Elbingerode, Elbingerode, Landkreis Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany

Type:	Seat of a fourth-order administrative division
Mindat.org Region:	Elbingerode, Hattorf am Harz, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany
Region:	Elbingerode, Landkreis Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Latitude:	51° 39' 33" N
Longitude:	10° 16' 39" E
Lat/Long (dec):	51.65925,10.27771
Köppen climate type:	Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Population:	491 (2018)
Mindat Feature ID:	2931246
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:2931246:5
GUID:	0

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Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Ührde quarry (Rump & Salzmann quarry), Osterode am Harz, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 42' 23" N	10° 13' 2" E	6.7km (4.2 miles)
Niedersachsenwerk gypsum quarry, Förste, Osterode am Harz, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 43' 7" N	10° 11' 22" E	9.0km (5.6 miles)
Gypsum quarries, Osterode am Harz, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 44' 7" N	10° 13' 35" E	9.2km (5.7 miles)
Lerbach smelter, Lerbach, Osterode am Harz, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 44' 52" N	10° 17' 19" E	9.9km (6.1 miles)
Lichtenstein Cave, Förste, Osterode am Harz, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 43' 27" N	10° 10' 25" E	10.2km (6.3 miles)
Andreasbachtal quarry, Harz (Landkreis Göttingen), Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 37' 36" N	10° 25' 2" E	10.3km (6.4 miles)
Katzenstein quarry, Osterode am Harz, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 44' 30" N	10° 12' 33" E	10.3km (6.4 miles)
Floßberg Mine, Harz (Landkreis Göttingen), Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 38' 21" N	10° 25' 35" E	10.5km (6.5 miles)
Knollengrube, Harz (Landkreis Göttingen), Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 40' 1" N	10° 25' 47" E	10.5km (6.5 miles)
Lerbach, Osterode am Harz, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 45' 15" N	10° 17' 41" E	10.6km (6.6 miles)
Förste, Osterode am Harz, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 44' 27" N	10° 10' 42" E	11.4km (7.1 miles)
Frische Lutter vein (incl. Lutter adit; South Rothäuser adit; North Rothäuser adit), Bad Lauterberg, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 40' 18" N	10° 26' 29" E	11.4km (7.1 miles)
Hüttenteich, Lerbach, Osterode am Harz, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 47' 47" N	10° 25' 46" E	11.5km (7.1 miles)
Weintraube Mine, Lerbach, Osterode am Harz, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 45' 42" N	10° 18' 58" E	11.7km (7.3 miles)
Kupferhütte, Bad Lauterberg, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 38' 33" N	10° 27' 37" E	12.7km (7.9 miles)
Hoher Trost Mine, Bad Lauterberg, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 39' 12" N	10° 28' 8" E	13.2km (8.2 miles)
Barytwerk, Bad Lauterberg, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 37' 29" N	10° 27' 40" E	13.2km (8.2 miles)
Riefensbeek-Kamschlacken, Osterode am Harz, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 45' 23" N	10° 23' 19" E	13.2km (8.2 miles)
König Mine, Sieber, Herzberg am Harz, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 41' 53" N	10° 28' 4" E	13.8km (8.6 miles)
Wolkenhügel Mine, Harz (Landkreis Göttingen), Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 40' 24" N	10° 28' 37" E	13.9km (8.6 miles)
Diabas quarry, Harz (Landkreis Göttingen), Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 46' 54" N	10° 22' 32" E	15.2km (9.5 miles)
Huttaler Widerwaage adit, Harz (Landkreis Göttingen), Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 47' 8" N	10° 22' 37" E	15.6km (9.7 miles)
Lead smelter Clausthal slag locality (Frankenscharrn smelter slag locality), Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 48' 5" N	10° 17' 40" E	15.8km (9.8 miles)
Silver smelter slag locality, St Andreasberg, Braunlage, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 41' 43" N	10° 30' 12" E	16.1km (10.0 miles)
Meding shaft, Silbernaal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 48' 6" N	10° 17' 20" E	16.1km (10.0 miles)
Silbernaal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 48' 15" N	10° 17' 14" E	16.2km (10.1 miles)
Bergwerkswohlfahrt mine, Silbernaal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 48' 18" N	10° 16' 59" E	16.2km (10.1 miles)
Ernst August Stollen, Gittelde, Bad Grund, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 47' 45" N	10° 11' 27" E	16.3km (10.1 miles)
Wiemannsbucht mine (Tiefe-Georg-Stollen-Lichtloch), Bergstadt Bad Grund, Bad Grund, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 48' 22" N	10° 15' 34" E	16.4km (10.2 miles)
Stamp mill, Grund mine, Bergstadt Bad Grund, Bad Grund, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	51° 48' 17" N	10° 14' 3" E	16.5km (10.2 miles)

View of the Lerbach iron mining area, in 1899.

Lerbach smelter, Lerbach, Osterode am Harz, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany

View of the Osterode gypsum quarrying area, in 1912.

Gypsum quarries, Osterode am Harz, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany

Anhydrite

Niedersachsenwerk gypsum quarry, Förste, Osterode am Harz, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany

View of the Lerbach iron mining area, in 1899.

Lerbach smelter, Lerbach, Osterode am Harz, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany

View of the Osterode gypsum quarrying area, in 1912.

Gypsum quarries, Osterode am Harz, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany

Anhydrite

Niedersachsenwerk gypsum quarry, Förste, Osterode am Harz, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany

View of the Lerbach iron mining area, in 1899.

Lerbach smelter, Lerbach, Osterode am Harz, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany

View of the Osterode gypsum quarrying area, in 1912.

Gypsum quarries, Osterode am Harz, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany

Minerals recorded nearby (within 16.5 km)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

Eurasian Plate	Tectonic Plate
Rheno-Hercynian Belt, Eurasian Plate	Orogenic Belt
Europe	Continent
Germany	Country
Lower Saxony, Germany	State
Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	District
Hattorf am Harz, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	Collective Municipality
Elbingerode, Hattorf am Harz, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany	Municipality

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Regions in GADM Database

Region	GADM number
Germany, Niedersachsen, Osterode am Harz	86.9.229.0.0.0
Germany, Niedersachsen, Osterode am Harz, Hattorf am Harz	86.9.229.3087.0.0
Germany, Niedersachsen, Osterode am Harz, Hattorf am Harz, Elbingerode	86.9.229.3087.5660.0

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