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Harz Mountains

American  
[hahrts] / hɑrts /

plural noun

  1. a range of low mountains in central Germany between the Elbe and Weser rivers. Highest peak, Brocken, 3,745 feet (1,141 meters).


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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

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

His division was later stationed in the Netherlands, where Ciniero crossed the Rhine River and advanced to the Harz Mountains, the California National Guard's magazine, Grizzly, reported.

From Fox News Jul. 31, 2021

One way to settle the debate would be to check mining records: McCormick says silver and lead mining peaked in the mines of the Harz Mountains in Germany before this period.

From Science Magazine Mar. 30, 2020

There was but one picture—a magazine color-plate of a steep-roofed village in the Harz Mountains which suggested kobolds and maidens with golden hair.

From Main Street by Lewis, Sinclair

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