Saxony-Anhalt
Harz
Ilsenburg (Harz)

Princess Ilse

Princess Ilse is the name of a popular tourist destination in the Ilse valley near the town of Ilsenburg in the Harz Mountains of central . The spot was named after the River , which rises on the highest mountain in the Harz, the legendary , and flows through the romantic Ilse valley to Ilsenburg.
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Photo: Oboehlk, Public domain.
  • Type: Spring
  • Description: spring with house in Ilsenburg, Germany
  • Also known as: “Prinzess-Ilse-Quelle”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ilsestein and Bäumlersklippe.

Peak
Photo: C.Löser, CC BY 3.0 de.
The is a prominent granite rock formation near the town of in the mountains of central . Offering a scenic view over the Ilse valley to the massif, the highest mountain of the range, it is today a popular tourist destination.

Scenic viewpoint
The is a crag and one of the so-called Harzklippen in the Harz National Park southwest of . The crag was restored as a travel destination in 2019. is situated 540 metres north of Princess Ilse.

Peak
Photo: GPSLeo, CC0.
is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ilsenburg Factory and Ilsenburg.

Locality
Photo: Olaf2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a protected in in in . The building complex is from around 1840 and was the seat of the upper Administration of the princely smelting works.

Town
Photo: Wolkenkratzer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in the , in in . It is situated under the north foot of the Mountains, at the entrance to the Ilse valley with its little river, the , a tributary of the , about six 6 miles north-west of the town of .

Village
Photo: Olaf2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also Öhrenfeld, is a part of in , . is situated 3½ km east of Princess Ilse.

Princess Ilse

Latitude
51.85007° or 51° 51′ 0″ north
Longitude
10.66589° or 10° 39′ 57″ east
Open location code
9F3GVM28+29
Open­Street­Map ID
node 835403905
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­spring
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q2110703
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Princess Ilse” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “princesa Ilse”
  • German: “Prinzess Ilse”
  • Swedish: “Prinsessan Ilse”
  • Vietnamese: “Công chúa Ilse”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bothoblick and WildnisStieg.

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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 “Princess Ilse”. Photo: Oboehlk, Public domain.