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Harzer Wandernadel
The Harzer Wandernadel is a system of hiking awards in the Harz mountains in central Germany. Hikers (or mountain bikers) can earn awards at different levels of challenge by walking to the various checkpoints in the network and stamping their passbooks to record the visit. With 222 checkpoints in three federal states and across five districts in the Harz and with membership in five figures, the system has gained a following Germany-wide. Purpose The idea of the ''Wandernadel'' (literally "hiking needle/pin" --> "hiking badge") is to give those holidaying in the Harz a worthwhile goal to achieve and encourage them to stay for longer or return. It also aims to encourage those who live in the local area to go hiking and improve their fitness. In addition the system helps tourists and locals to get to know the many different sights and hiking trails in the Harz. To that end, checkpoints have been located at scenic viewing points, places of geological or botanical, culturalbor hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilsenburg (Harz)
Ilsenburg () is a town in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. It is situated under the north foot of the Harz Mountains, at the entrance to the Ilse valley with its little river, the Ilse, a tributary of the Oker, about six north-west of the town of Wernigerode. It received town privileges in 1959. Owing to its surrounding of forests and mountains as well as its position on the edge of the Harz National Park, Ilsenburg is a popular tourist resort. Since 2002, it is officially an air spa. History The old castle, ''Schloss Ilsenburg'', lying on a high crag above the town, was originally an imperial stronghold and probably built by King Henry I. In 995 Emperor Otto III resided in ''Elysynaburg'', which Henry II bestowed in 1003 upon the Bishop of Halberstadt, who converted it into a Benedictine monastery. The school attached to it enjoyed a great reputation towards the end of the 11th century. The abbey was finally devastated during the German Peasants' War in 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taubenklippe
The ''Taubenklippe'' is a rock formation in the Harz mountains in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It lies about halfway between Bad Harzburg and Ilsenburg at a height of on the eastern slopes of the Ecker valley. From the crag there is a good view over Harz Foreland, the heights near Bad Harzburg and the highest mountain in the Har, the Brocken. The ''Taubenklippe'' may be reached from the Ecker valley on a footpath, some 6 km long, that starts in Ilsenburg. The ''Taubenklippe'' is checkpoint number 4 in the ''Harzer Wandernadel'' hiking trail network. ''See also'': List of rock formations in the Harz This is a list of rock formations in the Harz. They are known as the Harzklippen (literally "Harz crags" or "Harz cliffs") in German, which is the collective name for the, mainly, granite rock outcrops, crags and tors in the Harz moun ... {{SaxonyAnhalt-geo-stub Rock formations of the Harz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Am Kruzifix
Am ''Kruzifix'' is an ancient forest landmark in the Harz Mountains of Germany. Today it is recalled by an iron cross or crucifix at the junction of several hiking trails. History ''Am Kruzifix'' was first mentioned in the records around 1640.''(3) Am Kruzifix'' at www.harzer-wandernadel.de. Accessed on 28 Dec 2012. The old crucifix that stood here was destroyed when the was built in the 1950s. The present one was erected in 1990 by the Ilsenburg branch of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scharfenstein - Rangerstation
The Scharfenstein is a mountain, high, in the Harz Mountains of Germany, near Ilsenburg (Harz), Ilsenburg in the district of Landkreis Harz, Harz in Saxony-Anhalt. It is part of the Harz National Park. Geographical location The Scharfenstein lies southwest of Ilsenburg (Harz), Ilsenburg, southeast of the Lower Saxony town of Bad Harzburg, north of the Kleiner Brocken (Wernigerode), Kleiner Brocken mountain and east of the Ecker Reservoir, which lies on the Ecker River, straddling the border between the states of Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony. The mountain is topped by a tor, the ''Scharfensteinklippe''; which has particularly good views of the Brocken, and in the direction of Torfhaus and the Ecker Reservoir. Below the summit is the ''Scharfenstein'' ranger station of the national park with a self-service cafe. Name Its name is descriptive and comes from the German ''scharfer/spitzer'' ("sharp", "pointed") or ''schroffer'' ("rugged", "craggy") and ''Stein'' ("rock" or "sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eckertalsperre - Staumauer
The Ecker Dam () is a gravity dam in the Harz mountain range near Bad Harzburg, Germany. Constructed between 1939 and 1943, it is today operated by the Harzwasserwerke company. The dam's reservoir impounds the waters of the Ecker river and mainly serves for drinking water supply. Operation The dam is used for the supply of drinking water, flood protection, and raising water levels during times of low rainfall. With an average discharge of 16 million m³ per year, it provides drinking water to the cities of Brunswick, Wolfenbüttel, and Wolfsburg. A pipe system leads to a central water tower near Liebenburg, where the waters of the nearby Grane Dam are also collected. Electricity generation is also provided through a small hydropower plant, operated by two turbines with an installed capacity of 2 x 300 kW and an annual generation of 1,400,000 kWh. Construction The Ecker Dam was the third modern reservoir built in the Harz mountains, after the construction of the Söse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostlandkreuz
