The Braakberg is a 645.5 metre high mountain in the

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in central

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, in the

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in the district of

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in the state of

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Geography

Location

The Braakberg lies in the

South Harz South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...

within the

Harz National Park Harz National Park is a nature reserve in the Germany, German federal states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. It comprises portions of the western Harz mountain range, extending from Herzberg am Harz, Herzberg and Bad Lauterberg at the southern ...

about 2.4 km north of

Lonau Lonau is a small village with a population of about 345 situated at an elevation of about 400m in the Harz Mountains of Northern Germany. Besides the clean air and lush forests, it is famous for the capercaillie. It belongs to the city of Herzberg ...

. To the north it transitions into the ridge known as

Auf dem Acker Auf dem Acker (commonly called the ''Acker'') is a mountain ridge up to high, which is located in the southwestern part of the Harz mountains in Lower Saxony (Germany). Geography The ridge begins south of the Bruchberg near ''Stieglitzecke'' ...

. The Braakberg forms the watershed between the streams of

Große Steinau The Große Steinau is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a tributary of the Sieber, north of Herzberg am Harz in the district of Göttingen. It rises at about 690 metres near the crags of the Sophienklippe on the Acker. It initially ...

to the west and

Kleine Lonau Kleine Lonau is a tributary of the Große Lonau in Lower Saxony, Germany. It rises at a height of 650 metres and flows through the ''Mariental'' valley to Lonau, where it merges with the Große Lonau. It is about long. See also *List of riv ...

to the east.

Subpeak

The Kargeskopf and the Franzosenkopf are southern foothills of the Braakberg. In a wider sense the ridge running away to the southwest is also known as the ''Braakberg'', especially its southern foothills west of Lonau which have a 512.1 m high sub-peak of the same name.: (Coordinates: Topographische Karte 1:25000, Nr. 4328 Bad Lauterberg im Harz)

Crags and rock formations

In the transition zone from the Braakberg to the Haspelkopf (ca. ), a high point in the southwestern area of the ''Auf dem Acker'' ridge, around 500 m north-northwest of the summit lie the crags of the ''Sophienklippe'' (max. ca. ; ) and about 700 m northwest is the ''Spießerklippe'' (max. ca. ; ).

Vegetation

The upper slopes of the mountain are covered in spruce, the very lowest with beech trees. It lies entirely within the

References

Sources

* Topographische Karte 1:25000, No. 4228 Riefensbeek * Topographische Karte 1:25000, No. 4328 Bad Lauterberg im Harz Mountains of Lower Saxony Mountains of the Harz Mountains under 1000 metres Göttingen (district) {{Göttingen-geo-stub