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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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Torfhaus
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Clausthal-Zellerfeld
- Elevation
- +800
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.altenau.de/web/altenau-region/torfhaus/index.html
- Image
- Torfhaus.jpg
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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.