Blankenburg | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Blankenburg_wr.jpg) Blankenburg seen from the Eichenberg to the west of the town | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:DEU_Blankenburg_(Harz)_COA.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Blankenburg (Harz) within Harz district  | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Germany_adm_location_map.svg)  Blankenburg &sq=&lang=&file=File:Saxony-Anhalt_location_map.svg) Blankenburg | |
| Coordinates: 51°47′43″N 10°57′44″E / 51.79528°N 10.96222°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony-Anhalt |
| District | Harz |
| Subdivisions | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–29) | Heiko Breithaupt[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 148.91 km2 (57.49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 288 m (945 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 19,161 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 38889 |
| Dialling codes | 03944 |
| Vehicle registration | HZ |
| Website | [1] |
Blankenburg (Harz) is a town and health resort in the district of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, at the north foot of the Harz Mountains, 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Halberstadt.
It has been largely rebuilt since an 1836 fire, and possesses a castle with various collections, a museum of antiquities, an old town hall and churches. There are pine-needle baths and a psychiatric hospital. The nearby ridge of rocks called the Teufelsmauer ('Devil's Wall') offers views across the plain and into the deep gorges of the Harz.[3]
- ^ Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Blankenburg". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 41.
