Barenberg
The Barenberg, also called the Bärenberg or Bärenkopf, is a mountain, 695.5 m above sea level, in the Harz Mountains of Germany near the village of Schierke, Harz county, in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 696 metres
- Description: mountain in the Harz, Germany
- Also known as: “Bärenberg” and “Bärenkopf”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Harz and Schierke station.
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.
Schierke station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Schierke station is the railway station in the village of Schierke operated by the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways on the Brocken Railway in the Harz Mountains of central Germany.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Schierke and Braunlage.
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.
Braunlage
Photo: Kassandro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Braunlage is a town and health resort in the Goslar district of Lower Saxony in Germany. Situated within the Harz mountain range, south of the Brocken massif, Braunlage's main business is tourism, particularly skiing.
Elend
Village
Photo: Hejkal, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Elend is a district of the town of Oberharz am Brocken in the Harz District, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It lies in the Bode valley in the High Harz in central Germany, at a height of 505 m above NN.
Barenberg
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Oberharz am Brocken, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.7534° or 51° 45′ 12″ northLongitude
10.6711° or 10° 40′ 16″ eastElevation
696 metres (2,283 feet)Open location code
9F3GQM3C+9COpenStreetMap ID
node 521379494OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q808072
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ladin—“Barenberg” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Barenberg”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بارينبيرج”
- German: “Barenberg (Schierke)”
- German: “Barenberg”
- Ladin: “Barenberg”
- “Barenberg”
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Notable Places Nearby
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