Districts and municipalities
Lower SaxonyHildesheim (district)HildesheimDiekholzen: EgenstedtBad Salzdetfurth: Groß Düngen, WesselnBockenem: Nette, Bönnien, Bockenem, BornumGoslar (district)Seesen: Rhüden, Bornhausen, Seesen, Engelade, MünchehofOsterode am Harz (district)Samtgemeinde Bad Grund: Gittelde, Windhausen, BadenhausenOsterode am Harz: Katzenstein, Lasfelde, Petershütte, Osterode, Osterode-LeegeHörden am Harz: AschenhütteHerzberg am Harz: Herzberg, ScharzfeldBad Lauterberg im Harz: Barbis, Bartolfelde, OsterhagenBad Sachsa: NüxeiThuringiaNordhausen (district)Hohenstein: Mackenrode, HolbachWerther: GünzerodeFrom Seesen to AS Engelade combined with the B 248Between AS Münchehof and Bad Grund combined with the B 242In Osterode between Osterode Mitte and Osterode Süd combined with the B 241Between Herzberg and Barbis combined with the B 27Beuster, near Hildesheim-MarienburgLamme, near WesselnNette, near Bockenem and EngeladeSöse, in OsterodeSieber, in HerzbergOder, in Barbis – village in borough of Bad LauterbergSteina, in Nüxei – village in borough of Bad SachsaUffe, near HolbachThe 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.