The Harz Mountains (Germany), its surrounding region Romanesque French churches from Auvergne and Burgundy

My photo album in 300.000 photos

 

Bad Gandersheim

 

Blankenburg

 

Alfeld

 

Bad Harzburg

 

 

With these photos I would like to give you an impression of the wonderfully beautiful Harz in

Germany and its foreland.  As tour manager and town guide in this region I have become an enthusiastic fan of this attractive piece of earth. The photos are continually replaced by new ones.

New towns and new themes will soon enlarge this photo album as well.

 

I invite you to open this gigantic picture book and get to know the landscapes, towns and treasures of this entire region. There are now 300.000 photos, and the photos are increasing in beauty all the time!

 

I wish you a lovely exploration of the Harz and the entire region.

 

 

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Their use is prohibited.  Any reproduction, presentation, transfer, rental and/or loaning of the website or individual contents without my written consent is prohibited and will lead to legal prosecution.  All rights reserved.

 

Bad Gandersheim

 

Blankenburg

 

Alfeld

 

Bad Harzburg

 

Harz map (click to enlarge !)

 

What do you want discover ?

you can found immediately your destination by clicking on the desired link

 

Themes of my internet website

- The UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the region

- Former mining towns and Harz mining

- Brocken Hill and landscapes

- Big cities over 25.000 inhabitants

- Small cities and villages under 25.000 inhabitants

- Church World - Romanesque - Gothic - Renaissance - Baroque

- Palaces, castles and castle ruins

- The most beautiful cities with half-timbered houses

- Sights and attractions of the region and of the Luneburg Heat

- The eight last recent publications on my photo album

 

Rammelsberg

 

Goslar

 

Quedlinburg

 

Hildesheim

 

The UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the region

 

Goslar with its Historic Town since 1992

Mines of Rammelsberg (since 1992)

Upper Harz Water Management System (since 2010)

Quedlinburg Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town (since 1994)

Hildesheim with St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church (since 1985)

Luther memorials in Eisleben (since 1996)

Fagus Factory in Alfeld (since 2011)

Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey (since 2014)

 

Sankt Andreasberg

 

Clausthal-Zellerfeld

 

Ottiliae Shaft

 

Lautenthal

 

Former mining towns and Harz mining

 

Altenau (Upper Harz)

Andreasberg (Upper Harz)

Bad Grund (Southern Harz)

Clausthal-Zellefeld (Upper Harz)

Lautenthal (Upper Harz)

Wildemann (Upper Harz)

Straßberg (Eastern Harz)

Sangerhausen (Eastern Harz)

Remains of Harz mining (Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt)

 

Brocken

 

Oker Valley

 

Devil's Wall

 

Bode Valley

 

The Brocken Hill and the landscapes

 

Bode Valley  the most beautiful valley in the Harz Mountains in 400 photos

Brocken  The mystical hill (alt. 1141 m) in 2400 photos

Botanic Brocken Garden  with 2300 photos of alpine flora

Oker Valley et Oker Artificial Lake  in 800 photos

Karst landscape in the Southern Harz between Osterode and Sangerhausen in 2650 photos

Luneburg Heath  in 2850 photos

Upper Harz Water Management System  a world heritage in 14.350 photos

Devil's Wall between Blankenburg and Ballenstedt in 1720 photos

Around Torfhaus with the Quitschenberg, the hill moor and the Abbe Ditch in 620 photos

Hiking in the Harz  with all sights of the Harz Mountains

 

Brunswick

 

Einbeck

 

Wernigerode

 

Hameln

 

Big cities over 25.000 inhabitants

 

Aschersleben  oldest town in Saxony-Anhalt in 1510 photos

Bernburg  (36.000 inh.)  the former ducal town at the Saale - 910 photos

Brunswick  (250.000 inh.)  the town of Henry the Lion in 3950 photos

Celle  (68.500 inh.)  the old ducal town in 3400 photos

Einbeck  (31.600 inh.)  the old beer town in 2000 photos

Gifhorn  (41.500 inh.)  Southern gate of the Heath and its Mill Museum in 840 photos

