Büchenberg (Harz)
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Büchenberg (Harz)
City of Oberharz am Brocken
Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 24 ″ N , 10 ° 49 ′ 4 ″ E
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| Postal code : | 38875 |
| Area code : | 039454 |
 View from the Büchenberg to the Brocken
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Büchenberg is a settlement belonging to the town of Oberharz am Brocken , which is named after the mountain of the same name on the border of the county of Wernigerode . Above all, the iron ore mines , which were operated here on one of the largest iron ore deposits in Germany, on six levels and about 40 km of mine section , were known nationwide . The last mine ceased operations in 1970 and is now operated as the Büchenberg Erzgrube show mine .
In a landslide on June 28, 1963, considerable rock masses fell about 20 to 30 meters into the depth of a pinge and endangered, among other things, the Büchenberg forest inn, which was later demolished for safety reasons. There was no personal injury in this incident.
Localities and districts: City of Benneckenstein (Harz) | City of Elbingerode (Harz) | Misery | City of Hasselfelde (with Rotacker ) | Königshütte (Harz) | Rübeland cave site (with Neuwerk and Susenburg ) | Concern | Stairs | Fir tree | Trautenstein
Other locations: Büchenberg and Eggeröder Brunnen (to the city of Elbingerode) | Almond wood and Wietfeld (on misery) | Lüdershof and Neue Hütte (to Königshütte) | Kaltes Tal and Kreuztal (to Rübeland caves)