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is a heavily wooded range of hills, 20 km long and up to 5 km wide, in central
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runs through the woods, of which about three quarters is on Lower Saxon terrain. The
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219:Helmstedt - die Geschichte einer deutschen Stadt
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86:Watchtower on the former
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719:Categories
399:Upper Harz
394:Lower Harz
205:References
201:deposits.
199:brown coal
187:Cretaceous
132:Einlappens
106:sector of
64:watchtower
616:Rotenberg
601:Osterwald
591:Steinberg
556:Hellberge
491:Bückeberg
481:Amtsberge
389:High Harz
167:Magdeburg
112:Mariental
36:Helmstedt
671:Vorberge
636:Sauberge
631:Sandwald
626:Sackwald
581:Katzberg
566:Holzberg
541:Harplage
536:Hainberg
486:Bramwald
471:Ahlsburg
357:Lappwald
313:Mountain
195:Tertiary
179:Heidberg
159:medieval
124:Lapvualt
108:Autobahn
102:and the
68:Landwehr
54:Location
32:Lappwald
676:Vorholz
646:Solling
611:Reuberg
501:Deister
342:Drawehn
173:Geology
147:Walbeck
128:hunting
118:History
666:Vogler
656:Süntel
413:Lower
104:Harbke
681:Weper
551:Heber
546:Harrl
516:Elfas
183:horst
130:term
423:Gehn
352:Külf
337:Asse
315:and
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163:B 1
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