Großer Winterberg
The Großer Winterberg is a mountain, 906.4 m above sea level, and a subpeak of the Wurmberg, the highest mountain in the neighbouring state of Lower Saxony in the High Harz of central Germany.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Steffen Löwe Gera, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 898 metres
- Description: mountain and subpeak of the Wurmberg mountain in the High Harz of central Germany
- Also known as: “Gr. Winterberg” and “Großer Winter-Berg”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Harz and Wurmberg.
Harz
Photo: Celsius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Harz is a low mountain range in the Central Uplands of Germany, famous for its historic silver mines that brought prosperity to the region and to the Electorate of Hanover.
Wurmberg
Peak
Photo: Steffen M., CC BY-SA 3.0.
At 971 m above sea level the Wurmberg is the second highest mountain in the Harz and the highest in Lower Saxony.
Kleiner Winterberg
Peak
The Kleiner Winterberg is a mountain, 837 m above sea level, in the borough of Wernigerode, Harz county, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is found in the Harz Mountains and is a subpeak of the Wurmberg, the highest point in the neighbouring state of Lower Saxony.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quitschenhai and Schierke.
Schierke
Photo: Gottfried Hoffmann -…, CC BY 3.0.
Schierke is a small spa town, at 600 metres altitude, in the Harz Mountains. It is a popular tourist destination, not least as a base for walks up the Brocken, the highest mountain in the region.
Großer Winterberg
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Wernigerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.76058° or 51° 45′ 38″ northLongitude
10.62478° or 10° 37′ 29″ eastElevation
898 metres (2,946 feet)Open location code
9F3GQJ6F+6WOpenStreetMap ID
node 521379491OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Großer Winterberg” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Großer Winterberg”
- Cebuano: “Großer Winter-Berg”
- Dutch: “Großer Winter-Berg”
- Dutch: “Großer Winterberg”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جروسير وينتيربيرج”
- French: “Großer Winterberg”
- German: “Grosser Winterberg”
- German: “Großer Winterberg”
- Ladin: “Großer Winterberg”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Großer Winterberg”
- Spanish: “Großer Winterberg”
- “Großer Winterberg”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Herrentisch and HWN (alt) - HWN Partner Jägermeister (ehemalig).
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Großer Winterberg”. Photo: Steffen Löwe Gera, CC BY 3.0.