Großer Burgberg

The Großer Burgberg is a ca. 483m high hill on the northern rim of the Harz mountains range, right on the edge of Bad Harzburg in Lower Saxony.GeographyIt is situated east of the valley of the Radau River, where it leaves the Harz range and flows through the northern foothills towards its confluence with the Oker. The southern outskirts of Bad Harzburg reach up to the foot of the forested slopes.North of the Großer Burgberg summit is the Kleiner Burgberg spur at 436.5m. Both peaks offer sweeping views over the town and the Northern Lowland. On the Burgberg plateau are foundations of medieval Harzburg Castle and the Canossa Column at 482.8m, erected in 1877 in the honour of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.Since 1929 the Burgberg Cable Car runs up to the summit from the Radau River and the B 4 federal road.