Wikipedia
Blankenburg may refer to:
Blankenburg (Harz) is a town and health resort in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, at the north foot of the Harz Mountains, southwest of Halberstadt.
It has been in large part rebuilt since a fire in 1836, and possesses a castle, with various collections, a museum of antiquities, an old town hall and churches. There are pine-needle baths and a hospital for nervous diseases. Gardening is a speciality. In the vicinity is a cliff or ridge of rock called Teufelsmauer (Devils Wall), from which fine views are obtained across the plain and into the deep gorges of the Harz.
Blankenburg was a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft was in Blankenburg am Harz. It was disbanded on 1 January 2010.
The Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Blankenburg consisted of the following municipalities:
- Blankenburg am Harz
- Cattenstedt
- Heimburg
- Hüttenrode
- Timmenrode
- Wienrode
Blankenburg is a German locality (Ortsteil) within the borough (Bezirk) of Pankow, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Weißensee.
Blankenburg is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Hermann Ludwig Blankenburg (1876–1956), German composer
- Horst Blankenburg (born 1947), German footballer
- Jo Blankenburg (born 1972), German composer
- Rita Blankenburg (born 1942), German speed skater
- Rudolph Blankenburg (1843–1918), American businessman
- Tom Blankenburg (1909–1979), American swimmer
- Werner Blankenburg (1905–1957), German Nazi politician