Elbingerode
Sign in to saveElbingerode () is an Ortsteil of Oberharz am Brocken in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The former town was incorporated into the newly established municipality on 1 January 2010. Its population is 3,101 (2021).
Key facts
- German location.type
- Ortsteil
- German location.Town
- Oberharz am Brocken
- German location.image_photo
- Elbingerode.jpg
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen_Elbingerode_(Harz).png
- German location.image_plan
- Elbingerode in Oberharz am Brocken.svg
- German location.plantext
- Elbingerode within Oberharz am Brocken
- German location.state
- Sachsen-Anhalt
- German location.district
- Harz
- German location.elevation
- 500
- German location.area
- 80.74
- German location.population
- 3101
- German location.Stand
- 2021-12-31
- German location.postal_code
- 38875
- German location.area_code
- 039454
- German location.website
- stadtoberharz.de
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Elbingerode () is an Ortsteil of Oberharz am Brocken in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The former town was incorporated into the newly established municipality on 1 January 2010. Its population is 3,101 (2021).
==Geography== Elbingerode is situated in the eastern Harz mountain range, approximately south of neighbouring Wernigerode. The former municipal area comprised Elbingerode proper as well as the villages of Königshütte and Rübeland. The surrounding mountains were the site of numerous ore mines and ironworks, today the Drei Kronen & Ehrt mine and the Büchenberg Pit, run as show mines, are popular tourist destinations.