Blankenburg
Sign in to savetown in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Saxony-Anhalt
- District
- Harz
- Mayor 2022 29
- Heiko Breithaupt ( CDU )
- Total
- 148.94 km (57.51 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 288 m (945 ft)
- Density
- 127.4/km (329.9/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Dialling codes
- 03944
- Vehicle registration
- HZ
- Website
- http://www.blankenburg.de
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Blankenburg (Harz) ( German pronunciation: [ˈblaŋkn̩bʊʁk]) 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.
It has been largely rebuilt since an 1836 fire, and possesses a castle with various collections, a museum of antiquities, an old town hall and churches. There are pine-needle baths and a psychiatric hospital. The nearby ridge of rocks called the Teufelsmauer ('Devil's Wall') offers views across the plain and into the deep gorges of the Harz.