Bundesstraße 243

B243
Bundesstraße 243
Route information
Length	113 km (70 mi)
Major junctions
Northwest end	Hildesheim
	showRoute Map Legend Hildesheim B 1 Groß Düngen Bad Salzdetfurth local diversion Bockenem Seesen local diversion B 248 combined with B 248 Kraftfahrstraße combined with B 248 (67) Seesen - with crossroads A 7 E 45 end of motor road Engelade {{BAB-{{{3}}}|{{{4}}}|{{{5}}}}} Ildehausen B 248 Kraftfahrstraße Kirchberg B 242 combined with B 242 parking area Münchehof-Süd B 242 Gittelde-Nord Ziegenberg parking area Gittelde-Süd Osterode-Katzenstein Osterode-Lasfelde Lasfelde parking area Osterode-Nord Bridge over Osterode 1150 m Osterode-Mitte B 241 combined with B 241 Osterode-Süd B 241 Osterode-Leege Papenhöhe parking area Aschenhütte Herzberg am Harz-Nord end of motor road Herzberg am Harz B 27 combined with B 27 Kraftfahrstraße Services Herzberg-Ost parking area Scharzfeld Scharzfeld parking area Hasenwinkel Valley Bridge 100 m Bad Lauterberg-West (2014) B 27 Oder Valley Bridge 528 m (2014) Bad Lauterberg-Süd (2014) Winkel Valley Bridge 650 m (2014) Steina (2014) end of motor road Nüxei Großwechsungen-Nord Kraftfahrstraße (9) Großwechsungen A 38 (2012)
Southeast end	Nordhausen
Location
States	Lower Saxony, Thuringia
Highway system
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The B 243 runs from Hildesheim over Seesen and Herzberg am Harz to Nordhausen.

Route[]

Districts and municipalities[]

• Lower Saxony
  • Hildesheim (district)
    • Hildesheim
    • Diekholzen: Egenstedt
    • Bad Salzdetfurth: Groß Düngen, Wesseln
    • Bockenem: , Bönnien, Bockenem,
  • Goslar (district)
    • Seesen: , Bornhausen, Seesen, Engelade,
  • Osterode am Harz (district)
    • : Gittelde, Windhausen, Badenhausen
    • Osterode am Harz: Katzenstein, Lasfelde, Petershütte, Osterode, Osterode-Leege
    • Hörden am Harz: Aschenhütte
    • Herzberg am Harz: Herzberg, Scharzfeld
    • Bad Lauterberg im Harz: , , Osterhagen
    • Bad Sachsa: Nüxei
• Thuringia
  • Nordhausen (district)
    • Hohenstein: Mackenrode, Holbach
    • Werther: Günzerode

Combined routing[]

• From Seesen to AS Engelade combined with the B 248
• Between AS Münchehof and Bad Grund combined with the B 242
• In Osterode between Osterode Mitte and Osterode Süd combined with the B 241
• Between Herzberg and Barbis combined with the B 27

Rivers crossed[]

• Beuster, near Hildesheim-Marienburg
• Lamme, near Wesseln
• Nette, near Bockenem and Engelade
• Söse, in Osterode
• Sieber, in Herzberg
• Oder, in Barbis – village in borough of Bad Lauterberg
• Steina, in Nüxei – village in borough of Bad Sachsa
• Klettenberger Mühlgraben, near Holbach

History[]

Origins[]

The metalled artificial road (Chaussee) between Seesen and Osterode was built between 1785 and 1795 as an extension of the Frankfurt Road and known as the Thuringian Road (Thüringer Straße).

It was established as Reichsstraße 243 between Hildesheim and Nordhausen in 1937.

This federal road was interrupted by the division of Germany and was only opened again from end to end on 18 November 1989 when the border crossing between Nüxei and Mackenrode was installed.

See also[]

• List of federal highways in Germany

References[]

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