Osterode am Harz is a town in the Goettingen district of southeastern Lower Saxony, Germany, on the southwestern edge of the Harz mountains and on the German Timber-Frame Road. It was granted town rights in the early 13th century, suffered heavily during the Thirty Years War, and came under the House of Hanover in 1665. During World War II the town held a prisoner-of-war camp from 1939 to 1941 and later a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp from 1944 to 1945, before American troops captured it in April 1945. As of December 31, 2024, the town had a population of 21,598 across 102.54 square kilometers.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude51.728611 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Osterode am Harz (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 21,474 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 51.728611, longitude 10.252222
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 220 m
P2046 (area)
area 102.46 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 21474 (2025)
View the Source2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 51.7286,10.2522
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 222.0
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.75, 10.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.75, 10.25
51.75 10.25 Cfb
4. GeoNames: Osterode am Harz - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2856405Quote, cities500 record 2856405
51.72686 10.25089 P PPLA3 DE 06 00 03159 03159026 0 220 223 Europe/Berlin
Osterode am Harz (Wikipedia)
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