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Harz

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/ 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)

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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 said his Chinese suppliers were providing authorities with data needed to obtain export licences.

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

Harz Forests destroyed in Elend, Germany from December 1995 to December 2020.

From The Verge • Apr. 22, 2022

This aspect of the Culm is found in Saxony, where there are workable coals, in Bohemia, Thuringia, the Fichtelgebirge, the Harz, where the beds are traversed by mineral veins, and in Moravia and Silesia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various