Stapelburg
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| Stapelburg | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Saxony-Anhalt |
| District | Harz |
| Municipal assoc. | Nordharz |
| Mayor | Hilmar Rasche (The Left) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 11.74 km² (4.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 242 m (794 ft) |
| Population | 1,391 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 118 /km² (307 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | HZ |
| Postal code | 38871 |
| Area code | 039452 |
Stapelburg is a municipality in the district of Harz, in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is located at the northern foot of the Harz mountain range, about four kilometres north of the town of Ilsenburg. The small Ecker River in the west, a tributary of the Oker, forms the border with the town of Bad Harzburg in Lower Saxony.
The settlement developed in the 16th century at the foot of the Stapelburg Castle. First mentioned in a 1306 deed as a property of the Counts of Wernigerode, it was meant to protect the road to the City of Goslar near the border with the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
The Ecker Valley south of the village was the site of the Jungborn destination spa, founded in 1896 by Adolf Just, which hosted notable guests like Franz Kafka in July 1912. As the Ecker from 1949 on formed the inner German border, the facility was closed and finally slighted in 1964.
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