Göttingen  (117.000 inh.)  the university town in 1850 photos

Goslar  (50.700 inh.)  the old imperial town and UNESCO World Heritage in 13.350 photos

Halberstadt ( 40.300 inh.)  the Harz Gate and former bishop's town in 3800 photos

Hamelin  (56.300 inh.)  the city of the Pied Piper at the Weser River in 1500 photos

Hildesheim  (99.500 inh.)  the university town and bishop's town in 4650 photos

Höxter  (31.000 inh.)  city with man half-timbered house at the Weser River in 1440 photos

Magdeburg  (230.000 inh.)  state capital at the Elbe River in 3500 photos

Nordhausen  (43.500 inh.)  the Thuringian Gate at the foot of Harz in 1120 photos

Northeim  (29.430 inh.)  city with many half-timbered houses in 850 photos

Sangerhausen  (30.140 inh.)  town of mining and roses in the Eastern Harz in 1600 photos

Wernigerode  (33.500 inh.)  the coloured town in the Harz in 3600 photos

Wolfenbüttel  (53.350 inh.)  former residence of the Guelph dukes in 2120 photos

 

Helmstedt

 

Hann. Münden

 

Neustadt/Harz

 

Osterode am Harz

 

Small cities and villages under 25.000 inhabitants

 

 Alexisbad  the small spa in the Eastern Harz (250 photos)

Alfeld (Leine)  city with many half-timbered houses with its Fagus Work at the Leine River (850 photos)

Allrode  the small climatic spa in the Eastern Harz (160 photos) 

Altenbrak  the small climatic spa in the Bode Valley (22 photos) 

Altenau im Oberharz  the health resort in the Upper Harz (370 photos)

Bad Frankenhausen  the health resort in Northern of Thuringia (610 photos) 

Bad Gandersheim  the spa town with many half-timbered houses (760 photos)

Bad Grund  old mining town and health resort in the Southern Harz (550 photos)

Bad Harzburg the health resort in the Northern Harz (800 photos) 

Bad Karlshafen spa at the Weser River and Helmarshausen  (670 photos)

Bad Lauterberg  spa and health resort in the Southern Harz (350 photos)

Bad Münder am Deister  spa in the Weser Mountains (460 photos)

Bad Nenndorf  spa by Hanover (210 photos)

Bad Sachsa  climatic spa in the Southern Harz (390 photos)

Bad Salzdetfurth  spa in the district of Hildesheim (550 photos)

Bad Suderode  spa in the northeast of Harz (132 photos)

Ballenstedt  health resort in the Eastern Harz (290 photos)

Benneckenstein  small health resort in the Eastern Harz (40 photos) 

Benzingerode  in the Northern Harz with its menhirs (40 photos)

Beverungen  town at the Weser River in the Weser Mountains (500 photos)

Blankenburg  town in the northeast of Harz (800 photos)

Bodenwerder  the town of the Baron of Lies and spa town at the Weser (540 photos)

Braunlage  health and skiing resort in the Upper Harz (400 photos) 

Clausthal-Zellefeld dans le Haut Harz  mining and university town in the Upper Harz (2380 photos)

Derenburg  small locality in the northeast of Harz (130 photos) 

Duderstadt  the Pearl of Eichsfeld in the Southern Harz (2235 photos) 

Eisleben  Martin Luther's Town in the Eastern Harz (925 photos) 

Elend  in the National Park in the Eastern Harz (65 photos) 

Ellrich  small town in the southeast of Harz near by Nordhausen (265 photos) 

Friedrichsbrunn  holiday resort in the Eastern Harz (155 photos)

Gernrode  health resort in northeast of Harz (285 photos)

Gittelde  locality in the Southern Harz (120 photos)

Hahnenklee-Bockswiese  health and skiing resort in the Upper Harz (1135 photos)

Grillenberg  small resort near by Sangerhausen (50 photos)

Güntersberge  resort in the Eastern Harz neat by Harzgerode (130 photos) 

Hann. Münden  picturesque town in the district of de Gottingen (1350 photos) 

Harzgerode  centre of Lower Harz and resort in the Eastern Harz (260 photos)

Hasselfelde  health resort in the Eastern Harz (260 photos)

Heimburg  locality in the northeast of Harz (40 photos)

