Breitentalskopf
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The Breitentalskopf is a hill in the Harz Mountains of central Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, that rises southeast of Sieber
Sieber (Herzberg am Harz)
Sieber is a village in the borough of Herzberg am Harz in the district of Osterode am Harz in South Lower Saxony .Sieber lies at a height of 340 m above sea level and has about 600 inhabitants . The settlement is spread out over a length of several kilometres in a narrow valley, running from...

 in the district of Osterode am Harz in Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

. It is 579.1 m high and separates the River Sieber
Sieber (river)
The Sieber is a 35 km long, right hand tributary of the Oder in the Harz mountains of Germany.It rises at 760 m on the Bruchberg massif and flows through Herzberg before discharging at Hattorf into the Oder which, in turn, flows into the Rhume...

 from the Breitental valley (with its stream, the Tiefenbeek
Tiefenbeek
Tiefenbeek is a river of the German state of Lower Saxony....

), that gave the hill its name. Towards the southeast is the ridge of the Aschentalshalbe
Aschentalshalbe
The Aschentalshalbe is a mountain ridge between the Gödeckekopf and Adlersberg and the Großer Knollen to the south. It lies south of the village of Sieber in the district of Osterode in the German state of Lower Saxony and comprises three peaks:...

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