The Großer Burgberg is a ca. 483 m (1,585 ft) high hill on the northern rim of the Harz mountains range, right on the edge of Bad Harzburg in Lower Saxony .
7-666: It is situated east of the valley of the Radau River, where it leaves the Harz range and flows through the northern foothills towards its confluence with the Oker . The southern outskirts of Bad Harzburg reach up to the foot of the forested slopes. North of the Großer Burgberg summit is the Kleiner Burgberg spur at 436.5 m (1,432 ft). Both peaks offer sweeping views over the town and
14-544: Is a river of Lower Saxony , Germany . It is right tributary of the Oker . It rises in the Harz range, leaves the mountains at Bad Harzburg , and discharges into the Oker near Vienenburg . The river rises at around 800 m (2,600 ft) in the Upper Harz region, in a bog known as Torfhausmoor or Radaubornmoor . The raised bog stretches from Torfhaus , a hamlet belonging to
21-637: The Bundesstraße 4 federal highway. The artificial waterfall was constructed as a tourist attraction in 1859 on behalf of the Duchy of Brunswick State Railway company, which had operated the Brunswick–Bad Harzburg railway line since 1841. Beneath the waterfall is a restaurant and a miniature railway integrated into the landscape. Passing west of the Großer Burgberg mountain, the river flows through
28-688: The Clausthal-Zellerfeld municipality, to the Brocken massif in the east. The historic peat cutting area today is part of the Harz National Park and can be reached via the scenic trail Goethe Way . From its source, the mountain stream flows northwards through the Radau valley that it has carved out and feeds the 23 m (75 ft) high waterfall Radauwasserfall south of Bad Harzburg, immediately next to
35-736: The Northern Lowland . On the Burgberg plateau are foundations of medieval Harzburg Castle and the Canossa Column at 482.8 m (1,584 ft), erected in 1877 in the honour of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck . Since 1929 the Burgberg Cable Car runs up to the summit from the Radau River and the B 4 federal road. This Goslar district location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Radau (river) Radau
42-719: The Bad Harzburg and Vienenburg urban areas. The Radau discharges into the Oker river northeast of Vienenburg, near the village of Wiedelah at the eastern rim of the Harly Forest . Since 1981, shares of the Radau waters are discharged to the Oker Dam and the Romkerhall hydroelectric plant run by the Harzwasserwerke company, as well as for drinking water treatment at the Grane Dam . While
49-533: The upper current is almost left in its natural state, the lower sections are more obstructed; recently, fish ladders have been built to facilitate natural migration. In the Middle Ages the Radowe was used for the rafting of logs and wooden palettes stacked with peat. To that end the river was dammed by 6 raft locks. The goods to be rafted, that had previously been dropped in the river, were transported downstream with
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