Ostlandkreuz (German for "Eastern Lands Cross") or Kreuz des deutschen Ostens ("Cross of the German East") is the name of memorial crosses in Germany remembering the large-scale Ethnic cleansing of Central and Eastern Europe of its German-speaking population. After border shifts and population transfers agreed at the Potsdam Conference, German-speakers were expelled from the former Sudetenland areas of Czechoslovakia, from the Former eastern territories of Germany annexed by Poland and the Soviet part of the former Province of East Prussia. While most of these crosses stand in cemeteries, some are erected as landmarks on mountains. Locations In Germany there are several hundred ''Ostlandkreuze'', most of which are located in cemeteries. The following list is restricted to the most prominent ''Ostlandkreuze'' erected on exposed locations. Bad Harzburg On 24 June 1950 a , wooden cross, the ''Kreuz des Deutschen Ostens'', was dedicated on the ''Uhlenklippen'' crags near Bad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scharzfeld
Scharzfeld is a village in the borough of Herzberg am Harz in the district of Göttingen in South Lower Saxony, Germany. Scharzfeld lies at a height of about above sea level and has 1,765 inhabitants (as at 1 October 2006). The first recorded mention of Scharzfeld is in a deed that relates to the year 952 and was probably forged in the 13th century. This stated that Otto the Great confirmed ''Schartfelde'' and other villages as belonging to the monastery at Pöhlde.''Die Urkunden Konrad I. Heinrich I. und Otto I.''. In: Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Die Urkunden der deutschen Könige und Kaiser, Band 1. Hannover 1879-1894. Nr. 439, S. 593f. In der Einleitung der UrkundeS. 593 (gif) wird die Fälschung diskutiert. Culture and places of interest * on the Steinberg * Nature reserve (dry grassland) with views over Scharzfeld near the Steinkirche * Unicorn Cave * Scharzfels Castle ruins * Großer Knollen The Großer Knollen (also the Groß Knollen; colloquially referred t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unicorn Cave
The Unicorn Cave () is the largest show cave in the West Harz, about northwest of Scharzfeld in the borough of Herzberg am Harz in central Germany. It is a karst cave developed in dolomite strata that is part of the Zechstein. History The cave was first mentioned in the records in 1541. In 1686, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz visited the cave and wrote a report about it mentioning the local trade with unicorn artefacts. In those days, fossilized bones supposed to be from unicorns were ground and used for making medicine. In the 17th century, Otto von Guericke, the mayor of Magdeburg, wrote a newspaper article about the finding of some ancient animal bones in the Zeunickenberg, a Harz mountain near Quedlinburg. Based on Guericke’s writings, Leibniz drew a fictional reconstruction of the unicorn's skeleton using the bones that had been found in the cave and published the drawing in his book ''Protogaea''. In 1872, Rudolf Virchow carried out an excavation there and determined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neustadt/Harz
Neustadt/Harz () is a village and a former municipality in the district of Nordhausen, in Thuringia, Germany. Since July 2018, it is part of the municipality Harztor. Culture and places of interest The area around Neustadt is rich in places of interest, which are all accessible on footpaths. Of the three castle ruins Hohnstein Castle, the oldest in the entire Harz, is the most significant. Six kilometers from the village is the recently renovated and protected monument of the Neustadt Reservoir (also often called the Nordhausen Reservoir). There is also the Gondelteich lake and a separate forest swimming pool. Nearby is the hill known as the Poppenberg (), where the High Harz begins. Gallery File:Neustadt_AltesTor.JPG, The 'Old Gate' image:Neustadt_St.Georg_Kirche.JPG, St. George's Church References Former municipalities in Thuringia Villages in the Harz Nordhausen (district) Harztor {{Nordhausen-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hohnstein Castle
Hohnstein Castle () is one of the largest and best-preserved castle ruins in Germany and is located near Neustadt in the vicinity of Nordhausen in Thuringia. Location The ruins are located on a high, rocky spur which today is covered in woods, about 1 km northeast of the village of Neustadt on the southern edge of the Harz mountains. History Honstein Castle was built in the time of the Hohenstaufen-Guelph conflict for the throne. Its foundation is attributed to Konrad von Sangerhausen, a relative of the legendary Thuringian count, Louis the Springer. The Counts of Hohnstein, together with the Counts of Ilefeld who had married into them, inherited the lordship of the South Harz from Konrad. The newly founded dynasty of the Honstein-Ilfeld counts introduced the family Christian name, ''Elger'', and chose Honstein Castle as their family seat; the modest Ilburg in nearby Ilfeld was probably abandoned at this point in time. The first mention of Honstein Castle was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regenstein Castle
Regenstein Castle () is a ruined castle that lies three kilometres north of Blankenburg (Harz), Blankenburg in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is a popular tourist destination where, each year, a knight's tournament and a garrison festival are held. Of this once relatively impregnable castle, which was built in the early and high Middle Ages on a 294 metre high sandstone rock towering over the surrounding area, only ruins are visible today. Several internal rooms, carved into the rock, have survived, as have the ruins of the keep. The castle is surrounded by remnants of a more recent fortress. Regenstein Castle is No. 80 in the system of checkpoints on the ''Harzer Wandernadel'' hiking trail network. Below the castle is the site of the old Regenstein Mill that used to supply it with water. Castle of the Regenstein counts in 1162 the ''Comes de Regenstein'' (Count of Regenstein), Conrad, was mentioned for the first time. He was the son of Count Poppo I of Blankenburg from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
