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Harz

British  
/ hɑːts /

plural noun

  1. a range of wooded hills in central Germany, between the Rivers Weser and Elbe: source of many legends. Highest peak: Brocken, 1142 m (3746 ft)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Katy Löwe runs one of them from Halberstadt, a town that lies at the northern foothills of Saxony-Anhalt's Harz Mountains, 120 miles west of Berlin.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

Authorities said that a 46-year-old woman was fatally injured by a falling tree in the Harz mountains in northern Germany.

From Washington Times Nov. 2, 2023

Harz does not believe that China will disrupt gallium trade flows over the next few years because that would quickly damage its own electronics industry.

From Reuters Jul. 11, 2023

It happened at a picnic in the Harz Mountains with Ernst Jünger, who “leaned over to pick up a sauerkraut and sausage roll, and his lederhosen split with a tremendous crack.”

From New York Times Jan. 11, 2023

The richest silver ores are in Norway, Spain, the Erzgebirge, and the Harz Mountains.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

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