Harsleben: Find hotels for your trip

When looking for a hotel in Harsleben, you can choose which local attractions to focus on based on your travel interests: St. Simon and Judas brings together architectural features and furnishings from several centuries, while the smaller park offers a different focus. The church features architectural styles ranging from its Romanesque tower to its Baroque altar wall, while several springs flow together in a pond in the park. This gives you a choice of different local points of interest for planning your trip: architectural details and a place to sit or have a picnic.

St. Simon and Judas: Architectural features and furnishings

The slightly leaning, rectangular Romanesque tower dates from around 1200. The Gothic choir with its rib vault dates to the 14th century. This makes it possible to distinguish the tower and choir by period and style: one is classified as Romanesque, the other as Gothic. The different periods help you read the two architectural features separately rather than assigning the tower and choir to a single building phase. In addition, the exterior staircases and sacristy were removed during renovation work in the 1970s; this alteration is also part of the historical development of St. Simon and Judas.

The Baroque altar wall, with its two doors, features figures of the church’s patron saints, St. Simon and Judas. An older Renaissance pulpit with valuable inlays is built into the altar wall. This brings together a Baroque style and an older Renaissance object within the furnishings. This comparison adds another dimension to the history of the building, complementing the timeline of the tower and choir. The organ on the west gallery has an elaborately decorated case. It was formerly the Rückpositiv of the David Beck organ from Gröningen Castle.

The smaller park

Several springs flow together in a pond in the smaller park, where you can sit on a bench or have a picnic. This gives the park a different focus from the architecture of St. Simon and Judas: here, the emphasis is on water, a place to sit and a break; there, it is on the history of the building and its furnishings. This lets you consider the local attractions according to your different interests when planning your stay.

The Harz as a broader travel destination

As a broader travel destination, the Harz offers its own regional setting in the UNESCO Geopark Harz–Braunschweiger Land–Ostfalen, which includes the Harz. Its visitor facilities include geopark information points, adventure trails, show mines, boulder gardens and museums. The Harz National Park also has eight visitor centres and national park houses with information about the park, hiking tips, exhibitions and film screenings.

The Harz National Park covers 24,732 hectares and accounts for around ten percent of the entire Harz region. The Brocken lies within the national park’s core zone and, at 1,141 metres, is the highest peak in the Harz. The Brocken Railway is one way to reach the Brocken by train.

For nature and hiking enthusiasts, the Harz National Park has 560 kilometres of signposted trails leading to particularly scenic viewpoints. The national park also offers guided hikes and excursions with rangers, experts, national park guides and national park forest guides. Dates may change, so check the current programme before making plans.

Discover more destinations: Güntersberge, Harzgerode, Osterwieck, Huy, Hedersleben, Thale, Tanne, Oberharz Am Brocken

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