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Torfhaus
Sign in to saveTorfhaus is a village in the borough of the mining town of Altenau in the Harz mountains of Germany and lies at a height of about . It is the highest settlement in Lower Saxony.
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- Official name
- Torfhaus
- Elevation
- 800
- Official website
- www.altenau.de/web/altenau-region/torfhaus/index.html
- Image
- Torfhaus.jpg
- Dialing code
- 05320
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- postal code
- 38667
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- Geography
- Tourism and sport
- Geschichte
- Sendeanlagen
- Nationalpark-Denkmal
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Torfhaus is a village in the borough of the mining town of Altenau in the Harz mountains of Germany and lies at a height of about . It is the highest settlement in Lower Saxony.
This small settlement consists mainly of restaurants, youth hostels, ski huts and large car parks. A resort area with hotel and cabins was built in 2012/2013. The B 4 federal road, which is a major traffic route, runs from Brunswick to the north via Torfhaus to Braunlage and on into the South and East Harz.
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