Osterode am Harz
Located in Landkreis Göttingen, Lower Saxony Coordinates: 51°43′54″ N 10°14′24″ E
- Population
- 21,598
- 21.6K
- Elevation
- 211 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
- Places inside
- 39
- listed under Osterode am Harz
- Airports
- KSF Kassel Airport68 km
- HAJ Hannover Airport90 km
About Osterode am Harz
Osterode am Harz is a village. Location: Landkreis Göttingen, Lower Saxony. Population: 21,598. Elevation: 211 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Kassel Airport (68 km). Nearby sights include Große Bremke and Knöppelberg.
Climate of Osterode am Harz
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 80 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 22°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -2°)
- Wettest month
- December (91 mm)
- Driest month
- February (59 mm)
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).
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 3° | 4° | 8° | 12° | 17° | 20° | 22° | 22° | 17° | 13° | 7° | 4° |
| Average low (°C) | -2° | -2° | 1° | 3° | 8° | 11° | 12° | 12° | 9° | 5° | 2° | -1° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 79 | 59 | 76 | 60 | 72 | 87 | 84 | 78 | 72 | 71 | 80 | 91 |
How to get to Osterode am Harz
The nearest airport is Kassel Airport (KSF), 68 km to the southwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Göttingen, 31 km to the southwest.
Airports
- Kassel Airport (KSF) Calden 68 kmsouthwest
- Hannover Airport (HAJ) Hannover 90 kmnorthwest
- Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF) Erfurt 98 kmsoutheast
Nearby large cities
- Göttingen Population: 122.1K 31 kmsouthwest
- Salzgitter Population: 105K 49 kmnorth
- Braunschweig Population: 244.7K 63 kmnorth
- Kassel Population: 197.2K 69 kmsouthwest
- Hanover Population: 515.1K 79 kmnorthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Places in Osterode am Harz
39 placesBar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.
Cities & villages17
- Augustenthal · Village
- Beierfelde · Village
- Dorste · Village
- Dreilinden · Village
- Düna · Village
- Förste · Village
- Freiheit · Village
- Kamschlacken · Village
- Katzenstein · Village
- Lasfelde · Village
- Marke · Village
- Nienstedt · Village
- Osterode am Harz · Village
- Petershütte · Village
- Riefensbeek · Village
- Schwiegershausen · Village
- Ührde · Village
Mountains & nature19
- Bauernberg · Mountain
- Bollerkopf · Mountain
- Giersköpfe · Mountain
- Gockelsberg · Mountain
- Großer Buchenberg · Mountain
- Großer Kupferberg · Mountain
- Hackelberg · Mountain
- Hillenberg · Mountain
- Kleiner Kupferberg · Mountain
- Krücker · Mountain
- Langenberg · Mountain
- Lichtenstein · Mountain
- Moosberg · Mountain
- Ölberg · Mountain
- Papenberg · Mountain
- Schulberg · Mountain
- Sonnenberg · Mountain
- Sösekopf · Mountain
- Wart-Berg · Mountain
Heritage & sights2
- Osterode-Freiheit Concentration Camp · Historic site
- Osterode-Petershütte Concentration Camp · Historic site
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Große Bremke River, Lower Saxony0.5 km W
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Knöppelberg Mountain, Lower Saxony3.6 km NE
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Buchenberg Mountain, Lower Saxony4.3 km NE
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Schönenberg Mountain, Lower Saxony4.6 km NE
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Scheerenberg Mountain, Lower Saxony4.6 km NE
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Pagenberg Mountain, Bad Grund (Harz)4.8 km NW
Sources & licences
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