Eastern Harz
The old roads ran past the Harz on the north and south. On the fringes of the hills there grew up many small and medium-sized towns whose inhabitants earned their subsistence from mining, industry and trade: places such as Ilsenburg, Wernigerode, Blankenburg, Thale and Ballenstedt, Nordhausen and Sangerhausen, Mansfeld and Eisleben, which now attract many visitors with their picturesque old buildings and beautiful setting or as centers for walks and climbs in the surrounding hills.
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Harzquerbahn
Only one old road crossed the Harz from north to south, between Wernigerode and Nordhausen, and this is now followed by the Harzquerbahn, a narrow-gauge railroad opened in 1899.
The narrow-gauge Harzquerbahn between Wernigerode and Nordhausen (c. 60km/37mi) runs through a romantic landscape of hills and forests. There is a connection with the Selketalbahn in the Selke valley; at the Eisfelder Talmühle junction a branch line goes off to Gernrode via Hasselfelde or Stiege.
The narrow-gauge Harzquerbahn between Wernigerode and Nordhausen (c. 60km/37mi) runs through a romantic landscape of hills and forests. There is a connection with the Selketalbahn in the Selke valley; at the Eisfelder Talmühle junction a branch line goes off to Gernrode via Hasselfelde or Stiege.
Harz Foreland
The main tourist attractions in the northern Harz foreland are the old town of Quedlinburg, with its historic buildings and associations with German history, and the episcopal city of Halberstadt with its rich cathedral treasury.
