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Harztor

Ruins of the Harzer Weißkalk-Werk Penzholz

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Harztor

Ruins of the Harzer Weißkalk-Werk Penzholz

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Ruins of the Harzer Weißkalk-Werk Penzholz

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Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Südharz

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    Location: Harztor, Landkreis Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany

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    October 10, 2025

    The remains of the buildings are located on private property. There appears to be no interest or opportunity to maintain them.

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      December 4, 2021

      In the Chronicle of NSW (2001), under the section Lime and Gisp Extraction, a drawing is shown on which the lime kilns and a wooden bridge that runs over the path can be seen for the Loren. The small quarry across the street was part of the company. Remnants of the wall can also be found on the slope of the quarry. The company only produced quicklime in a shaft furnace.

      The chronicle is in the possession of my relatives.

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        March 21, 2023

        The Southern Harz Nature Park is located in the district of Nordhausen in northern Thuringia.
        The regulation of the nature park in the Harz Mountains came into force on December 31, 2010 and thus established the fifth nature park in Thuringia.
        It is 267 km² in size.
        The responsible body is the Südharzer Tourismusverband e. V. in coordination with the Kyffhäuser Nature Park.
        The nature park includes parts of the southern slope of the Lower Harz Mountains, the gypsum karst landscape of the adjoining Zechstein belt and the transition area to the North Thuringian Buntsandsteinland.
        In the south, the park is bordered by the valley of the Helme, on the other sides by the Thuringian state border.
        Its western border is part of the Green Belt of Germany.
        In the east it borders on the Karst Landscape South Harz Biosphere Reserve (Saxony-Anhalt), in the north on the Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park and in the north-west on the Harz Nature Park (Lower Saxony).
        The entire Harz is a large protected area, which also includes the Harz National Park.

        (Source: Wikipedia)

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