Harz
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Summary
Harz is a mountain range[1]. Harz ranks in the top 3% of mountain range entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,774 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Goslar district[3], Göttingen district[4], Harz District[5], Mansfeld-Südharz[6], Nordhausen[7]
- Country: Germany[8]
- Located in or next to body of water: Oker[9], Innerste[10], Bode[11], Wipper[12], Oder[13], Selke[14]
- Shares border with: Q23648986[15], Q23648984[16], Thuringian Basin (with surrounding plates)[17], Lower Saxon Hills[18]
- Made from material: granite[19], greywacke[20], slate[21], limestone[22], gabbro[23]
- Commons category: Harz[24]
- Has part(s): Upper Harz[25], Harz National Park[26], Harz Nature Park[27], Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park[28]
- Highest point: Brocken[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Harz[30]
- Commons gallery: Harz[31]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[32], Q39396302[33], Otto's encyclopedia[34], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[36], Q106437035[37], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[38], The American Cyclopædia[39], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[40], The New Student's Reference Work[41], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[42], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[43], Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[44]
- Official name: Harz[45]
- Different from: Harz[46]
- Length: 110 km[47]
- Elevation above sea level: 1141 m[48]
- Area: 2226 km²[49]
- Width: 40 km[50]
- Time period: Paleozoic[51]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Harz[52]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Harz[53]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Harz include Harzer[54]; Harzer Schmalspurbahnen[55], a transport company[56], in Germany[57], founded in 1993[58], headquartered in Wernigerode[59]; Harz National Park[60], a Nationalpark[61], in Germany[62], founded in 1990[63]; Hartz Mountains[64], a mountain range[65], in Australia[66]; and Harz Nature Park[67], a Naturpark[68], in Germany[69], founded in 1960[70].
Why It Matters
Harz has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[71] Harz is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[72]
Entities named for Harz include Harzer[54]; Harzer Schmalspurbahnen[55], a transport company[56], in Germany[57], founded in 1993[58], headquartered in Wernigerode[59]; Harz National Park[60], a Nationalpark[61], in Germany[62], founded in 1990[63]; Hartz Mountains[64], a mountain range[65], in Australia[66]; and Harz Nature Park[67], a Naturpark[68], in Germany[69], founded in 1960[70].