district of Osterode am Harz in Lower Saxony. It forms a rounded summit on one of the ridges running south of the Acker which acts as the watershed between the Verlorene Kulmke...
(610 m), Lower Saxony
Below 2000 feet
Name, Height in metres above NN, Location (District/Region)- Großer Trogtaler Berg (609 m), Lower Saxony
- LangfastLangfastThe Langfast is a ridge in the district of Osterode am Harz in North Germany.This ridge, with a height of , is located in theSouth Harz mountains between Herzberg am Harz and Sieber....
(606.1 m), Lower Saxony - PoppenbergPoppenberg (Harz)The Poppenberg is a tree-covered mountain east of Ilfeld in the Harz mountains of Germany. Since 1897 there has been a 33 metre high observation tower of steel lattice design on the summit. The tower was built by the Nordhausen branch of the Harz Club and was named after Otto, Prince of...
(601 m), Thuringia - SchadenbeeksköpfeSchadenbeeksköpfeThe Schadenbeeksköpfe are two summits on a southeastern outlier of the Aschentalshalbe in the Harz Mountains of Germany, about 3.6 kilometres southeast of Sieber in the district of Osterode am Harz in Lower Saxony. Their highest peak is 605 metres above sea level. In addition they...
(605 m), Lower Saxony - Birkenberg (600 m), Thuringia
- Schalliete (595 m), Saxony-Anhalt
- Oberer Meineckenberg (587 m), Saxony-Anhalt
- Zwißelkopf (587 m), Saxony-Anhalt
- ViktorshöheViktorshöheThe Viktorshöhe is a hill, 585 metres high, in the Harz mountains of central Germany. It lies on the Ramberg massif, about 3 kilometres northeast of Friedrichsbrunn.- History :...
(585 m), Saxony-Anhalt - HöxterbergHöxterbergThe Höxterberg is a hill in the Harz Mountains of central Germany, that lies south of Sieber in the district of Osterode am Harz in Lower Saxony. It is 584 metres high and lie 0.9 kilometres west of the Pagelsburg, 1.5 kilometres south of the Fissenkenkopf, 1.8 km west of the ...
(584 m), Lower Saxony - RambergRamberg (Harz)The Ramberg, also called the Ramberg Massif, is a granite massif, about 30 square kilometres in area, in the eastern part of the Harz Mountains of central Germany. It is located in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt and lies southwest of Quedlinburg, between Friedrichsbrunn, Gernrode, Harzgerode...
(583 m), Saxony-Anhalt - Gropenbornskopf (581.2 m), Lower Saxony
- Großer AuerbergGroßer AuerbergThe Große Auerberg is a hill, high, in the eastern Harz in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.The hill has twin peaks that are 580.4 m and 580.3 m high, which are about 500 metres apart...
(580 m), Saxony-Anhalt - BreitentalskopfBreitentalskopfThe Breitentalskopf is a hill in the Harz Mountains of central Germany, that rises southeast of Sieber in the district of Osterode am Harz in Lower Saxony. It is 579.1 m high and separates the River Sieber from the Breitental valley , that gave the hill its name. Towards the southeast is the...
(579.1 m), Lower Saxony - Zwergsberg (570 m), Thuringia
- Rauher JakobRauher JakobThe Rauher Jakob is a hilltop between Tanne and Elend in the Harz mountains of central Germany. It is 568 metres above sea level. In the vicinity are the sources of the Spielbach and Allerbach, two tributary streams of the Warme Bode. The Ramsenhöhe is a sub-peak of the Rauher Jakob with a height...
(568 m), Saxony-Anhalt - IbergIberg (Harz)The Iberg is a hill, 563 m above sea level, in the western Harz mountains in the German state of Lower Saxony.It lies north of Bad Grund, above the Harz High Road. The Iberg is an old coral reef that emerged in the Givetian/Frasnian stages, that was created as an atoll in the middle of...
