Blankenburg (Harz)

Blankenburg
Blankenburg
Town
	Blankenburg seen from the Eichenberg to the west of the town
	Coat of arms
	Location of Blankenburg (Harz) within Harz district
	Blankenburg Blankenburg
	Coordinates: 51°47′43″N 10°57′44″E / 51.79528°N 10.96222°E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Harz
Subdivisions	6
Government
• Mayor (2022–29)	Heiko Breithaupt (CDU)
Area
• Total	148.91 km2 (57.49 sq mi)
Elevation	288 m (945 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	19,161
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	38889
Dialling codes	03944
Vehicle registration	HZ
Website	[1]

Blankenburg (Harz) is a town and health resort in the district of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, at the north foot of the Harz Mountains, 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Halberstadt.

It has been largely rebuilt since an 1836 fire, and possesses a castle with various collections, a museum of antiquities, an old town hall and churches. There are pine-needle baths and a psychiatric hospital. The nearby ridge of rocks called the Teufelsmauer ('Devil's Wall') offers views across the plain and into the deep gorges of the Harz.^[3]

^ Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 10 November 2022.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Blankenburg". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 41.

[1] Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 10 November 2022.

[2] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.

[EB1911-3] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Blankenburg". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 41.

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