Tiny house in the Harz
The Harz is the northernmost upland range with Alpine conditions: snow lies on the Brocken when it is long since spring in the foreland, and the valleys are narrow. Added to that, the Harz lies in three states — Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia — and a project stands under a different building code depending on which side of the mountain it is on.
In the Harz snow load and winter operation are verified and planned per altitude, and access in the narrow valleys is checked before the model. Which building code applies depends on which of the three states the site lies in — the three state pages each name the official source.
Altitude: from the foreland to the Brocken
Between the Harz foreland and the high sites around Braunlage, Schierke and Torfhaus lie height differences that decide snow load, winter length and heating demand. Verification of snow load belongs to the project documents per site; the technology for winter operation is chosen for the altitude, not for the Harz in general.
Narrow valleys, short accesses
The Harz valleys are narrow, the roads winding, the accesses to holiday parks and hotels often over bridges and through villages with restrictions. Whether a nine-metre house reaches the pitch is checked before the model is chosen — a post in the practice series describes crane and manoeuvring.
Three states
A site in Bad Harzburg stands under Lower Saxony's building code, one in Schierke under Saxony-Anhalt's, one in Bad Sachsa again under Lower Saxony's and one in the southern Harz under Thuringia's. The region's town pages each lead to their state page with the official source. Anyone running holiday parks, hotels or campsites here will find what to clarify before enquiring on the operator pages.
What applies under planning law is on the state page, with the official source:
Who typically plans here
Holiday park & resort
Identical units in series, calculated against operator rules and running costs.
Rooms outside the houseHotel & nature hotel
Extra rooms in the grounds that match the house and arrive outside the season.
Rental units on the pitchCampsite & glamping
Rental units that fit the site rules and arrive outside the season.
64 places in the Harz region
Assigned geographically by coordinates and state — an orientation, not an official boundary. The town pages are in German.