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Hohegeiß
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Hohegeiss (, ) is a health resort and winter sports village in the Harz mountains range in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 July 1972 Hohegeiss has been part of the town of Braunlage, in the district of Goslar.

Key facts

German location.type
Stadtteil
German location.name
Hohegeiß
German location.Town
Braunlage
German location.image_photo
Kirche Zur Himmelspforte Hohegeiß.jpg
German location.image_caption
Parish church
German location.image_coa
Hohegeiss.jpg
German location.state
Niedersachsen
German location.district
Goslar
German location.elevation
600
German location.population
909
German location.postal_code
38700
German location.area_code
05583

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  • History
  • Notable residents
  • Born in Hohegeiss
  • Other notable residents
  • References
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Hohegeiss (, ) is a health resort and winter sports village in the Harz mountains range in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 July 1972 Hohegeiss has been part of the town of Braunlage, in the district of Goslar.

== Geography == thumb|left|Sign on the edge of Hohegeiß to mark the former border Hohegeiss lies on the Bundesstrasse 4 highway running across the Harz range, between Braunlage proper and Benneckenstein, at a height of between 570 and . Neighbouring villages are Zorge to the south, Rothesütte (part of Ellrich) to the southeast, Benneckenstein to the east, and Sorge to the north. The village has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hohegeiß” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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