Austberg

#952 among destinations in Germany

Nature, Natural attraction, Hill

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The Austberg, also called the Augsberg or Augstberg, is a low hill, 292 m above sea level, in the northern Harz Foreland near the village of Benzingerode in the district of Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°50'16"N, 10°51'35"E

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Saxony-AnhaltGermany

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Austberg – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Wernigerode Castle, Michaelstein Abbey, Armeleuteberg, Medieval Town Hall.

2.9 miW
Romantic hilltop castle and lavish decor
Wernigerode Castle, Wernigerode
75 min walk • Wernigerode Castle is a schloss located in the Harz mountains above the town of Wernigerode in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The present-day building, finished in the late 19th century, is similar in style to Schloss Neuschwanstein, though its foundations are much older.
3.1 miSE
Museum, Music venue, Monastery
Michaelstein Abbey, Blankenburg
79 min walk • Michaelstein Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery, now the home of the Stiftung Kloster Michaelstein - Musikinstitut für Aufführungspraxis, near the town of Blankenburg in the Harz in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.
3.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Armeleuteberg, Wernigerode
94 min walk • The Armeleuteberg is a 478-metre-high hill south of Wernigerode in the district of Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1902 the Kaiserturm, an observation tower, has stood on its summit.
3.2 miW
Historical place, Architecture, City hall
Medieval Town Hall, Wernigerode
83 min walk • Wernigerode Town Hall is the town hall of the city of Wernigerode in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
2.3 miE
Forts and castles
Heimburg Castle
59 min walk • Heimburg Castle, also called the Altenburg or Alteburg, is a ruined castle on an oval hilltop about 330 metres above sea level which is located just north of the Harz Mountains in central Germany.
3.5 miS
Forts and castles
Bodfeld
90 min walk • Bodfeld was a small royal palace or lodge that was primarily established for hunting purposes and, when the town of Elbingerode emerged, for the administration of ore mining in the central Harz that underpinned the power of the Ottonian and Salian kings and emperors in medieval Europe.
0.6 miSE
Forts and castles
Struvenburg
15 min walk • The Struvenburg was a medieval castle immediately east of Benzingerode, a village in the borough of Wernigerode in the district of Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Today only a few earthworks remain. Very little is known about this castle. The name may be derived from the adjective struf = scrubby or rough.
3.3 miW
Museum, Specialty museum
Harz Museum, Wernigerode
84 min walk • The Harz Museum Wernigerode is the municipal museum in Wernigerode in the Harz Mountains.
3.7 miSW
Tower
Kaiser Tower, Wernigerode
94 min walk • The Kaiser Tower is an observation tower standing on the 478-metre-high hill of Armeleuteberg on the territory of the German town of Wernigerode.
2.4 miW
Outdoor activities, Park, Zoo
Christianental, Wernigerode
61 min walk • The Christianental is a side valley of the Mühlental in the borough of Wernigerode in the Harz Mountains of central Germany. It lies between the Agnesberg, the hill on which Wernigerode Castle stands, and the Fenstermacherberg.
3.1 miS
Monastery
Volkmarskeller
79 min walk • Volkmarskeller is the name of a cave that used to have a church next to it in the vicinity of Blankenburg in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

Austberg

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Austberg – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)