Helmstedt  former university town in the north of Harz (1910 photos)

Herzberg am Harz  small town in the Southern Harz (230 photos)

Hettstedt  former mining town of the district Mansfeld (510 photos)

Hohegeiss  small mining village and resort near by Braunlage (90 photos) 

Hornburg  small town with half-timbered houses and resort in the district of Wolfenbüttel (2400 photos)

Holzminden  the City of Flavor and Fragrance at the Weser River (705 photos)

Ilfeld  resort in the southeast of Harz in Thuringia (300 photos)

Ilsenburg  locality of the National Park at the foot of Brocken (1180 photos) 

Königshütte  small resort in the Eastern Harz (35 photos) 

Königslutter am Elm  in the east of Lower Saxony in the district of Helmstedt (840 photos) 

Langenstein am Harz  small resort near by Halberstadt with cave dwellings (380 photos)

Lautenthal dans le Haut Harz  mining town and health resort in the district of Goslar (500 photos)

Lerbach  mining village in the Upper Harz near by Osterode am Harz (143 photos) 

Lüttgenrode  locality in the northeast of Harz in the district of Harz (75 photos) 

Mansfeld  Luther's town in the Eastern Harz (110 photos) 

Neustadt/Harz  health resort in the southeast of Harz (85 photos)

Osterode am Harz  town with half-timbered houses in the Southern Harz (1365 photos)

Osterwieck  the Pearl of Saxony-Anhalt in the northeast of Harz (3200 photos)

Pöhlde am Harz  in the Southern  Harz in the district of Osterode (165 photos) 

Questenberg  small locality in Eastern Harz (90 photos) 

Sangerhausen  the town of mining and roses in the Eastern Harz (1370 photos) 

Sankt Andreasberg  mining and health resort in the Upper Harz (770 photos)

Schierke am Brocken  small locality in the east of Harz at the foot of Brocken (345 photos) 

Schöningen (Elm)  small town in the east at the border of Saxony-Anhalt (1275 photos)   

Schulenberg  small health resort in the Upper Harz (155 photos)

Seesen  town in the northwest of Harz in the district of Goslar (90 photos) 

Silberhütte  resort in the Selke Valley in the Lower Harz near of Harzgerode (157 photos) 

Siptenfelde  small mining locality in the Lower Harz in the east of Harz (26 photos)

Sorge  resort in the Eastern Harz (120 photos)

Stadthagen  town of the Weser Renaissance in the west of Hanover (660 photos)

Stecklenberg  resort in the Eastern Harz in Saxony-Anhalt (25 photos)

Stiege  small locality in the Eastern Harz (65 photos)  

Stolberg/Harz  picturesque town with half-timbered houses in the southeast of Harz (1245 photos)

Straßberg  small mining town in the Lower Harz in Saxony-Anhalt (330 photos)

Ströbeck  the Chess village near of Halberstadt in Saxony-Anhalt (27 photos)

Sülzhayn  small resort in Thuringia in the southeast of Harz (22 photos)

Tanne  small locality in the Eastern Harz in the district of Harz (230 photos)

Thale  in the Bode Valley at the north side of the Harz Mountains (485 photos)  

Trautenstein  small paradise for the hikers in the Eastern du Harz (50 photos)

Walkenried  locality of the Southern Harz in the district of Osterode (350 photos)

Wieda  the ribbon-built village in the National Park in the Southern Harz (30 photos)

Wildemann   mining town of the Upper Harz in the Innerste Valley (592 photos)

Wippra  small locality in the Eastern Harz in Saxony-Anhalt (11 photos)

Wolfshagen im Harz  health resort in the northwest of Harz near by Goslar (120 photos)

Zorge  small health resort in the Southern Harz near by Walkenried (150 photos)

 

Riddagshausen

 

Monastery Michaelstein

 

Halberstadt

 

Hahnenklee-Bockswiese

 

The Church World in the region

Romanesque - Gothic - Renaissance - Baroque

 

Amelungsborn - Cistercian St. Mary's Monastery Church (12-14th century) in 360 photos

Bad Gandersheim - St. Anastasius & Innocentius Collegiate Church and monastery church Klus in 200 photos

