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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 73. Chapters: Sudetes, Black Forest, Westerwald, Harz, Thuringian Forest, Fichtelgebirge, Ore Mountains, Rhon Mountains, List of mountains and hills of Thuringia, Gladenbach Uplands, List of mountain and hill ranges in Germany, Salzgitter Hills, Swabian Alps, Suderbergland, Ammergau Alps, Arnsberg Forest Nature Park, Baumberge, Kellerwald, Palatinate Forest, Stemweder Berg, Beckum Hills, Zittau Mountains, Thuringian Highland, Wiehen Hills, Elbe Sandstone Mountains, Eastern Ore Mountains, Ardey Hills, Rehburg Hills, Upper Palatinate Forest, Ahr Hills, Sauberge, Northern Limestone Alps, Eastern Alps, Taunus, Allgau Alps, Lennegebirge, Saalhausen Hills, Schurwald, Bavarian Forest, Ebbegebirge, Chiemgau Alps, Lusatian Mountains, Hunsruck, Lusatian Highlands, Flaming Heath, Wetterstein, Vogelsberg Mountains, Lippe Uplands, Franconian Forest, Ester Mountains, Spessart, Eggegebirge, Waldstein, Asse, Tegernsee Mountains, Haardt, Habichtswald. Excerpt: The Harz is the highest mountain range in northern Germany and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The name Harz derives from the Middle High German word Hardt or Hart (mountain forest). The legendary Brocken is the highest summit in the Harz with a height of 1,141.1 metres (3,744 ft) above sea level. The Wurmberg (971 metres (3,186 ft)) is the highest peak located entirely within Lower Saxony. Panorama in the Harz Mountains. From left to right: the peaks of the Rehberg, the Achtermannshohe, the Brocken and the Wurmberg. Sender Brocken at the summit in winterThe Harz has a length of 110 kilometres (68 mi), stretching from the town of Seesen in the northwest to Eisleben in the east, and a width of 35 kilometres (22 mi). It occupies an area of 2,226 square kilometres (859 sq mi), and is divided into the Upper Harz (Oberharz) in the northwest, ...
