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HARZBURG
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the duchy of See also:Brunswick, beautifully situated in a deep and well-wooded vale at the See also:north See also:foot of the Harz Mountains, at the See also:terminus of the Brunswick-Harzburg railway, 5 M
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E.S.E. from See also:Goslar and 18 m
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S. from See also:Wolfenbuttel
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Pop
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(1905), 4396
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The Radau, a See also:mountain stream, descending from the See also:Brocken, See also:waters the valley and adds much to its picturesque See also:charm
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The town is much frequented as a summer See also:residence
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It possesses brine and carbonated springs, the Juliushall saline See also:baths being about a mile to the See also:south of the town, and a hydropathic See also:establishment
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A mile and a See also:half south from the town lies the Burgberg, 1500 ft. above See also:sea-level, on whose See also:summit, according to tradition, was once an See also:altar to the See also:heathen idol Krodo, still to be seen in the See also:Ulrich See also:chapel at Goslar
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There are on the summit of the See also: It was a frequent residence of See also:Otto IV., who died therein, and after being frequently besieged and taken, it passed to the See also:house of Brunswick . It ceased to be of importance as a fortress after the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War, and gradually See also:fell into ruins . See See also:Delius, Untersuchungen fiber See also:die Geschichte der Harzburg See also:Halberstadt, 1826) ; Dommes, Harzburg and See also:seine Umgebung Goslar, 1862) ; See also:Jacobs, Die Harzburg and ihre Geschichte (1885) ; and Stolle, Fuhrer von See also:Bad Harzburg (1899) . |
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