Village

Elend

Located in Oberharz am Brocken, Landkreis Harz Coordinates: 51°44′41″ N 10°41′15″ E

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Population: 583; 583
Elevation: 500 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: ERF Erfurt-Weimar Airport87 km; KSF Kassel Airport97 km

About Elend

Elend is a village. Location: Oberharz am Brocken, Landkreis Harz. Population: 583. Elevation: 500 m.

From Wikipedia

Elend (German pronunciation: [ˈeːlɛnt] ) is a district of the town of Oberharz am Brocken in the Harz District, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It lies in the Bode valley in the High Harz in central Germany, at a height of 505 m above NN. This part of the valley is known locally as Elendstal. Elend is located near the former Inner German Border between West and East Germany. Its population is 318 (2021).

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area: 27.4 km²
Official website: stadtoberharz.de

Source: Wikidata

Photos of Elend

Jörg Ostheimer · CC BY-SA 2.0
SeriousAugust · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lukas Beck · CC BY 4.0
Greifen · CC BY-SA 4.0
GrimKatharsis · CC BY-SA 3.0

Climate of Elend

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 5° · Night 0° · Rain 102 mm

Hottest month: July (day 20°)
Coldest month: February (night -4°)
Wettest month: December (120 mm)
Driest month: May (70 mm)

2° -4°

5° -2°

9° 1°

15° 6°

18° 9°

20° 11°

20° 10°

16° 7°

11° 4°

5° 0°

2° -2°

Jan

103

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

102

Dec

120

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 Elend
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	2°	2°	5°	9°	15°	18°	20°	20°	16°	11°	5°	2°
Average low (°C)	-4°	-4°	-2°	1°	6°	9°	11°	10°	7°	4°	0°	-2°
Precipitation (mm)	103	75	99	72	70	92	87	80	79	87	102	120

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Elend

The nearest airport is Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF), 87 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Salzgitter, 50 km to the north.

Airports

Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF) Erfurt 87 kmsouth
Kassel Airport (KSF) Calden 97 kmwest
Hannover Airport (HAJ) Hannover 105 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

Salzgitter Population: 105K 50 kmnorth
Göttingen Population: 122.1K 57 kmsouthwest
Braunschweig Population: 244.7K 59 kmnorth
Wolfsburg Population: 123.1K 76 kmnorth
Magdeburg Population: 244.3K 78 kmnortheast

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

Day trips from Elend

Within 100 km: 529 historic and cultural sites, 3,813 natural sites, 783 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km579 places

Schalk River 20 kmNW
Bere River 22 kmS
Zillerbachtalsperre Lake 8 kmNE
Talsperre Wendefurth Lake 15 kmE

25–60 km1,721 places

Sarre River 55 kmNE
Aue River 35 kmN
Aue River 27 kmN
Tietal Lake 43 kmNE

60–100 km2,825 places

Buchenwald concentration camp Historic site 89 kmSE
Wiehe River 95 kmN
Ohe River 82 kmNW
Frieda River 73 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Barenberg Mountain, Oberharz am Brocken
1.5 km NW
Hohnekopf Mountain, Oberharz am Brocken
2.6 km N
Forst Elend Natural site, Saxony-Anhalt
1.5 km SE
Amkenberg Mountain, Oberharz am Brocken
2.9 km SW
Rauher Jakob Mountain, Oberharz am Brocken
2.6 km SE
Ahrensklint Mountain, Wernigerode
2.8 km NW