Silberhütte is a village in the town of Harzgerode in the district of Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt . Its name means "silver works", a place where silver ore is smelted .
20-621: Silberhütte is German for "silver works" and may refer to: Silberhütte (Harzgerode) , a village in the borough of Harzgerode in the Harz Mountains of Germany Silberhütte (Braunlage) , a village in the borough of Sankt Andreasberg in the Harz Mountains of Germany Langlaufzentrum Silberhütte , a cross-country skiing centre in the Upper Palatine Forest in Germany Topics referred to by
40-528: A capital S (e. g. S 190) and the Staatsstraßen in Bavaria are prefixed with the letters St (e. g. St 2108). The kilometrage is shown on white signs by the roadside with black letters, known as location signs ( Stationszeichen ), that replace the former kilometre stones. The beginning and end of a Landesstraße is specified using so-called hub ( Netzknoten ) numbers. That makes its location unambiguous, which
60-518: A lesser standard than Bundesstraßen and their cross-section is generally smaller. In individual cases, however, the standard of construction may vary depending on when it was built and its importance as a route. However, Landesstraßen can be built as limited-access dual carriageways in densely populated areas. Due to the division of funding, the federal states usually try to get the more substantial Landesstraßen officially designated as Bundesstraßen , so that their subsequent improvement and maintenance
80-503: A road as a Landesstraße is a legal matter ( Widmung ). In the free states of Bavaria and Saxony – but not, however, in the Free State of Thuringia – Landesstraßen are known as Staatsstraßen . The abbreviation for a Landesstraße consists of a prefixed capital letter L and a serial number (e. g. L 1, L 83, L 262 or L 3190). Staatsstraßen in Saxony are similarly abbreviated using
100-410: A rule, the responsibility of the respective German or Austrian federal state. The term may therefore be translated as "state road". They are roads that cross the boundary of a rural or urban district ( Landkreis or Kreisfreie Stadt ). A Landesstraße is thus less important than a Bundesstraße or federal road, but more significant than a Kreisstraße or district road. The classification of
120-511: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Silberh%C3%BCtte (Harzgerode) Silberhütte lies in the Selke valley of the Lower Harz . The first recorded mention of Silberhütte dates to the year 1692, which is also the year the place was founded. Hitherto there had been a silver works at this site and several stamp mills , where ore won from
140-566: Is funded from the Federal budget. The Bundesstraßen are, however, intended as links between cities (major centres) and radiate from them. It is not usually possible to have concentric roads, which link the satellite towns with one another, designated as Bundesstraßen . Similarly, it is difficult to transfer responsibility for the short stub roads running from cities to nearby motorways to the Federal Authorities. Following German reunification
160-399: Is important for rapid assistance when there is an accident, for example. The hub numbers are displayed on the upper part of the sign and also indicate their direction. In the example in the photograph, therefore No. 6608 039 is left of the sign 6608 023 to the right. In the bottom right-hand corner of the sign can be seen the so-called Stationierungsrichtung or direction of signage. It runs in
180-447: Is unlikely in view of the lack of funding and their low importance; in most cases attempts are being made to have their status downgraded. In Austria today all important roads, apart from autobahns and Schnellstraßen ( limited-access roads ) managed by the publicly owned ASFiNAG corporation, are called Landesstraßen . Since 2002, even the former Bundesstraßen national highways are Landesstraßen , because they were placed under
200-527: The Unterharzer Waldhof , a recreation and exhibition complex about forestry . This is located on the terrain of the old wood mill - which in turn was built on the site of the old silver works. The Waldhof Festival ( Waldhoffest ) takes place every year with steam engine haulage. The Silberhütte Waldhof is No. 174 in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking network. In the area around Silberhütte lies two of
220-507: The Bezirksstraßen of the GDR (also called Category 1 Landstraßen ) were generally classified as Landesstraßen without consideration for their condition. This leads to a wide range of road types falling within this category. On the one hand, there are inter-city roads which have been modernised to a good quality standard. On the other hand, due to the austere design of the country road network in
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#1732876623170240-678: The GDR (e. g. occasionally one of two parallel roads or, where they were of low traffic importance, the links between them were simply allowed to fall into disrepair) there are today in the new federal states several unpaved roads and dirt tracks that are formally Landesstraßen (e. g. the L ;208 between Burkersroda and Balgstädt in Saxony-Anhalt or the L 1062 between Wittersroda and Lengefeld in Thuringia ). The upgrade of these roads
260-475: The example from right to left and indicates in which direction the road kilometres are counted. In Lower Saxony , this new system has been in place since 2007 and divides the Landestraßen into sections numbered 10, 20, etc. The location signs ( Stationszeichen ) comprise two panels. The location panel ( Stationierungstafel ) displays the name of the state ( Niedersachsen ) and county letters (e.g. Kreis WF ) at
280-463: The first test the Eisfeld-Valier Rocket I by Max Valier attained a speed of 253 km/h - then a world record. However the vehicle leapt the rails in the third test and was completely destroyed. The village church was built in 1932 and is made entirely of spruce wood. Besides the forest church with its rectangular bell tower , in which four bronze bells hang, Silberhütte is also home to
300-754: The ponds of the Lower Harz Pond and Ditch System - the Teufelsteich and the Fürstenteich . Silberhütte has a railway station on the Selke Valley Railway . From here there are many hiking trails to the old mining ponds nearby. The state road, the Landesstraße 234 , runs through the village. Landesstra%C3%9Fe Landesstraßen (singular: Landesstraße ) are roads in Germany and Austria that are, as
320-495: The responsibility of the federal states . Before 2002 there were two types of Bundesstraße : Except in Vorarlberg , the former Bundesstraßen continue to be designated with the prefix B . The remaining Landesstraßen are prefixed with the letter L . On traffic signs the prefixes are usually not used, unlike the A (for Autobahn ) and S ( Schnellstraße ). Roads numbered with fewer digits are generally of more importance in
340-418: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Silberhütte . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Silberhütte&oldid=857613645 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
360-480: The surrounding mines was processed. The artificial channel built to supply water to the works (from 1904 known as the Silberhütter Kunstgraben ) is the longest in the Lower Harz Pond and Ditch System at 25.5 km. Ore was processed all year round in four smelting furnaces, two sulphur furnaces and a vitriol works. The smelter produced up to 1.6 t of silver and 870 t of lead annually. A powder mill
380-527: The top, and the road letter and number below (e.g. L 627 ). The classification panel ( Klassifizierungstafel ) shows the section number, kilometrage and direction of the start hub (e.g. 10 Abschnitt and 2,0 → 0,0 ). The letters OD indicate a location post within a town or village and may be displayed in places other than on a white post. By the end of 2008, almost all the 8,000 kilometre posts on Lower Saxony's Landesstraßen had been replaced. In terms of their construction, Landesstraßen tend to be built to
400-469: Was opened in 1790 which supplied hunters as well as the surrounding Lower Harz mines. The mill was destroyed in 1898 by an explosion, but was immediately rebuilt. From 1893 it also took on the production of fireworks - the firm exists today as the Pyrotechnik Silberhütte (a subsidiary of Rheinmetall Waffe Munition). The factory carried out trials in 1928 with rocket-powered railway vehicles. In
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