Meisdorf is a village in the town of Falkenstein/Harz in the district of

Harz The Harz (), also called the Harz Mountains, is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' der ...

in the German state of

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...

Location

Meisdorf lies at the eastern foot of the

Harz Mountains The Harz (), also called the Harz Mountains, is a Mittelgebirge, highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The nam ...

in the east of the

Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park The Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park () is situated n the districts of Harz and Mansfeld-Südharz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The nature park which lies in the Harz Mountains was founded in 2003 and has an area of around 1,660 km2. It ...

at around . The River Selke flows through it and forms a valley (''Selketal'') in the Lower Harz and

Mansfeld Land Mansfeld Land () is a region in the southwestern corner of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The region derives its name from the counts of Mansfeld, who ruled this region for about 1,000 years. Geography In the west and northwest, Mansfeld La ...

. Southwest of Meisdorf above the river lies the ruins of

Anhalt Castle Anhalt Castle () is a ruined medieval fortification near the town of Harzgerode in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Location The castle is located in the eastern, lower part of the Harz mountain range (''Unterharz''). The ruins stand on the Großer Hausbe ...

, the preserved medieval castle of

Falkenstein Falkenstein or Falckenstein ("falcons' stone" in German) may refer to: Places Austria * Falkenstein, Lower Austria, a market town in the district of Mistelbach Germany * Falkenstein, Bavaria, a market town in the district of Cham * Falke ...

and the sites of

Old Falkenstein Castle Old Falkenstein Castle ( or ''Burg Alt-Falkenstein'') in the Harz Mountains of Germany is the castle site or ''burgstall'' of a high medieval hill castle. It lies on the territory of Falkenstein/Harz in the state of Saxony-Anhalt in the district o ...

and the Ackeburg.

References

Literature

* Sven Frotscher: ''Burg Falkenstein und Schloß Meisdorf.'' Ed. Leipzig, Leipzig, 1995, * Heimatverein Meisdorf (ed.): ''Chronik der Gemeinde Meisdorf.'' Meisdorf, 2005 (self-publication)

External links

''Meisdorf''
at falkenstein-harz.de

at heimatverein-meisdorf.de {{Authority control Falkenstein, Saxony-Anhalt Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt