Blankenburg (Harz) - Culture and Places of Interest

Culture and Places of Interest

  • Above the town to the south on the hill of Blankenstein (334 m) is Blankenburg Castle
  • The Little Castle (Kleine Schloss) with its baroque gardens belongs to the network of Saxony-Anhalt Garden Dreams
  • The town hall stems from the renaissance period (internally older, later converted).
  • Above the town hall is the medieval parish church of St. Bartholomew. In the tower and the chancel of the church there are late romanesque section of wall from around 1200. The statues of benefactors in the chancel, probably around 1300, belong to the other successors of the Naumburg benefactors statues.
  • The town of Blankenburg (Harz) has picturesque villas from the turn of the 20th century.
  • Also worth seeing are the historic gardens (baroque garden, castle park, pheasant garden, animal park).
  • On the edge of the town lies the former robber baron castle and fortress of Regenstein.
  • Regenstein Mill (Regenstein-Mühle) in the woods west of Regenstein Castle, an old mill with water channels carved out of the rock (Harzer Wandernadel checkpoint no. 82).
  • The Teufelsmauer (Devil's Wall), a bizarre sandstone rock formation and geological natural monument
  • The Ziegenkopf ridge and nature reserve.
  • Remains of the Luisenburg castle.
  • The sand caves of Sandhöhlen im Heers in the woods below Regenstein Castle which are also thought to be a Germanic cult site or thingstead (Harzer Wandernadel checkpoint no. 81).

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