Blankenburg am Harz

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Blankenburg am Harz is a town and health resort in the district of Wernigerode, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, at the N. foot of the Harz Mountains, 12 m. by rail S.W. from Halberstadt. Pop. (1901) 10,173. It has been in large part rebuilt since a fire in 1836, and possesses a castle, with various collections, a museum of antiquities, an old town. hail and churches. There are pine-needle baths and a hospital for nervous diseases. Gardening is a speciality. In the vicinity is a cliff or ridge of rock called Teufelsmauer (Devils Wall), from which fine views are obtained across the plain and into the deep gorges of the Harz Mountains.

Blankenburg is the seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") Blankenburg, which consists of the following municipalities (population in 2005 between brackets):

• Blankenburg (Harz) * (15.896)
• Cattenstedt (740)
• Heimburg (956)
• Hüttenrode (1.224)
• Timmenrode (1.098)
• Wienrode (891)

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Coordinates: 51°47′N 10°57′E