Elbingerode
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| District of Oberharz am Brocken | ||
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Elbingerode within Oberharz am Brocken
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| Coordinates: 51°46′10″N 10°48′11″E / 51.76944°N 10.80306°ECoordinates: 51°46′10″N 10°48′11″E / 51.76944°N 10.80306°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Saxony-Anhalt | |
| District | Harz | |
| Town | Oberharz am Brocken | |
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| • Total | 80.74 km2 (31.17 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 5,591 | |
| • Density | 69/km2 (180/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 38875 | |
| Dialling codes | 039454 | |
| Vehicle registration | HZ | |
| Website | www.elbingerode.de | |
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Elbingerode (Harz) is a district of Oberharz am Brocken in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The former town was incorporated into the newly established municipality on 1 January 2010.
It is situated in the eastern Harz mountain range, approximately 8 km (5.0 mi) south of neighbouring Wernigerode. The former municipal area comprised Elbingerode proper as well as the villages of Königshütte and Rübeland. The surrounding mountains were the site of numerous ore mines and ironworks, today the Drei Kronen & Ehrt mine and the Büchenberg Pit, run as show mines, are popular tourist destinations.
Cargo train service to several surrounding limestone pits is provided on the standard gauge Rübeland Railway link to Blankenburg, opened in 1886; the former continuation to Drei Annen Hohne station and the Harz Railway line was closed in 1965.
The lands around Elbingerode had been a feudal hunting ground since the Middle Ages, when it was part of the Harzgau territory within the Duchy of Saxony. King Henry the Fowler stayed several times at Bodfeld, a royal hunting lodge or Königspfalz, demonstrably in 935, as did his successors of the Ottonian and Salian dynasty. In 1056 Emperor Henry III died here on 5 October 1056 on a hunting excursion with Pope Victor II.
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