Ballenstedt - Monastery church and Romanesque crypt (12th century) in 290 photos

Braunschweig - Brunswick Cathedral (1173-15th century) and other churches of the town in 1710 photos

Celle - St. Mary's Town Church (12th-17th century) 310 photos 

Clausthal-Zellefeld - Market Church, the largest wooden church in Germany (1642-49) 200 photos

Corvey - Imperial Church (I9th-17th century) world heritage in 375 photos

Drübeck - St. Vitus' Monastery Church (12th century) 170 photos

Duderstadt - St. Cyriakus' Church (1250-1490) in 507 photos et St. Servatius' Church in 75 photos

Einbeck - St Alexander's Church (1275-1506) in 230 et St James' Church (13-14th century) in 115 photos

Eisleben - the churches of the Martin Luther's Town in 360 photos 

Frose - St. Cyriakus' Collegiate Church (950-12th century) in 120 photos 

Gernrode - St. Cyriakus' Collegiate Church (10-12th century) in 190 photos

Goslar - churches and chapels of the imperial town in 3410 photos

Hahnenklee - Gustav Adolf Stave Church (1908) in 170 photos

Göttingen - the churches of the old town in 370 photos

Gröningen - St. Vitus' Monastery Church (12th century) in 70 photos

Hadmersleben - St. Peter and Paul Monastery Church (10-17th century) in 230 photos

Halberstadt - St. Stephen's Cathedral (1236-1491), Church of Our Lady and other Churches in 1740 photos

Hameln - St. Boniface's Monastery Church (1241-1875) and market church in 140 photos

Hamersleben - St. Pancratius' Collegiate Church (12th century) in 290 photos

Hann. Münden - St. Blaise's Church (12th century-1584) and St. Giles' Church in 220 photos

Harzgerode - St. Mary's Church (11th century-1697) in 145 photos

Helmstedt - St. Leger's and St. Marienberg's Monasteries with St. Stephen's Church in 530 photos 

Hildesheim - St. Mary's Cathedral, St. Michael's Church and other churches (world heritage)

Hornburg - St. Mary's Church (1616) in 145 photos

Höxter - St. Kilian's Church (12th century) in 120 photos and other churches in 30 photos

Huysburg - St. Mary's Collegiate Church (12-18th century) in 170 photos

Ilsenburg - St. Peter and Paul Monastery Church (11-12th century) in 295 photos

Klostermansfeld - St. Mary's Monastery Church (11-12th century) in 65 photos

Königslutter am Elm - St. Peter and Paul Collegiate Church (12-15th century) in 495 photos and town church

Konradsburg  bei Ermsleben - Monastery and collegiate church (12th century) in 150 photos

Lamspringe - St. Hadrian and St. Denis Monastery Church in 240 photos

Lautenthal - Paul Gerhardt Miners Church (1649-1659) in 45 photos

Lüttgenrode - St. Lawrence's Monastery Church (995) in 45 photos

Magdeburg - St. Maurice's Cathedral (1209-1520), Our Lady's Monastery and other churches in 1200 photos

Mansfeld - St. George's Church (1497-1520) in 45 photos

Mariental - monastery and monastery church (late 12th century) in 370 photos

Memleben - Monastery and remains of the collegiate church in 145 photos

Michaelstein - monastery and cloister of the former collegiate church in 200 photos

Nordhausen - Holy Cross Coll. Church (12-15th century) and St. Blaise's Church (1234-1490) in 635 photos

Northeim - St. Sixtus' Church (15th century) in 245 photos

Osterode - St. Giles' Market Church (1550) and churches St. James and St. Mary in 225 photos

Osterwieck - St. Stephen's Church (12th century-1566) in 550 photos

Pöhlde - St. Johns and St. Servatius' Church in 60 photos

Quedlinburg - St. Servatius' Collegiate Church (12th century) and other churches in 1050 photos

Querfurt - Around the former castle and the castle church in 177 photos

Riddagshausen - former Cistercian collegiate church (13th century) in 480 photos

Sangerhausen - St. Ulrich's Collegiate Church (12th century) and other churches in 270 photos

