The Bocksberg is the local mountain for the village of

Hahnenklee Hahnenklee is a borough of the city of Goslar, in the German state of the Lower Saxony. It is located within the Harz mountain range between Goslar and Osterode. The population is about 1200 inhabitants. History Hahnenklee became a state-rec ...

in the borough of

Goslar Goslar (; Eastphalian dialect, Eastphalian: ''Goslär'') is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the Goslar (district), district of Goslar and is located on the northwestern wikt:slope, slopes of the Harz ...

in the German state of

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. It lies southeast of this spa village in the

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and is . It was from here that a long

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and racing toboggan run was laid in 1928, which had to be closed for technical and financial reasons in 1970. Although this mountain lay in the British Zone after the

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, the US Army operated a relay station here for their radio traffic between Frankfurt and Berlin. Its red and white transmission mast is used today for mobile telephone communications. It projects above the surrounding trees and is visible from a long way off. On the summit of the Bocksberg there is a

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and a wooden

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that was built in 1976.

Gondola lift

The Bocksberg Lift is a 1,100 m long, gondola lift built in 1970 with small cabins. It runs from Hahnenklee to the Bocksberg. Following the fall of an empty gondola in July 2006 the lift was taken out of service for several months, because

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or tampering had to be considered as possible causes. At the end of 2006 the lift was opened again. In Winter the lift is used by skiers. In summer,

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s may be transported to the summit in special baskets. From the top there are several pistes and downhill routes back to the village.

External links

US radio station on the Bocksberg (Harz) at lostplaces.de

Home page of the cable car company
Mountains of Lower Saxony Mountains of the Harz Mountains under 1000 metres Ski areas and resorts in Germany {{goslar-geo-stub

Gondola lift

See also

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