Heimburg

Last updated
Heimburg
Heimburg-Regenstein.jpg
DE-ST 15-0-85-055 Heimburg COA.png
Location of Heimburg
Heimburg
Germany adm location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Heimburg
Saxony-Anhalt location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Heimburg
Coordinates: 51°49′20″N10°54′40″E / 51.82222°N 10.91111°E / 51.82222; 10.91111 Coordinates: 51°49′20″N10°54′40″E / 51.82222°N 10.91111°E / 51.82222; 10.91111
Country Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
District Harz
Town Blankenburg am Harz
Area
  Total19.62 km2 (7.58 sq mi)
Elevation
223 m (732 ft)
Population
 (2006-12-31)
  Total929
  Density47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
38889
Dialling codes 03944
Vehicle registration HZ
Website www.heimburg-harz.de

Heimburg is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Blankenburg am Harz.

On a hilltop above the village are the ruins of the old Heimburg Castle which, today, is a good viewing point. Heimburg also lies at the foot of the Ziegenberge, a chain of small hills that have been designated as a nature reserve and run as far as Benzingerode. There are good views from the crest over the Harz Foreland.


Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Königsburg</span> Ruined medieval castle

The Königsburg is a ruined medieval castle southeast of Königshütte, a village in the borough of Oberharz am Brocken, in Harz district in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Blankenburg (Harz)</span> Town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Blankenburg (Harz) is a town and health resort in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, at the north foot of the Harz Mountains, 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Halberstadt.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Derenburg</span> Stadtteil of Blankenburg am Harz in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Derenburg is a town in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it has been part of the Blankenburg am Harz municipality.

Neudorf is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 September 2010, it is part of the town Harzgerode.

Blankenburg was a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft was in Blankenburg am Harz. It was disbanded on 1 January 2010.

The County of Regenstein was a mediaeval statelet of the Holy Roman Empire. It was ruled by the Saxon comital House of Regenstein, named after their residence at Regenstein Castle near Blankenburg north of the Harz mountain range.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heimburg in Niederheimbach</span>

The Heimburg is a castle in the village of Niederheimbach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harzer Wandernadel</span>

The Harzer Wandernadel is a system of hiking awards in the Harz mountains in central Germany. The hiker can earn awards at different levels of challenge by walking to the various checkpoints in the network and stamping his or her passbook to record the visit. With 222 checkpoints in three federal states and across five districts in the Harz and with membership in five figures, the system has gained a following Germany-wide.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Köterberg</span>

The Köterberg, at 495.8 m (1,627 ft) above sea level, is the highest hill in the Lippe Uplands and lies on the state border between North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony in North Germany. On its northern slopes is the village of Köterberg.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Buntenbock</span>

The small village of Buntenbock lies on the plateau of the Harz mountains in Germany and is part of the mining and university town of Clausthal-Zellerfeld. It is a state-recognised climatic health resort and has accommodation for 200 visitors as well as 700 inhabitants.

Torfhaus is a village in the borough of the mining town of Altenau in the Harz mountains of Germany and lies at a height of about 800 m above sea level (NN). It is the highest settlement in Lower Saxony.

The Stapenberg is a 443-metre-high (1,453 ft) hill spur in the Harz Mountains of central Germany in Harz district in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trautenstein</span> Ortsteil of Oberharz am Brocken in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Trautenstein is a village in the borough of Oberharz am Brocken in the district of Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Trautenstein has 493 inhabitants as of 1 January 2010. Formerly an independent municipality, it was merged into the town Hasselfelde in 2002, which was merged into Oberharz am Brocken in 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bundesstraße 6n</span>

The Bundesstraße 6n is a German federal road that runs east-west from the Vienenburg district of Goslar to Bernburg, where it connects to the A14. It was originally planned to be the A 36 motorway. It is intended to have four lanes running from the A 395 near Vienenburg through Wernigerode, Blankenburg, Quedlinburg, Aschersleben over the A 14 to Bernburg (Saale).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heimburg Castle</span>

Heimburg Castle, also called the Altenburg or Alteburg, is a ruined castle on an oval hilltop about 330 metres above sea level (NN) which is located just north of the Harz Mountains in central Germany. The ruins of this hilltop castle stand above the village of Heimburg in the borough of Blankenburg in the district of Harz in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is checkpoint no. 84 in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking network.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">House of Regenstein</span>

Regenstein, also Reinstein, was a Lower Saxon noble family, which was named after the eponymous Regenstein Castle near Blankenburg on the edge of the Harz Mountains of central Germany.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Selke (river)</span> River in Germany

The Selke is a river of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ziegenberg (Saxony-Anhalt)</span>

The Ziegenberg is a low ridge between the villages of Benzingerode and Heimburg on the northern edge of the Harz Mountains in central Germany. The ridge is a designated nature reserve. The reserve has an area of 88.4 hectares and has a variety of habitats including mesophytic grassland (Halbtrockenrasen), bushes, pine woods and wet meadows. Its highest points are the eponymous Ziegenberg and the Struvenberg

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Struvenburg</span>

The Struvenburg was a medieval castle immediately east of Benzingerode, a village in the borough of Wernigerode in the district of Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Today only a few earthworks remain. Very little is known about this castle. The name may be derived from the adjective struf = scrubby or rough.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Benzingerode</span>

Benzingerode has been a village incorporated into the borough of Wernigerode since 1 April 1993. in the district of Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.