Stapelburg
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| Ortsteil of Nordharz | ||
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Location of Stapelburg within Harz district
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| Coordinates: 51°54′4″N 10°39′49″E / 51.90111°N 10.66361°ECoordinates: 51°54′4″N 10°39′49″E / 51.90111°N 10.66361°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Saxony-Anhalt | |
| District | Harz | |
| Municipality | Nordharz | |
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| • Total | 11.74 km2 (4.53 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 242 m (794 ft) | |
| Population (2006-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 1,391 | |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 38871 | |
| Dialling codes | 039452 | |
| Vehicle registration | HZ | |
Stapelburg is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the Nordharz municipality.
It is located at the northern foot of the Harz mountain range and Harz National Park, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of the town of Ilsenburg. The small Ecker river in the west, a tributary of the Oker, forms the border with the town of Bad Harzburg in Lower Saxony.
The settlement has access to the Bundesstraße 6 federal highway running from the Bundesautobahn 395 near Goslar to Halle and the Bundesautobahn 14. Stapelburg station is served by the Vienenburg-Halberstadt railway line.
Stapelburg Castle was first mentioned in a 1306 deed as a property of the Counts of Wernigerode; it was meant to protect and control the trade route to the Imperial City of Goslar near the border with the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Prior to that an Imperial castle, mentioned as Ahlsburg in the 14th century, was erected a few kilometres south-southwest in the Harz mountains on a spur high above the Ecker valley.
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