The Harz

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Experience a region with many facets!

In the Harz you will soon discover a lot more than just forests, streams and mountain peaks. Easy to reach in the middle of Germany, here you will find impressive half-timbered towns and UNESCO World Heritage Sites, experience the places that were the inspiration for Goethe's "Faust" and Heinrich Heine's "Harzreise", discover gorges, caves and wild, unspoiled nature. The Harz has much to offer - for families with children, for wellness and active holidays, for nature lovers, and for those interested in culture and technology. Every place has its own inimitable charm.

Further information
is available from the Harzer Tourismus Verband (Harz Tourism Association)
www.harzinfo.de

Adventure and active region The Harz will move you - regardless of whether you are on tour with a mountain bike, or prefer running, scuba diving, rock climbing, sailing, hiking, Nordic walking, paragliding, inline skating or...

Oasis of wellness Allow yourself to be pampered the wide range of health, wellness and beauty facilities in the Harz leaves hardly a wish unanswered. This was already the case 100 years ago, when many city dwelle...

Pure nature The Harz National Park fascinates visitors with its wild originality. Here you will find forests, water and meadows with unique flora and fauna, precipitous granite cliffs and gnarly mountain spru...

Nostalgia and a great sense of history In the romantic half-timbered towns of the Harz, interesting stories can be told about every house. When wandering through the cobbled streets you quickly feel yourself transported back to long-fo...