Ilsenburg
Ilsenburg | |
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![]() Ilsenburg about 1900 | |
Location of Ilsenburg within Harz district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 51°52′N 10°41′E / 51.867°N 10.683°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Saxony-Anhalt |
District | Harz |
Subdivisions | 4 |
Government | |
• Mayor (2023–30) | Denis Loeffke[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 62.97 km2 (24.31 sq mi) |
Elevation | 267 m (876 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 9,477 |
• Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 38865–38871 |
Dialling codes | 039452, 03943 |
Vehicle registration | HZ |
Website | www |
Ilsenburg (German: [ˈɪlzn̩ˌbʊʁk] ) is a town in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. It is situated under the north foot of the Harz Mountains, at the entrance to the Ilse valley with its little river, the Ilse, a tributary of the Oker, about six 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west of the town of Wernigerode. It received town privileges in 1959. Owing to its surrounding of forests and mountains as well as its position on the edge of the Harz National Park, Ilsenburg is a popular tourist resort. Since 2002, it is officially an air spa.
History
The old castle, Schloss Ilsenburg, lying on a high crag above the town, was originally an imperial stronghold and probably built by
After the
Geography
Ilsenburg is between Wernigerode (Saxony-Anhalt) in the east and Bad Harzburg (Lower Saxony) in the west through the Ilsetal. The Brocken is reachable through the Heinrich-Heine-Weg, that goes along the Scharfenstein and Kleiner Brocken. Ilsenburg is near the Harz National Park. To the west, there is the Harzer Grenzweg at the Green Belt Germany, which goes along the inner German border.
Town divisions
The town Ilsenburg consists of Ilsenburg proper and the Ortschaften (municipal divisions) Darlingerode and Drübeck.[4] Darlingerode and Drübeck were independent municipalities until they were absorbed by Ilsenburg in July 2009.[5] Other localities within the town are Plessenburg (part of Ilsenburg proper) and Oehrenfeld (part of Drübeck).
Places of interest
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- Am Kruzifix
- Ilsenburg Abbey
- Ilsenburg House
- Ilse valley and Princess Ilse
- Ilsestein
- Froschfelsen
- Market place and chemist's
- Krug Bridge over the Ilse
- former Ilsenburg Factory, today used as a residence
- Bremen Hut, a checkpoint on the Harzer Wandernadel and refuge hut in the Ilse valley
Transport
Ilsenburg has access to the
At the Ilsenburg
Twin town
References
- Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Hauptsatzung, Stadt Ilsenburg, May 2020.
- Statistisches Bundesamt
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ilsenburg". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 14 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 328. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
External links
- Official site
- Ilsenburg Abbey Archived 2016-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
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