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Scharzfeld is a village in the borough of Herzberg am Harz in the district of Göttingen in South Lower Saxony, Germany.

Herzberg am Harz Place in Lower Saxony, Germany

Herzberg am Harz is a town in the Göttingen district of Lower Saxony, Germany.

South Lower Saxony

South Lower Saxony refers to the southern part of the German federal state of Lower Saxony. The region so described is neither historically nor geographically clearly defined to the north within Lower Saxony. It cuts across the more obviously delineated natural regions of the Weser Uplands, Leine valley, Leine Uplands and the western parts of the Harz mountains as well as the western part the historical region of Eichsfeld.

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Scharzfeld lies at a height of about 220 m above sea level and has 1,765 inhabitants (as at 1 October 2006).

Normalnull

Normalnull or Normal-Null is an outdated official vertical datum used in Germany. Elevations using this reference system were to be marked "Meter über Normal-Null". Normalnull has been replaced by Normalhöhennull.

The first recorded mention of Scharzfeld is in a deed that relates to the year 952 and was probably forged in the 13th century. This stated that Otto the Great confirmed Schartfelde and other villages as belonging to the monastery at Pöhlde. [1] [2]

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Pöhlde is a village in southern Lower Saxony in Germany. It is part of the town Herzberg am Harz. It has a population of 2207. Archaeological excavation has revealed traces of settlement dating to the 2nd through 4th centuries AD. The town is noted for its Benedictine abbey. The Annals of Pöhlde, an important 12th century historical text, were composed here.

Culture and places of interest

Unicorn Cave geographical object

The Unicorn Cave is the largest show cave in the West Harz, about 1½ kilometres northwest of Scharzfeld in the borough of Herzberg am Harz in central Germany. It is a karst cave set in Zechstein dolomite rock.

Scharzfels Castle rock castle

Scharzfels Castle is the medieval ruin of a fortification located east of the village of Scharzfeld in the borough of Herzberg am Harz in central Germany. It lies in a wood on a ridge about 150 m above the Oder valley. For centuries after its construction in the 10th or 11th century it remained an impregnable fortress. The inner ward is built on a dolomite rock outcrop about 20 m high. The castle was first captured after a siege in 1761 during the Seven Years' War and then blown up.

Großer Knollen mountain in the Harz, Germany

The Großer Knollen is a 687.4-metre-high (2,255 ft) mountain in the southwestern part of the Harz in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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References

  1. Uwe Ohainski; Jürgen Udolph (2000), Jürgen Udolph, ed., "Die Ortsnamen des Landkreises Osterode", Niedersächsisches Ortsnamensbuch (NOB) (in German), Bielefeld: Verlag für Regionalgeschichte, Teil II, pp. 146ff, ISBN   3-89534-370-6
  2. Die Urkunden Konrad I. Heinrich I. und Otto I.. In: Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Die Urkunden der deutschen Könige und Kaiser, Band 1. Hannover 1879-1894. Nr. 439, S. 593f. In der Einleitung der Urkunde (S. 593 (gif)) wird die Fälschung diskutiert.

Coordinates: 51°37′48″N10°22′56″E / 51.63000°N 10.38222°E / 51.63000; 10.38222

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