The Erdbeerkopf is an 847.7 m-high mountain in the High Harz in central Germany, northeast of

Schierke Schierke is a village and a former municipality in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Wernigerode. Situated within the Harz mountain range in the valley of the river Bode, at the rim ...

in the state of

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...

. To the north and east, the forested summit is bordered by the

Wormsgraben The Wormsgraben is a waterway in the Harz Mountains of central Germany in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. Location The Wormsgraben is located 1 to 3 km west of Drei Annen Hohne and 1 km south of the Hohneklippen rocks. The River Wormke ...

, the valley of the

Wormke The Wormke is a river of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, in the Harz Mountains. It is a left tributary of the Kalte Bode, about long. Course The Wormke rises north of Schierke above the ''Jakobsbruch'' at about above sea level in the Harz National P ...

. To the south runs the

Brocken Railway The Brocken Railway () is one of three tourist metre gauge railways which together with the Harz Railway and Selke Valley Railway form the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways railway network in the Harz mountain range of Germany. It runs from the station ...

along the slopes of the Erdbeerkopf. There are two paths leading to the mountain, from the east and west. To the southwest a field runs downhill that used to be a ski slope. The remains of a derelict ski lift can still be seen there. The mountain is very rarely climbed despite its accessible location. On the summit is a wooden bench from where part of 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' ...

can be seen through the gap in the trees.

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{{Reflist Mountains and hills of Saxony-Anhalt Mountains of the Harz Mountains under 1000 metres

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