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Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Lower Saxony
- District
- Göttingen
- Mayor 2019 24
- Jens Augat ( SPD )
- Total
- 102.54 km (39.59 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 220 m (720 ft)
- Density
- 210.63/km (545.53/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Dialling codes
- 05522
- Vehicle registration
- GÖ, OHA
- Website
- www.osterode.de
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Osterode am Harz ( German pronunciation: [ɔstəˈʁoːdə ʔam ˈhaːɐ̯ts] , lit. 'Osterode on the Harz'), often simply called Osterode (Eastphalian: Ostroe), is a town in south-eastern Lower Saxony in central Germany on the south-western edge of the Harz mountains. It was the seat of government of the district of Osterode. Osterode is located on the German Timber-Frame Road.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Osterode am Harz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.