, (562.6 m), Lower Saxony - Franzosenkopf (562 m), Lower Saxony
- Staufenberg (554 m), Lower Saxony
- Klappstert (553 m), Lower Saxony
- Ortberg (549 m), Saxony-Anhalt
- Leckenkopf (546 m), Saxony-Anhalt
- EichelnkopfEichelnkopfThe Eichelnkopf is a 545.7 m high hill in the southwestern part of the Harz Mountains in the central German state of Lower Saxony.- Geography :...
(545.7 m), Lower Saxony - Pagelsburg (545 m), Lower Saxony
- Butterberg (539 m), Thüringen
- Großer Hornberg (537 m), Saxony-Anhalt
- Großer Mittelberg (531 m), Lower Saxony
- Fissenkenkopf (527 m), Lower Saxony
- Steile Wand (518.9 m), Lower Saxony
- Großer Stemberg (517 m), Saxony-Anhalt
- Büchenberg (516 m), Saxony-Anhalt
- HilmersbergHilmersbergThe Hilmersberg is a hill, 362 metres above sea level in the Solling, a hill range in the German state of Lower Saxony. It lies west of Kammerborn and east of Polier, part of the borough of Bodenfelde in the Solling-Vogler Nature Park....
(507 m), Saxony-Anhalt - BockbergBockbergThe Bockberg is a hill, , near Königshütte in Harz district in the Harz mountains of central Germany. Since 1967 the hill and its surrounding area have been protected as a nature reserve....
(495 m), Saxony-Anhalt - Großer Teichtalskopf (492 m), Lower Saxony
- Großer BurgbergGroßer BurgbergThe Großer Burgberg is a 483 metre high hill on the northern slopes of the Harz mountains in central Germany which lies right on the edge of the town of Bad Harzburg. In front of it is the Kleiner Burgberg. From both peaks there are sweeping views over the town and the Harz Foreland. On the...
(482 m), Lower Saxony - Steinberg (Goslar) (472 m), Lower Saxony
- HeuerHeuerThe name Heuer can refer to:* TAG Heuer, a Swiss watchmaker known for its sports watches and chronographs.* Richards Heuer, a former CIA veteran of forty-five years and most well known for his work on intelligence analysis....
(472 m), Lower Saxony - Königsberg (Goslar)Königsberg (Goslar)The 435 m high Königsberg is a hill in the Harz mountains in central Germany, southwest of Goslar between the Grane Reservoir and the Steinberg. On its summit are the ruins of an old tuberculosis convalescent home, later a children's home, the Königsberg Sanatorium....
(454 m), Lower Saxony - Stapenberg (443 m), Saxony-Anhalt
- Kleiner Burgberg (436 m), Lower Saxony
- ZiegenkopfZiegenkopf (Harz)The Ziegenkopf is a hill, , near Blankenburg in the Harz mountains in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.- Geographical location :The Ziegenkopf lies just under 1 km southwest of Blankenburg and about 200 m south of the B 27 federal highway to Hüttenrode.- Observation tower :Over 100...
(400,7 m), Saxony-Anhalt - Kleiner Teichtalskopf (362 m), Lower Saxony
- Hübichenstein (345 m), Lower Saxony
- ButterbergButterberg (Bad Harzburg)The Butterberg near Bad Harzburg is a hill located northeast of the spa town in Goslar district in the German state of Lower Saxony. Its long crest, which is protected as a nature reserve, reaches a height of ....
(308 m), Lower Saxony - ButterbergButterberg (Ilsenburg)The Butterberg in the Harz district of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt lies about half-way between Ilsenburg and Drübeck, at a height of . From the top, the Harz Foreland and the ridges of the Harz mountains may be seen. The view of Ilsenburg however is almost completely hidden by the nearby...
(279 m), Saxony-Anhalt
See also
- List of the highest mountains in Germany
- List of the highest mountains in the German states
- List of mountain and hill ranges in Germany
- List of mountains and hills of Lower Saxony