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1Quedlinburg  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 121
Lat/Lng : 51.7917 / 11.1472
Quedlinburg is a town situated just north of the Harz mountains, in the district of Harz in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. In 1994, the castle, church and old town were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Quedlinburg has a population of more than 24,000 (...)
2Quedlinburg Abbey  
FeatureType : landmark
Elevation : 139
Lat/Lng : 51.7859 / 11.1368
Quedlinburg Abbey (or) was a house of secular canonesses (Frauenstift) in Quedlinburg in what is now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.Hans-Erich Weirauch: Die Güterpolitik des Stiftes Quedlinburg im Mittelalter. In: Sachsen und Anhalt, 13; (Magdeburg 1937) p117–181 (...)
3 Harz  
FeatureType : mountain
Elevation : 719
Lat/Lng : 51.75 / 10.6333
The Harz is a Mittelgebirge that has the highest elevations in Northern Germany and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name Harz derives from the Middle High German word Hardt or Hart (hill forest), Latinized as Hercynia (...)
4 Michaelstein Abbey  
FeatureType : landmark
Elevation : 254
Lat/Lng : 51.8061 / 10.9142
Michaelstein Abbey (Kloster Michaelstein) is a former Cistercian monastery, now the home of the Stiftung Kloster Michaelstein - Musikinstitut für Aufführungspraxis ("Michaelstein Abbey Foundation - Music Institute for Performance"), near the town of Blankenburg in the Harz in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (...)
5 Halle (Saale)  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 110
Lat/Lng : 51.4667 / 11.9667
Halle (Saale) is a city in the southern part of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. Halle is an economic and educational center in central-eastern Germany. The University of Halle-Wittenberg is the largest university in Saxony-Anhalt, one of the oldest universities in Germany, and a nurturing ground for (...)
6 Potsdam  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 44
Lat/Lng : 52.3958 / 13.0614
Potsdam is the capital and largest city of the German federal state of Brandenburg. It directly borders the German capital, Berlin, and is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel southwest of Berlin's city centre (...)
7 Möckern  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 63
Lat/Lng : 52.1406 / 11.9525
Möckern is a town in the Jerichower Land district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated east of Magdeburg. It is part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") Möckern-Loburg-Fläming. The Battle of Möckern took place south of the town in 1813. (...)
8 Esztergom  
FeatureType : city
Elevation : 107
Lat/Lng : 47.7856 / 18.7403
Esztergom (listen, , , known by), is a city in northern Hungary, northwest of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom county, on the right bank of the river Danube, which forms the border with Slovakia there (...)
9Quedlinburg (district)  
FeatureType : adm3rd
Elevation : 139
Lat/Lng : 51.8 / 11.15
Quedlinburg was a district (Kreis) in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Wernigerode, Halberstadt, Bördekreis, Aschersleben-Staßfurt, Mansfelder Land, Sangerhausen and the district Nordhausen in Thuringia. (...)
10Harz (district)  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 202
Lat/Lng : 51.82 / 10.96
Harz is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. (...)
11Bad Suderode  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 213
Lat/Lng : 51.7331 / 11.1167
Bad Suderode is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2014, it has for administrative purposes been included as part of the municipality of Quedlinburg. , 12 December 2013 (...)
12Gernrode  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 225
Lat/Lng : 51.7244 / 11.1392
Gernrode is a historic town and former municipality in the Harz District, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2014, it has been part of Quedlinburg. , 12 December 2013. It was the seat of the former Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("municipal association") of Gernrode/Harz (...)
13Quedlinburg station  
FeatureType : railwaystation
Elevation : 120
Lat/Lng : 51.7853 / 11.1527
Quedlinburg station is a station on the Magdeburg–Thale railway in Quedlinburg in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It was built in 1862 as a through station on the southern edge of the town. The Gothic Revival entrance building of 1862, together with the other parts of the nearly complete (...)
14 Lithuania  
FeatureType : country
Elevation : 137
Lat/Lng : 54.6833 / 25.2667
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania , is a country in the Baltic region of northern-eastern Europe. Since its independence, Lithuania has been referred to as one of the Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, to the east of Sweden and Denmark (...)
15 Berlin State Library  
FeatureType : landmark
Elevation : 41
Lat/Lng : 52.5174 / 13.3917
The Berlin State Library (; officially abbreviated as SBB, colloquially Stabi) is a universal library in Berlin, Germany and a property of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. It is one of the largest libraries in Europe, and one of the most important academic research libraries in the (...)
16Harzgerode  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 393
Lat/Lng : 51.6406 / 11.1392
Harzgerode is a town in the district of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. (...)
17 Huysburg  
FeatureType : landmark
Elevation : 302
Lat/Lng : 51.9602 / 11.0019
Huysburg is a Benedictine monastery situated on the Huy hill range near Halberstadt, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The Romanesque abbey has existed since about 1080 and was secularised in 1804. A new Benedictine community was founded in 1972 and is headed by a prior since 1984. (...)
18Rieder  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 193
Lat/Lng : 51.7333 / 11.1667
Rieder is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 December 2013, it is part of the town Ballenstedt. Between 1 January 2011 and 19 February 2013, it was part of the town Quedlinburg (...)
19Aulnoye-Aymeries  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 144
Lat/Lng : 50.205 / 3.8364
Aulnoye-Aymeries is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Before the opening of the high-speed railway line between Brussels and Paris, the railway station of Aulnoye-Aymeries was a major junction, where the lines Paris–Brussels and Calais–Lille–Thionville connected. (...)
20Blankenburg (Harz)  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 196
Lat/Lng : 51.7953 / 10.9622
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, southwest of Halberstadt. It has been in large part rebuilt since a fire in 1836, and possesses a castle, with various collections, a museum of antiquities, an (...)