The Kleiner Winterberg is a mountain, {{GeoQuelle, DE, BFN-Karten, in the borough of Wernigerode, Harz county, in the German 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 ...

. It is found in the

Harz Mountains The Harz (), also called the Harz Mountains, is a Mittelgebirge, highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The nam ...

and is a subpeak of the Wurmberg, the highest point in the neighbouring state of

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Location

The Kleiner Winterberg lies within the Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park just east of the border with

and about 2.2 km southwest of the village of Schierke in the borough of Wernigerode. To the northeast, on the other side of Schierke on the Cold Bode, rises the ridge of Hohnekamm (900.6 m; with its tors, the ''Hohneklippen''). Towards the southeast the countryside descends to the Barenberg (695.5 m), to the south it drops into the valley of the Bremke stream, which rises on the mountainside to the west on the Wurmberg (971.2 m). To the northwest is the Großer Winterberg (906.4 m) and, beyond that, to the Brocken (1,141.1 m).

Winter sports area

As part of the planning for the '' Wurmberg 2015'' concept, a ski lift or gondola lift and four new downhill runs are to be built in the area between the Großer and Kleiner Winterberg and the Wurmberg towards the village of Schierke.

References

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