Schöningen - St. Lawrence's Collegiate Church (12-15th century) and other churches in 470 photos

Schwenda - Baroque church (1738) in 60 photos

Seehausen - St. Paul's Church (1000-12th century) in 39 photos

Siptenfelde - St. Paul's Baroque Church (1682) in 27 photos

Stolberg/Harz - St. Martin's Church (12-15th century) in 80 photos

Walkenried - monastery and remains of the collegiate church (13-15th century) in 350 photos

- Wanzleben - Around the former castle (10-15th century) in 63 photos

Wernigerode - churches St. Sylvester and St. John and St. Theobald's Chapel in 485 photos

Westerburg - castle and Baroque chapel (1654-1681) in 130 photos

Wildemann - St. Mary Magdalene's Church (1656-1914) in 25 photos

Wolfenbüttel - St. Mary's Protestant Church (1608-1643) and Trinity Church in 325 photos

 

The Church World of my country - Auvergne

Romanesque - Gothic

 

Clermont-Ferrand - Basilica of Notre-Dame du Port in 410 photos

Issoire - Former Abbey Church St. Austremonius in 210 photos

Orcival - Basilica of Notre-Dame in 210 photos

Saint-Nectaire Church Notre-Dame in 255 photos

Saint-Saturnin - Church Notre-Dame in 100 photos

Mozac - Abbey Church St. Peter in 230 photos

Herment - Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame in 125 photos

Montfermy - St. Leger's Church in 120 photos

Aydat - Saint-Sidonius' Church in 56 photos

Paray-le-Monial - Basilca of Sacré-Coeur in 300 photos

 

Kyffhäuser

 

Castle Falkenstein

 

Celle

 

Stecklenburg

 

Palaces, castles and castle ruins

 

Bad Harzburg - remains of the castle on the Burgberg (123 photos)

Beverungen - Beverungen Castle around 1330 and Wehrden Castle in 70 photos

Blankenburg - Guelphs' Castle and Baroque gardens in 230 photos

Braunschweig - Dankwarderode Castle in 50 photos

Falkenstein Castle near by Pansfelde in 215 photos

Hohnstein Castle - castle ruins in Neustadt/Harz in 165 photos

Regenstein Castle - castle ruins near by Blankenburg in 270 photos

Remains of castles - the remains of castles in the Harz in 1200 photos

Celle - the ducal castle in 235 photos

Corvey near by Höxter - the Corvey Castle in 170 photos

Egeln - water castle in 120 photos

Gifhorn - Guelphs' Castle in 75 photos

Gittelde - castle ruins of the Stauffenburg in 75 photos

Goslar - the imperial palace in 750 photos

Goslar in medieval times - 570 photos of a medieval event at the Rammelsberg

Grillenberg - castle ruins of the Grillenburg in 30 photos

Heimburg - remains of a castle ruins in 20 photos

Herzberg - the Guelphs' Castle in the south of Harz in 85 photos

Hornburg - Hornburg Castle

Ilfeld - castle ruins of the Ilburg in 50 photos

Ilsenburg - Ilsenburg Castle in 32 photos

Königshütte - castle ruins of the Königsburg in 25 photos

Kyffhäuser - Emperor William I. Monument and castle ruins in 130 photos

Osterode - castle ruins and remains of the keep in 28 photos

Pöhlde - King Henry's Vogelherd - Remains of fortifications (8-9th century) in 39 photos

Quedlinburg - Abbesses Castle and museum in 114 photos

Questenberg - castle ruins of the Questenburg in 55 photos

Schöningen (Elm) - the castle in 95 photos

Stadthagen - the castle in 60 photos

Stecklenberg - the ruins of the castles Stecklenburg and Lauenburg in 60 photos

Stiege - the castle in 20 photos

Stolberg/Harz - the castle in 60 photos

Tilleda - 150 photos of the royal palace at the foot of the Kyffhäuser

Wernigerode - the castle in 280 photos

Westerburg - the water castle in 130 photos

Wolfenbüttel - the Guelphs' Castle in 120 photos

Zilly - the water castle in 120 photos

 

Osterwieck

 

Quedlinburg

 

Wolfenbüttel

 

Einbeck

 

