Harz

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historic mining region low mountain range mountain range narrow-gauge railway network national park

Harz is a low mountain range in central Germany known for its dense forests, mining history, and association with German folklore such as the Brocken and Walpurgis Night.

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Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic mining region → low mountain range → mountain range → narrow-gauge railway network → national park →
borders	Eichsfeld region to the southwest → Goldene Aue to the south → Harz foreland to the north →
climate	cool temperate →
contains	Bad Harzburg → Braunlage → Clausthal-Zellerfeld → Harz National Park → Oberharz am Brocken → Quedlinburg → Rammelsberg mine → Sankt Andreasberg → Thale → Upper Harz mining region → Wernigerode → town of Goslar →
country	Germany →
elevation	1141 m →
folkloreAssociatedWith	Brocken spectre → Walpurgis Night → devil legends → witch legends →
geology	Paleozoic rocks → granite → slate →
hasEconomicHistory	copper mining → iron ore mining → silver mining →
hasRiverSource	Bode → Innerste → Oker → Selke → Sieber →
highestPoint	Brocken →
historicalRole	border region between East and West Germany during the Cold War → important medieval mining center →
knownFor	German folklore → Walpurgis Night traditions → dense forests → hiking → mining history → narrow-gauge railways → tourism → winter sports →
locatedIn	Harz → Harz → Harz → Harz → Harz → central Germany → federal state of Lower Saxony → federal state of Saxony-Anhalt → federal state of Thuringia →
locatedOn	northern edge of the Harz →
partOf	German Central Uplands →
transport	Harz Narrow Gauge Railways →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteContains	Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System →
vegetation	beech forests → bogs and moors → spruce forests →

Referenced by (56)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Braunlage ("Harz Mountains") → Braunlage ("Harz region") → Brocken → Brocken ("Harz mountains") → Clausthal University of Technology ("Harz region") → Harz Narrow Gauge Railways → Harz Narrow Gauge Railways ("Harz mountains") → Harz National Park → Innerste ("Harz region") → Mines of Rammelsberg ("Harz Mountains") → Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp → Oberharz am Brocken ("Upper Harz") → Rammelsberg mine → Sankt Andreasberg ("Upper Harz") → Sankt Andreasberg ("Harz mountains") → Selke ("Harz Mountains") → Selke ("northern Harz foothills") → Sieber ("Harz Mountains") → Upper Harz Water Management System ("Harz Mountains") → Upper Harz Water Management System ("Upper Harz") → Upper Harz mining region →	locatedIn
Bad Harzburg ("Harz tourism region") → Oberharz am Brocken ("Harz Mountains") → Quedlinburg ("Harz region") → Sieber ("Harz region") → Upper Harz Water Management System ("Harz region") →	partOf
Bode → Oker → Sankt Andreasberg → Selke → Thale →	region
German Central Uplands → Harz ("Harz National Park") → Harz ("Upper Harz mining region") →	contains
Bode ("Harz Mountains") → Selke ("Harz Mountains") → Sieber ("Harz Mountains") →	flowsThrough
Bode ("Harz Mountains") → Innerste ("Harz Mountains") → Oker ("Upper Harz") →	sourceRegion
Brocken → Oker →	mountainRange
Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("Herzberg am Harz") →	birthPlace
Saalekreis ("Harz (district)") →	borders
Thuringia ("Harz foothills") →	containsRegion
Oberharz am Brocken ("Harz Mountains") →	elevationFeature
Oker ("Harz Mountains") →	flowsFrom
Germany →	hasMajorMountainRange
Lower Saxony ("Harz Mountains") →	hasRegion
Brocken ("Harz mountains") →	highestPointOf
Brocken spectre ("Harz Mountains") →	isAssociatedWith
Göttingen ("Harz mountains") →	locatedNear
Goldene Aue ("Harz mountains") →	locatedSouthOf
Walpurgis Night ("Harz Mountains") →	majorLocation
Novalis ("Harz region") →	placeOfBirth
Goslar →	touristRegion