Bad Harzburg: Spa Town at the Northern Harz Edge with Baumwipfelpfad and Burgberg Cable Car
Bad Harzburg sits at the northern edge of the Harz mountains in the Goslar district of Niedersachsen. The Burgberg cable car, Germany's oldest large cable car built in 1929, carries visitors to the hilltop where a ruined imperial castle stands. The Baumwipfelpfad, a treetop walkway through old-growth spruce and beech forest, opened in 2015 and has become one of the Harz region's main attractions. Roughly 22,950 people live here. The town holds spa status and its Solebad thermal baths draw on natural brine sources.
Goslar, the UNESCO-listed imperial town, is about 10 kilometres to the south. Braunschweig lies roughly 40 kilometres to the north. Wernigerode in Sachsen-Anhalt is across the former inner-German border to the east. The Harz National Park, home to Germany's northernmost significant mountain range, begins at Bad Harzburg's southern edge. The Eckertalsperre reservoir marks the former border between West and East Germany.
Horse racing has a long tradition in Bad Harzburg. The Galopprennbahn, a racecourse in the town's park area, hosts meetings that attract visitors from across the region.
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Bad Harzburg sits at the northern edge of the Harz mountains in the Goslar district of Niedersachsen. The Burgberg cable car, Germany's oldest large cable car built in 1929, carries visitors to the hilltop where a ruined imperial castle stands. The Baumwipfelpfad, a treetop walkway through old-growth spruce and beech forest, opened in 2015 and has become one of the Harz region's main attractions. Roughly 22,950 people live here. The town holds spa status and its Solebad thermal baths draw on natural brine sources.
Goslar, the UNESCO-listed imperial town, is about 10 kilometres to the south. Braunschweig lies roughly 40 kilometres to the north. Wernigerode in Sachsen-Anhalt is across the former inner-German border to the east. The Harz National Park, home to Germany's northernmost significant mountain range, begins at Bad Harzburg's southern edge. The Eckertalsperre reservoir marks the former border between West and East Germany.
Horse racing has a long tradition in Bad Harzburg. The Galopprennbahn, a racecourse in the town's park area, hosts meetings that attract visitors from across the region.
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