The most beautiful cities with half-timbered houses

 

Alfeld (Leine) - half-timbered houses with former Grammar School and Planets House (850 photos)

Bad Münder am Deister - half-timbered houses with gables to the street (460 photos)

Celle - wonderful town with 450 half-timbered houses and Hoppener House (3400 photos)

Duderstadt - picturesque town with 550 half-timbered houses and the old Town Hall (2235 photos)

Einbeck - wonderful town with half-timbered houses in Weser Renaissance and Eick House (2000 photos)

Goslar - the old town with the largest number of half-timbered houses in Germany (1500) in 13.000 photos

Hameln - houses in Weser Renaissance style and Canons' House in 1500 photos

Hann. Münden - picturesque town with 700 half-timbered houses in 1350 photos

Hildesheim with the Butcher' Guildhall and the Werner House in 4650 photos

Hornburg - wonderful small town with many half-timbered houses in 2400 photos

Höxter - very beautiful town with many half-timbered houses in Weser Renaissance style in 1620 photos

Northeim - former hanse town with many half-timbered houses in 850 photos

Osterode am Harz - town un the south of Harz with half-timbered houses in 1360 photos

Osterwieck - wonderful hidden pearl in the Northern Harz for the fans of half-timbering in 3200 photos

Quedlinburg - An UNESCO World Heritage with 1300 half-timbered houses in 4200 photos

Stadthagen - town in Weser Renaissance style with many half-timbered houses in 660 photos

Stolberg/Harz - the Rothenburg of the Harz with 380 half-timbered houses in 1250 photos

Wernigerode - the colorful town in the Harz foothills with the wonderful Town Hall in 3600 photos  

Wolfenbüttel - former ducal residence with the ducal castle et 550 half-timbered houses  

 

Gifhorn

 

Rübeland

 

Devil's Wall

 

Langenstein am Harz

 

The sights and attractions of the region

 

Derenburg - Glass Manufactory Harzkristall between Wernigerode and Halberstadt in 115 photos

Gifhorn - Mill Museum in the south of the Heath in 335 photos  

Visitors' Mine Rammelsberg - an UNESCO World Heritage in 1720 photos

Border Museum of Eichsfeld - between Duderstadt and Teistungen in 170 photos

KZ-Mittelbau-Dora - former concentration camp near by Nordhausen in 410 photos

Langenstein am Harz - near of Halberstadt with cave dwellings and former concentration camp (380 photos)

Rhumequelle by Rhumspringe in the Southern Harz - Largest source in Germany in 50 photos

Rübeland - with the two dripstone caves and the visitors mine Drei Kronen & Ehrt (490 photos)

Sangerhausen - largest collection of roses in the world in the Europa-Rosarium in 615 photos

Devil's Wall - fantastic stony landscape between Blankenburg and Ballenstedt in 1720 photos

Wernigerode - Miniature Park "Kleiner Harz" in 333 photos

 

Sorry, still missing...

 

Hanovre

Wolfsburg

Salzgitter

 

Bad Frankenhausen

 

Bad Karlshafen

 

Castle ruins Regenstein

 

Duderstadt

 

Höxter

 

Hornburg

 

Sangerhausen

 

Stolberg/Harz

 

The last recent publications on my photo album

 

Churches in Bavaria (19.04.23)   Click !

 

Romanesque Berry (23.03.23)   Click !

  

 

Romanesque Burgundy (12.01.23)   Click !

 

Romanesque Auvergne (20.11.21)   Click !

  

 

Rouergue - Aubrac - Lozère (25.10.21)   Click !

 

Duderstadt  (10.09.19)   Click !

 

 

Königslutter am Elm (01.07.19)   Click !

 

Auvergne (04.06.19)   Click !

 

 

Hettstedt (21.10.18)   Click !

 

Magdeburg (14.10.18)   Click !

 

 

Hornburg (10.09.18)   Click !

 

Göttingen (08.08.18)   Click !

 

 

 

Aschersleben (17.07.18)   Click !

 

Osterwieck Town (20.06.18)   Click !

 

 

Der Harz und die Region in 300.000 Bildern - Le Harz et la région en 300.000 photos