That resin, in the Middle Ages hard (= "mountain forest ") mentioned, is the northernmost low mountain range in Germany and the highest mountains of Northern Germany. The countries Lower Saxony, Saxonia-Anhalt and Thuringia have portion of the resin. That breaking, highest mountain into of the resin, applies since the late Middle Ages as the most famous "witch meeting place "in Europe, which also Goethe in its fist describes.

Geografie, general

The mountains are 110 km long and 30-40 km broad, cover a surface of 2.226 km and are enough from the line salt lattice Goettingen up to the Luther city ice life. It is divided into the lower Unterharz in the southeast with heights up to 400 m - whose high surfaces are also agrarian usable - and the higher summits of the majority of wooded Upper Harz in the northwest, which reaches heights up to 800 m. Upper and Unterharz are separated by a line, which pulls itself from Wernigerode to bath loud mountain, from each other. Only the breaking into massif rises over 1.000 m NN. Its highest mountain is that breaking (1,141 m into), its Nebengipfel is southwest in the southeast the (1,044 m) and the king mountain (1,023 m). Further outstanding collections of the resin are the field break mountain elevator course (927 m), the figure eight man height (925 m) and the worm mountain (971 m) with brown situation.

That resin is a Schollengebirge, which drops after the west and northeast relatively steeply and flattens themselves to the south gradually. The mountains are cut through by several deep valleys. In the resin is the national park resin, which was formed 2006 as the first landspreading national park of Germany from both national park already existing the resin (Lower Saxony) and high resin (Saxonia-Anhalt). Approximately around the mountains the expanded resin before country lies.

That resin is geologically the most varied of the German low mountain ranges, whereby cousin-poor rocks outweigh by far. Its landscapes are characterized by steep mountain ranges, block waste dumps, Hochebenen with many Hochmooren and elongated, narrow valleys, of which the Bodetal with its places Wendefurth, Treseburg, Altenbrak and Thale one the most well-known is.

Unfolding took place mainly during a salient phase of the in the context of the variskischen Gebirgsbildung before 350 to 250 million years. In this time of geologic history developed in Western Europe numerous high mountains, among other things Fichtel and Rheini slate mountains. They were eroded however by their high situation (up to 4 km) strongly and covered later by mesozoischen rocks, so that they protrude usually only as "variszische islands "between these.

History

After the year 174 began the large Suebenauszug, which depopulated the country of the Havel up to the resin. Into the area left by the Sueben the people that originating from care in Sweden moved warning and Heruler in, of which all were created the places, their names up - live (= deduction, inheritance) to end. Until into the eastern part resin gau have they established, as the places Weddersleben, Harsleben and way lives to testify.

The resin gau first in a document of the emperor Ludwig of the pious one from the year 814, in the high-German form Hartingowe is called. After the yearbooks from Fulda to the year 852 the resin gau by the Haruden and called after them the Harudengau (Harudorum pagus) was inhabited. Harud, from which hard, hard, became resin, means forest, forest mountains, and the Haruden is on or inhabitants of the Harud.

Recent origin are the settlements with the naming - rode, those only since the center 9. Century in resin gau are provable. From where the founders of these places came, is unknown.

Resin fortress 1945

The resin fortress was one of the largest boilers in the final fight for Germany 1945. In February/March 1945 the realm leader of the SS, proclaimed Heinrich Himmler, the resin fortress for the defense of Central Germany before the westallied. Headquarters lay with bright castle. To the mobilized units the divisions of the 11 belonged. Army, divisions of the weapon SS and the people storm. As the 1. US army north living (south resin) reached and further northward to advance wanted, met it on persistent resistance, particularly in the mountains around the range of the cities Ilfeld and Ellrich. Only to 7. May 1945 the last federations of the 11 capitulated. Army and the weapon SS in the mountains of the resin. There troops of the people storm unite deliberately the end of war by their commanders were concealed, fought them still far into May against the Americans.

Former German-German border

By the western third "the German-German border ran "between east and west to 1990. The breaking into plateau and further resin summits close to the border were a large military restricted area, into which on 3 December 1989 demonstrating Wanderer came for the first time. The tourism for breaking into became since then very intensively, other heights and nature beautifulnesses is however still nearly forgotten: And beech forests, bath lakes and mountain brooks and cliffs, lovely meadow valleys, Goethe traces and Trekkingtouren clears jungles. But also dry of forests and forest damage from the GDR time are to be found.

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