Heimburg Castle, also called the Altenburg or Alteburg, is a ruined castle on an oval hilltop about 330 metres above sea level which is located just north of the Harz Mountains in central Germany. The
Early morning view from Heimburg Castle looking west over the village towards the Harz
Blankenburg is a town and health resort in the district of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, at the north foot of the Harz Mountains, 12 miles southwest of Halberstadt.
Heimburg Castle
…is located just north of the Harz Mountains in central Germany. The ruins of this hilltop castle stand above the village of Heimburg in the borough of Blankenburg in the district of Harz in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is checkpoint no. 84 in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking network. The hill castle was probably…
Blankenburg seen from the Eichenberg to the west of the town
Blankenburg with its castle in the background
Blankenburg, view from the rocks of Großvaterfelsen to the north