Blankenburg am Harz

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
image_photo = Blankenburg um 1900.jpg
image_caption = Blankenburg about 1900
Wappen = Wappen_Blankenburg_(Harz).pnglat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 47 |lat_sec = 43
lon_deg = 10 |lon_min = 57 |lon_sec = 44
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Sachsen-Anhalt
Landkreis = Harz
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Blankenburg
Höhe = 288
Fläche = 45.23
Einwohner = 15553
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 38889
Vorwahl = 03944
Kfz = HZ
Gemeindeschlüssel = 15 0 85 055
Gliederung = 6
Adresse-Verband = Harzstraße 3
38889 Blankenburg (Harz)
Website = [http://www.blankenburg.de/pages/english/eindex.html www.blankenburg.de]
Bürgermeister = Hanns-Michael Noll
Partei = CDU

Blankenburg am Harz is a town and health resort in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, at the north foot of the Harz Mountains, convert|12|mi|km southwest of Halberstadt. Blankenburg is the seat of the "Verwaltungsgemeinschaft" ("collective municipality") Blankenburg.

It has been in large part rebuilt since a fire in 1836, and possesses a castle, with various collections, a museum of antiquities, an old town hall and churches. There are pine-needle baths and a hospital for nervous diseases. Gardening is a speciality. In the vicinity is a cliff or ridge of rock called Teufelsmauer (Devils Wall), from which fine views are obtained across the plain and into the deep gorges of the Harz Mountains.

Notable people

*Joseph von Radowitz, general and politician, born February 6, 1797, died December 25, 1853 in Berlin
*Robert Koldewey, architect and archaeologist, born September 10, 1855, died February 4 1925 in Berlin
*Oswald Spengler, philosopher, born May 29, 1880, died May 8, 1936 in Munich
*Joachim Albrecht Eggeling, Nazi Gauleiter, born November 30, 1884, died April 15, 1945 in Moritzburg (Halle)
*Frederika of Hanover, queen consort of Paul of Greece, born April 18, 1917, died February 6, 1981 in Madrid

Twin town

*Herdecke, North Rhine-Westphalia

ee also

*County of Blankenburg