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Cable car · Bad Harzburg, Germany

Burgberg-Seilbahn

Burgberg-Seilbahn is a cable car near Bad Harzburg, Germany. It climbs 176 m over 430 m, from 296 m to 472 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 51 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

46/100 · Moderate

By the numbers, Burgberg-Seilbahn is scarier than 46% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 36 of 64 in Germany.

  • Highest above the ground: about 51 m, as high as a 17-storey building, 89 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 282 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Burgberg-Seilbahn is near Bad Harzburg, Germany, at 296 m above sea level (51.87107° N, 10.56082° E). From there it runs 430 m up to the top station at 472 m.

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Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.