Rübeland is a village 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 ...
. Since 2004, it has been given the additional description of ''Höhlenort'' ("cave site"). The sub-districts of Rübeland are
Susenburg, Kaltes Tal, Kreuztal and
Neuwerk
Neuwerk (; ; ''Archaic English'': New Werk or Newark) is a tidal island in the Wadden Sea ("Mudflat Sea") a marginal part of North Sea along the German coast. The population in 2023 was 21. Neuwerk is located northwest of Cuxhaven, between th ...
. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town
Oberharz am Brocken
Oberharz am Brocken () is a town in the Harz (district), Harz District, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2010 by the merger of the town of Elbingerode with the municipalities of the former ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ("coll ...
. Its population is 424 (2021).
Location
Rübeland lies in 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 ...
on the river
Bode. The
Rübeland Railway and
B 27 federal road run through it, a link road to the
B 81 branching off in the centre of the village. South of the village stretches the
Rappbode Reservoir. The bedrock in the region around Rübeland consists of
Middle
Middle or The Middle may refer to:
* Centre (geometry), the point equally distant from the outer limits.
Places
* Middle (sheading), a subdivision of the Isle of Man
* Middle Bay (disambiguation)
* Middle Brook (disambiguation)
* Middle Creek ...
to
Upper Devonian limestone
Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...
s of the
Elbingerode Complex, that break the surface as crags in the area of the Bode Valley.
[Béatrice Oesterreich: ''Geologische Wanderung um Rübeland''. In: Friedhart Knolle, Béatrice Oesterreich, Rainer Schulz und Volker Wrede: ''Der Harz - Geologische Exkursionen''. Perthes, Gotha 1997, ISBN 3-623-00659-9, pp. 164 ff.]
Places of interest
* ''Schornsteinberg'', a viewing point on a crag with excellent views of the valley and the village. Checkpoint no. 89 in the
Harzer Wandernadel
The Harzer Wandernadel is a system of hiking awards in the Harz mountains in central Germany. Hikers (or mountain bikers) can earn awards at different levels of challenge by walking to the various checkpoints in the network and stamping their ...
hiking network.
References
External links
Höhlenort Rübeland Rübeland Cave Games
Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt
Oberharz am Brocken
Duchy of Brunswick
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