Bundesstraße 243

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B243

Bundesstraße 243

Route information

Length:

113 km (70 mi)

Major junctions

Northwest end:

Hildesheim

Route Map

Legend

		Hildesheim
		Groß Düngen
		Bad Salzdetfurth local diversion
		Bockenem
		Rhüden
		Seesen local diversion
		Kraftfahrstraße
		combined with
		end of motor road
	(67)	Seesen - with crossroads
		Engelade
		Kraftfahrstraße
		Engelade
		Kirchberg
		parking area
		Münchehof
		combined with
		Münchehof Süd
		Gittelde Nord
		parking area
		Gittelde Süd
		Katzenstein
		Lasfelde
		parking area
		Osterode am Harz Nord
		Osterode am Harz Mitte
		combined with
		Osterode am Harz Süd
		Osterode am Harz Leege
		parking area
		Hattorf am Harz
		Herzberg am Harz Nord
		end of motor road
		Herzberg am Harz
		combined with
		Kraftfahrstraße
		parking area
		Scharzfeld
		Hasenwinkel Valley Bridge 100 m
		Barbis
		end of motor road
		Barbis
		Bartolfelde
		Osterhagen
	(-)	Bad Lauterberg West (2012)
		Oder Valley Bridge 528 m 2012
	(-)	Bad Lauterberg Süd (2012)
		Winke Valley Bridge 650 m 2012
	(-)	Bad Sachsa West (2012)
	(-)	provisional junction (2012) to close after completion of Mackenrode ring road
		Grünbrücke (planned)
		(planned)
		Mackenrode. Planning permission on 12 September 2008 (planned)
		Mackenrode
	(-)	provisional junction (2012) to close after completion of Mackenrode ring road
	(-)	Großwechsungen
	(9)	Großwechsungen (2012)
		Nordhausen

Southeast end:

Nordhausen

Location

States:

Lower Saxony, Thuringia

Highway system

Roads in Germany

Motorways (Autobahnen)
Federal Highways (Bundesstraßen)
E-roads

The B 243 runs from Hildesheim to Nordhausen.

Route

Districts and municipalities

Lower Saxony
- Hildesheim (district)
  - Hildesheim
  - Diekholzen: Egenstedt
  - Bad Salzdetfurth: Groß Düngen, Wesseln
  - Bockenem: Nette, Bönnien, Bockenem, Bornum
- Goslar (district)
  - Seesen: Rhüden, Bornhausen, Seesen, Engelade, Münchehof
- Osterode am Harz (district)
  - Samtgemeinde Bad Grund: Gittelde, Windhausen, Badenhausen
  - Osterode am Harz
  - Herzberg am Harz, Scharzfeld
  - Bad Lauterberg im Harz: Barbis, Bartolfelde, Osterhagen
  - Bad Sachsa: Nüxei
Thuringia
- Nordhausen (district)
  - Hohenstein: Mackenrode, Holbach
  - Werther: Günzerode, Kleinwechsungen
  - Nordhausen: Hesserode, Nordhausen

Combined routing

From Seesen to AS Engelade combined with the B 248
Between AS Münchehof and Bad Grund combined with the B 242
In Osterode between Osterode Mitte and Osterode Süd combined with the B 241
Between Herzberg and Barbis combined with the B 27

Rivers crossed

Beuster, near Hildesheim-Marienburg
Lamme, near Wesseln
Nette, near Bockenem and Engelade
Söse, in Osterode
Sieber, in Herzberg
Oder, in Barbis – village in borough of Bad Lauterberg
Steina, in Nüxei – village in borough of Bad Sachsa
Uffe, near Holbach

History

Origins

The metalled artificial road (Chaussee) between Seesen and Osterode was built between 1785 and 1795 as an extension of the Frankfurt Road and known as the Thuringian Road (Thüringer Straße).

It was established as Reichsstraße 243 between Hildesheim and Nordhausen in 1937.

This federal road was interrupted by the division of Germany and was only opened again from end to end on 18 November 1989 when the border crossing between Nüxei and Mackenrode was installed.