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Blankenburg am Harz is a town and health resort in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, at the north foot of the Harz Mountains, 12 miles southwest of Halberstadt. Blankenburg is the seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") Blankenburg.
It has been in large part rebuilt since a fire in 1836, and possesses a castle, with various collections, a museum of antiquities, an old town hall and churches. There are pine-needle baths and a hospital for nervous diseases. Gardening is a speciality. In the vicinity is a cliff or ridge of rock called Teufelsmauer (Devils Wall), from which fine views are obtained across the plain and into the deep gorges of the Harz Mountains.
[edit] Notable people
- Joseph von Radowitz, general and politician, born February 6, 1797, died December 25, 1853 in Berlin
- Robert Koldewey, architect and archaeologist, born September 10, 1855, died February 4 1925 in Berlin
- Oswald Spengler, philosopher, born May 29, 1880, died May 8, 1936 in Munich
- Joachim Albrecht Eggeling, Nazi Gauleiter, born November 30, 1884, died April 15, 1945 in Moritzburg (Halle)
- Frederika of Hanover, queen consort of Paul of Greece, born April 18, 1917, died February 6, 1981 in Madrid
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