Village

Torfhaus

Located in Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Landkreis Goslar Coordinates: 51°48′05″ N 10°32′14″ E

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Elevation: 802 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go: July–August; See the climate
Airports: KSF Kassel Airport90 km; HAJ Hannover Airport94 km

About Torfhaus

Torfhaus is a village. Location: Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Landkreis Goslar. Elevation: 802 m.

From Wikipedia

Torfhaus is a village in the borough of the mining town of Altenau in the Harz mountains of Germany and lies at a height of about 800 m above sea level (NN). It is the highest settlement in Lower Saxony. This small settlement consists mainly of restaurants, youth hostels, ski huts and large car parks. A resort area with hotel and cabins was built in 2012/2013. The B 4 federal road, which is a major traffic route, runs from Brunswick to the north via Torfhaus to Braunlage and on into the South and East Harz.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Official website: altenau.de

Source: Wikidata

Photos of Torfhaus

Kassandro · CC BY-SA 3.0
Olaf Meister · CC BY-SA 4.0
Tanja Küllmer · CC BY-SA 4.0
Olaf Meister · CC BY-SA 4.0
Gerd Fahrenhorst · CC BY 4.0

Climate of Torfhaus

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: July–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 4° · Night -1° · Rain 134 mm

Hottest month: August (day 18°)
Coldest month: January (night -5°)
Wettest month: December (160 mm)
Driest month: May (79 mm)

0° -5°

3° -3°

7° -1°

13° 4°

16° 7°

17° 9°

18° 9°

13° 6°

9° 3°

4° -1°

1° -4°

Jan

141

Feb

101

Mar

129

Apr

May

Jun

111

Jul

106

Aug

Sep

101

Oct

115

Nov

134

Dec

160

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table

Climate of Torfhaus
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	0°	0°	3°	7°	13°	16°	17°	18°	13°	9°	4°	1°
Average low (°C)	-5°	-5°	-3°	-1°	4°	7°	9°	9°	6°	3°	-1°	-4°
Precipitation (mm)	141	101	129	89	79	111	106	97	101	115	134	160

Other places to visit in this season: July August

How to get to Torfhaus

The nearest airport is Kassel Airport (KSF), 90 km to the southwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Salzgitter, 40 km to the north.

Airports

Kassel Airport (KSF) Calden 90 kmsouthwest
Hannover Airport (HAJ) Hannover 94 kmnorthwest
Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF) Erfurt 96 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

Salzgitter Population: 105K 40 kmnorth
Göttingen Population: 122.1K 51 kmsouthwest
Braunschweig Population: 244.7K 52 kmnorth
Wolfsburg Population: 123.1K 71 kmnorth
Magdeburg Population: 244.3K 84 kmnortheast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Torfhaus

Within 100 km: 476 historic and cultural sites, 3,922 natural sites, 803 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km623 places

Schalk River 8 kmNW
Zillerbachtalsperre Lake 16 kmE
Unter Hahnebalzer Teich Lake 16 kmW
Steinbruchsteich Lake 23 kmS

25–60 km1,689 places

Bere River 32 kmSE
Aue River 33 kmNE
Aue River 26 kmNE
Tietal Lake 51 kmE

60–100 km2,889 places

Buchenwald concentration camp Historic site 100 kmSE
Wiehe River 87 kmN
Sarre River 61 kmE
Ohe River 70 kmNW

Straight-line distances.

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Lerchenköpfe Mountain, Clausthal-Zellerfeld
0.3 km W
NDR-Sendemast Torfhaus Landmark, Clausthal-Zellerfeld
0.3 km W
Richtfunkturm Torfhaus Landmark, Clausthal-Zellerfeld
0.7 km N
Telekom-Sendemast Torfhaus Landmark, Clausthal-Zellerfeld
0.8 km N
Dänenkopf Mountain, Lower Saxony
1.7 km N
Abbenstein Mountain, Lower Saxony
2.2 km NE