Editing Harz (section)

== Transport ==
=== Rail ===
[[File:Harzquerbahn near Drei Annen Hohne - 2007-09-19.jpg|thumb|Narrow gauge railway]]
The ''Harzer Schmalspurbahnen'' ([[Harz Narrow Gauge Railways]]), colloquially known as the ''Harzquerbahn'' ([[Trans-Harz Railway]]), a narrow (metre)-gauge steam and diesel-powered railway network is a very popular mode of transport, especially with tourists. The railways link [[Wernigerode]], [[Nordhausen, Thuringia|Nordhausen]], [[Quedlinburg]] and the Brocken. Prior to the closure of the [[Inner German border]] the present-day network was joined at [[Sorge, Saxony-Anhalt|Sorge]] to the ''Südharzbahn'' ([[South Harz Railway]]), which ran from Walkenried to [[Braunlage]] and Tanne.

Main line railways serve the major towns around the Harz including [[Halberstadt]], Wernigerode, [[Thale]], Quedlinburg and Nordhausen. The Harz used to be served by a number of branch lines, some of which are still open. Those operating regular passenger services are the [[Halberstadt–Blankenburg railway|Halberstadt–Blankenburg]], [[Magdeburg–Thale railway|Quedlinburg–Thale]], [[Klostermansfeld–Wippra railway|Klostermansfeld–Wippra]] and [[Berga-Kelbra–Stolberg (Harz) railway|Berga-Kelbra–Stolberg]] lines. All the branch lines in Lower Saxony (the [[Innerste Valley Railway]] and [[Oder Valley Railway]]) have been closed. The [[Rübeland Railway]] is only used by goods traffic at present, but there are plans to run it as a [[heritage railway]].

Around the Harz a number of railway lines form a ring. They are, clockwise from the north, the [[Heudeber-Danstedt–Bad Harzburg/Vienenburg railway|Heudeber–Danstedt–Vienenburg]], the [[Halberstadt–Vienenburg railway]], the [[Halle–Halberstadt railway]], the [[Berlin-Blankenheim Railway]], the [[Halle-Kassel Railway]], the [[South Harz Line]], the [[Herzberg–Seesen railway]], the [[Goslar–Seesen railway]] and the [[Vienenburg–Goslar railway]].

=== Road ===
[[File:Harzhochstrasse.jpg|thumb|The B&nbsp;4/B&nbsp;242 Harz high road near Braunlage]]
The Harz is grazed by the [[Bundesautobahn 7|A 7]] motorway in the west and the [[Bundesautobahn 38|A 38]] in the south. A four-lane motor road, the [[Bundesstraße 243|B&nbsp;243]] runs along the southwestern perimeter of the Harz via Osterode to Bad Lauterberg. In addition there is a good federal road (the [[Bundesstraße 6|B&nbsp;6]], [[Bundesstraße 4|B&nbsp;4]]) from Goslar to Braunlage. The North Harz Foreland benefits from the newly built [[Bundesstraße 6n|B&nbsp;6n]]. Both the  B&nbsp;4 and the B&nbsp;6n have been upgraded almost to motorway standard. The B&nbsp;4 crosses the Harz from Bad Harzburg on a north–south axis running through Torfhaus and Braunlage as far as Ilfeld on the edge of the South Harz. The rest of the Harz is also well served by federal roads. Important ones include the Harz high road (''Harzhochstraße'', the [[Bundesstraße 242|B&nbsp;242]]), which crosses the Harz in an east–west direction (from Seesen to Mansfeld) and the [[Bundesstraße 241|B&nbsp;241]], which runs from Goslar in the north over the Upper Harz (Clausthal-Zellerfeld) as far as Osterode in the south.