Bundesstraße 243 Explained

Country:	DEU
Type:	B
Route:	243
Map:	B243 Verlauf.svg
Length Km:	113
Direction A:	Northwest
Terminus A:	Hildesheim
Direction B:	Southeast
Terminus B:	Nordhausen
States:	Lower Saxony, Thuringia

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: Nette, Bönnien, Bockenem, Bornum
- Goslar (district)
  - Seesen: Rhüden, Bornhausen, Seesen, Engelade, Münchehof
- Osterode am Harz (district)
  - Samtgemeinde Bad Grund: 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: Barbis, Bartolfelde, 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.