List of mountains and hills of the Harz



This list of mountains and hills in the Harz contains a selection of mountains, hills, high points and their outliers in the Harz Mountains of Germany. The Harz is part of the German Central Uplands and a natural region main unit (number D37) in the states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The list includes the mountains and hills of the Harz National Park and the nature parks of Harz (Lower Saxony), Harz/Saxony-Anhalt and the South Harz. Hills in the South Harz Karst Landscape Biosphere Reserve, the Harz regions of Alter Stolberg, Mansfeld Land, Ramberg and Rüdigsdorf Switzerland are also included.

→ see also: Harzklippen for a list of rock formations, including tors and crags.

The table is sorted by elevations in metres above sea level referred to Normalnull (NN), except where indicated, according to the BfN). Several columns in the table are sortable by clicking on the symbols in the header. In the column “Mountain, hills, high point”, alternative names are given in brackets and in small, italicized text. In these columns, where the same name occurs more than once, it is distinguished by location names in small text in brackets.

A key to the abbreviations used in the table is given below.

Mountains and hills of unknown elevation
These are mountains and hills whose elevations are not known/yet researched:

Height unknown
These are mountains and hills whose height is unknown or not yet researched:

Abbreviations
The meanings of abbreviations found in the table are given below:

Counties (using county number plate letters):
 * GS = Goslar (Lower Saxony)
 * HZ = Harz (Saxony-Anhalt)
 * MSH = Mansfeld-Südharz (Saxony-Anhalt)
 * OHA = Osterode am Harz (Lower Saxony)
 * NMH = Nordhausen (Thuringia)

Unincorporated areas (UA):
 * UA-GS = Harz UA in Goslar county
 * UA-OHA = Harz UA in Osterode am Harz county

German states:
 * LS = Lower Saxony
 * S-A = Saxony-Anhalt
 * TH = Thuringia

Countries:
 * FRG = Federal Republic of Germany
 * GDR = German Democratic Republic
 * USSR = Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

National parks
 * Harz NLP = Harz National Park

Nature parks:
 * Harz NRP (LS) = Harz Nature Park (Lower Saxony)
 * Harz/S-A NRP = Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park
 * South Harz NRP = South Harz Nature Park

Special:


 * B = Bundesstraße i.e. federal road
 * BNM = Bundesnachrichtendienst, the Federal German Intelligence Service
 * BR = biosphere reserve
 * BW = Bundeswehr (FRG)
 * CD = cultural monument
 * E = East[ern]
 * Ex = former
 * Gr = Große, Großer i.e. Great
 * GRU = Glawnoje Raswedywatelnoje Uprawlenije (USSR)
 * FRB = Flood retention basin
 * HS = hydropower station
 * IC = United States Intelligence Community
 * Kl = Kleine, Kleiner i.e. Small
 * L = Landesstraße i.e. state road
 * Mansfeld L. = Mansfeld Land
 * MfS = Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (i.e. the Stasi; GDR)
 * Mon = monument
 * N = north[ern]
 * NM = natural monument
 * NLP = national park
 * NNE = North-northeast[ern]
 * NRP = Nature park
 * NR = nature reserve
 * OP = observation platform / viewing point
 * OT = observation tower
 * PSF = Pumped storage facility
 * Rüdigsdorf S. = Rüdigsdorf Switzerland
 * S = Source (river)
 * S = South[ern]
 * s. a. = see also
 * UA = unincorporated area
 * WT = water tower
 * YH = youth hostel