Elend, Saxony-Anhalt
| Elend | |
|---|---|
| Stadtteil of Oberharz am Brocken | |
  Elend | |
Location of Elend within the Harz district _in_HZ.png) | |
| Coordinates: 51°44′41″N 10°41′10″E / 51.74472°N 10.68611°ECoordinates: 51°44′41″N 10°41′10″E / 51.74472°N 10.68611°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony-Anhalt |
| District | Harz |
| Town | Oberharz am Brocken |
| Area | |
| • Total | 27.39 km2 (10.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2010-12-31) | |
| • Total | 409 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (39/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 38875 |
| Dialling codes | 039455 |
| Vehicle registration | HZ |
| Website | www.elend-harz.de |
Elend lies in the Bode valley in the High Harz in central Germany. This part of the valley is known locally as Elendstal ("Elend's valley"). Elend is a municipality in the borough of Oberharz am Brocken in the district of Harz in the German federal state of Saxony-Anhalt and lies at a height of 505 m above NN. Elend is located near the former Inner German Border between West and East Germany.
Geography
About 3 kilometres west of the village is the nature reserve of Kramershai.
Climate
| The annual precipitation in Elend is 1,116 mm which is in the upper third of the values recorded by the weather stations of the German Meteorological Office. Over 90% have lower values. The driest month is September; the wettest is December, when about 2.1 times as much rain falls as in the driest month. The average annual variations in precipitation lie in the upper third. In over 91% of all locations the monthly precipitation varies less than in Elend. |
History
Walther Grosse mentions fields under the Elend Road (unter dem elendischen Wege) for the first time in a manuscript of field names in the Amt of Elbingerode for 1483. In a Vogtei account for the Amt of Elbingerode (Harz) dated 1506/07 there is an entry which states: "Income from the sawmill at Elend in the Forest XII March" (Innome von der Sagemoln zum Elende deß Forst XII Mar[k]).[1] There are a lot of indications that this sawmill had existed for some time before that.
Hiking
Not far from Elend is the Helenenruh, a rocky ridge with outstanding views, which is checkpoint no. 21 in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking network.
References
- ↑ Landeshauptarchiv Sachsen-Anhalt, Abteilung Magdeburg, Rep. H Stolberg-Wernigerode, H.A. A 33 Fach 1-5 No. 2, Sheet 12r
Sources
- Karlheinz Brumme: Elend. Chronik eines Harzdörfchens unterm Brocken, Blankenburg, Wernigerode, o. J. [2008]
- Dietmar Schultke: Der DDR-Alltag in der Grenzkompanie Elend, in: 'Keiner kommt durch - Die Geschichte der innerdeutschen Grenze und Berliner Mauer, Aufbau-Verlag Berlin, 4. Auflage 2008
External links
Media related to Elend (Harz) at Wikimedia Commons
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