Ravensberg (Harz)

The Steina Dam (German: Steinatalsperre) in the Harz Mountains of central Germany is a dam system comprising a dam, reservoir and waterworks near the village of Steina and belongs to the unincorporated area of Harz in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony. The dam was inaugurated on 19 November 1954 as a retention basin and has been a drinking water reservoir since 1958. Its 8.5 metre high dam impounds the Steina stream forming the Steina Reservoir (Steinastaubecken). It provides drinking water for the villages of Bad Sachsa, Osterhagen, Nüxei and Steina, which is why the surrounding woods are a water protection area.

The Oder Dam (German: Odertalsperre) is a dam in the Harz mountains of Germany. It lies above Bad Lauterberg in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony and impounds the river Oder. The dam went into service in 1934 after taking 3 years to build. The owner and operator of the Oder Dam is the Harzwasserwerke.

Bad Sachsa is a town in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town was one of the few municipalities in West Germany that imported electric power from former East Germany. This was done via Neuhof Substation.

The Stöberhai is a mountain the Harz highlands in Central Germany, immediately south of the Oder Dam and northwest of Wieda. At a height of 720 m above sea level (NN) it is the highest mountain in the South Harz. The origin of the name is uncertain, but it is suggested, that a charcoal burner called Stöber may have had his charcoal store (Hai) here.

The Wieda is a river in the German states of Lower Saxony and Thuringia. The Wieda has its source above the village of Wieda, flows through the village of Walkenried, the hamlet of Wiedigshof and the village of Gudersleben before discharging in the Harz river Zorge near Woffleben, a district of Ellrich. Its channel regularly dries up in the summer months - it sinks into the karst soil and reappears in other places as springs. Its most important tributary is the Uffe.

Osterhagen is a village near the town of Bad Lauterberg in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony, Germany. The village lies between Bad Lauterberg and Bad Sachsa. Not far from Osterhagen is the Weingartenloch, a supposed treasure cave. The Karstwanderweg passes nearby. Osterhagen lies on the Uerdingen line, in the traditional area of the Eastphalian language, a Low German dialect. Osterhagen lies not far from the border of Thuringia.

Bad Lauterberg is a town in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the southern Harz, approx. 15 km southwest of Braunlage, and 20 km southeast of Osterode am Harz. Bad Lauterberg is known inter alia for the liqueurs, Schierker Feuerstein and Harzer Grubenlicht, which are both manufactured and bottled here. Bad Lauterberg was the birthplace (1879) of the Polar explorer Alfred Ritscher.

Wieda is a village and a former municipality in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 November 2016, it is part of the municipality Walkenried. Wieda is on River Wieda, a tributary of Zorge in the southern part of the Harz mountains.

Hellegrundbach is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. The Hellegrundbach springs northwest of Nüxei, a district of Bad Sachsa. Southwest of Nüxei, it discharges into the Ichte (upstream of this confluence called Steinacher Bach).

Lutter is a small river that flows near Bad Lauterberg in the district of Göttingen in the north German state of Lower Saxony. The Lutter begins at the confluence of the Grade Lutter and Krumme Lutter in Kupferhütte. It is 2.2 km (1.4 mi) long and discharges into the Oder.

Heibeek is a small river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It flows into the Lutter near Bad Lauterberg.

The Grade Lutter is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is one of the two headstreams of the River Lutter in the South Harz. It rises at over 660 metres on the Aschentalshalbe. It then flows mainly in a southerly direction in order to merge with the Krumme Lutter near the district Kupferhütte of Bad Lauterberg to form the Lutter.