Village

Ballenstedt

Located in Landkreis Harz, Saxony-Anhalt Coordinates: 51°43′46″ N 11°13′22″ E

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Population: 8,422; 8.4K
Elevation: 232 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside: 14; listed under Ballenstedt
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: LEJ Leipzig/Halle Airport78 km; ERF Erfurt-Weimar Airport86 km

About Ballenstedt

Ballenstedt is a village. Location: Landkreis Harz, Saxony-Anhalt. Population: 8,422. Elevation: 232 m.

From Wikipedia

Ballenstedt (German pronunciation: [ˈbalənʃtɛt] ) is a town in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area: 86.7 km²
Official website: ballenstedt.de

Source: Wikidata

Population of Ballenstedt over time

Population of Ballenstedt over time
2012		8,064
2017		9,018
2019		8,940
2021		8,825
2022		8,794
2023		8,682
2024		8,422
2025		8,346

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Ballenstedt

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 7° · Night 1° · Rain 40 mm

Hottest month: August (day 23°)
Coldest month: January (night -3°)
Wettest month: June (60 mm)
Driest month: February (28 mm)

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12° 2°

17° 7°

20° 10°

22° 12°

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18° 8°

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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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Climate of Ballenstedt
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	3°	4°	8°	12°	17°	20°	22°	23°	18°	13°	7°	4°
Average low (°C)	-3°	-3°	0°	2°	7°	10°	12°	11°	8°	5°	1°	-1°
Precipitation (mm)	31	28	37	40	58	60	59	56	45	35	40	39

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Ballenstedt

The nearest airport is Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ), 78 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Magdeburg, 53 km to the northeast.

Airports

Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) Schkeuditz 78 kmsoutheast
Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF) Erfurt 86 kmsouth
Kassel Airport (KSF) Calden 132 kmwest

Nearby large cities

Magdeburg Population: 244.3K 53 kmnortheast
Halle Population: 237.9K 59 kmsoutheast
Salzgitter Population: 105K 73 kmnorthwest
Braunschweig Population: 244.7K 76 kmnorthwest
Wolfsburg Population: 123.1K 83 kmnorth

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

Day trips from Ballenstedt

Within 100 km: 550 historic and cultural sites, 3,112 natural sites, 726 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km308 places

Tietal Lake 21 kmN
Talsperre Wendefurth Lake 22 kmW
Teufelsteich Lake 15 kmSW
Seeburg Lake 25 kmN

25–60 km1,455 places

Schalk River 56 kmW
Sarre River 31 kmN
Ehle River 29 kmNE
Bere River 38 kmSW

60–100 km2,625 places

Buchenwald concentration camp Historic site 79 kmS
Roda River 98 kmS
Roda River 100 kmS
Frieda River 97 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Places in Ballenstedt

14 places

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Cities & villages3

Asmusstedt · Village
Badeborn · Village
Opperode · Village

Mountains & nature6

Galgenberg · Mountain
Hohe Warte · Mountain
Kaufberg · Mountain
Mittelberg · Mountain
Ruhmberg · Mountain
Steinberg · Mountain

Heritage & sights2

Ballenstedt Concentration Camp · Historic site
Rieder, Dorfkirche · Attraction

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Siebersteinsbach River, Saxony-Anhalt
2.1 km SW
Pastorhohenberg Mountain, Falkenstein/Harz
4.4 km SE
Kirchberg Mountain, Falkenstein/Harz
4.5 km SE
Kunstteich Lake, Saxony-Anhalt
3.3 km S
Eckartsberg Mountain, Falkenstein/Harz
4.9 km SE
Schloß Asseburg Historic site, Falkenstein/Harz
5.3 km SE