Treseburg is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, in

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. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town

Thale Thale () is a town in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt in central Germany. Located at the steep northeastern rim of the Harz mountain range, it is known for the scenic Bode Gorge stretching above the town centre. Geography The town is situated ...

Geography

Treseburg lies at the confluence of the Luppbode stream with the

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in the Bode Gorge, southwest of

, at an average height of . Below Treseburg (downstream) lies the

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of the Bode Gorge, through which a footpath, roughly 10 kilometres long, runs to Thale and the '' Rosstrappe''. This footpath is closed during the winter due to the danger of rockfalls. Another path leads over the hills to the '' Hexentanzplatz''.

History

The village owes its emergence to the mining of

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and

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in the 15th to 19th centuries. Until 1784 log rafts were also assembled here before being transported down the gorge to the Thale smelting works (''Thaler Hütte'').' On 19 April 1945, this was the site of the Treseburg massacre, in which the 18th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division captured and murdered 9 unarmed

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s near the village. On 1 July 2009 the hitherto independent municipality of Treseburg was incorporated into the borough of Thale.

Administration

Bürgermeister

The last ''Bürgermeister'' ("mayor" or "parish chairman") of the village of Treseburg was Jörg-Peter Hartmann.

Coat of arms

Blazoning: "Argent, above a red bridge crenellé, a red tower crenellé, two port-holes argent, between two spruce trees vert, in base a trout gules." (''"In Silber ein roter gezinnter Turm mit silbernen Durchbrüchen über eine rote gezinnte Brücke, begleitet von je einer grünen Fichte, unten eine schwarze Forelle."'') The coat-of-arms was created in 1995 by the municipal herald, Jörg Mantzsch, and entered into the approvals procedure. Approval by the Magdeburg city council was given on 1 April 1997.

Flag

The flag of the parish of Treseburg has red and silver (white) horizontal stripes emblazoned with its coat-of-arms.

Economy

Treseburg is a

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with cafés, restaurants and boarding houses. It is also the start and finish point for walks along the Bode Gorge.

Gallery

File:Weg zum Weißen Hirsch.jpg, Evening on the way to the Weißer Hirsch File:Treseburg_1900.jpg, Treseburg around 1900 File:Treseburg Kirche.jpg, The high street in Treseburg with its church File:Zahme Bode.jpg, The River Bode near Treseburg File:Treseburg01.jpg, The Bode crossing in Treseburg

References

{{Authority control Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Thale Villages in the Harz Duchy of Brunswick