Ilsenburg
Sign in to saveIlsenburg () is a town in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. It is situated under the north foot of the Harz Mountains, at the entrance to the Ilse valley with its little river, the Ilse, a tributary of the Oker, about six north-west of the town of Wernigerode. It received town privileges in 1959. Owing to its surrounding of forests and mountains as well as its position on the edge of the Harz National Park, Ilsenburg is a popular tourist resort. Since 2002, it is officially an air spa.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Ilsenburg 1900.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Ilsenburg about 1900
- German location.image_coa
- DE-ST 15-0-85-190 Ilsenburg COA.png
- German location.image_plan
- Ilsenburg (Harz) in HZ.png
- German location.state
- Sachsen-Anhalt
- German location.district
- Harz
- German location.elevation
- 267
- German location.area
- 62.97
- German location.postal_code
- 38865–38871
- German location.area_code
- 039452, 03943
- German location.licence
- HZ
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 15 0 85 190
- German location.divisions
- 4
- German location.mayor
- Denis Loeffke
- German location.leader_term
- 2023–30
- German location.party
- CDU
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- History
- Geography
- Town divisions
- Places of interest
- Transport
- Twin town
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Ilsenburg () is a town in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. It is situated under the north foot of the Harz Mountains, at the entrance to the Ilse valley with its little river, the Ilse, a tributary of the Oker, about six north-west of the town of Wernigerode. It received town privileges in 1959. Owing to its surrounding of forests and mountains as well as its position on the edge of the Harz National Park, Ilsenburg is a popular tourist resort. Since 2002, it is officially an air spa.
== History == The old castle, Schloss Ilsenburg, lying on a high crag above the town, was originally an imperial stronghold and probably built by King Henry I. In 995 Emperor Otto III resided in Elysynaburg, which Henry II bestowed in 1003 upon the Bishop of Halberstadt, who converted it into a Benedictine monastery. The school attached to it enjoyed a great reputation towards the end of the 11th century. The abbey was finally devastated during the German Peasants' War in 1525.