The ''Molkenhaus'' is a historic house near

Wernigerode Wernigerode () is a town in the Harz (district), district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Until 2007, it was the capital of the Wernigerode (district), district of Wernigerode. Its population was 32,181 in 2020. Wernigerode is located southwes ...

Harz The Harz (), also called the Harz Mountains, is a 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 name ''Harz'' der ...

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, located on the Jägerkopf hill above the

Steinerne Renne The Steinerne Renne is a waterfall and natural monument near the town of Wernigerode in the Harz mountains of central Germany. Location The Steinerne Renne is east of the Harz National Park in the Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park. It lies sout ...

waterfall and the source region of the

Holtemme The Holtemme is a long tributary of the river Bode in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It rises in the Harz mountains at the eastern foot of the Brocken, descends during its upper course as the Steinerne Renne, a steep stream bed riddled with granite ...

river. The timber-framed building, which was built by order of the Senior Master Hunter (''Oberjägermeister'') of the

counts of Stolberg The County of Stolberg () was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in the Harz mountain range in present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was ruled by a branch of the House of Stolberg. The town of Stolberg was probably founded in the 12th c ...

, von Meseberg, at the beginning of the 18th century, belonged to the

Ilsenburg 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 nort ...

er Marienhof and was used for hunting purposes and the production of butter. Nowadays it is used by 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 ...

Molkenhausstern

About

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north-northwest of the ''Molkenhaus'' and a little southwest of the ''Hohe Wand'' on the municipal boundary of Wernigerode with

, lies the ''Molkenhausstern'' (; ), a forest track and hiking trail junction. It may be reached on the ''Molkenhauschaussee'' track from the ''Molkenhaus'' and is no. 23 in the system of checkpoints on the

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 ...

. The checkpoint box is in a refuge hut by the junction. The follow trails meet here: the ''Forstmeister-Sietz-Weg'', the ''Molkenhauschaussee'', the ''Soldansweg'' and the ''Victor-von-Scheffel-Weg''. Hiking destinations in the area are displayed on a

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at the junction. They are (in alphabetical order): Drei Annen Hohne, Hohneklippen, Ilsefälle (the Ilse Falls), Ilsenburg,

Ilsestein The Ilsestein (formerly also called ''Ilsenstein'') is a prominent granite rock formation near the town of Ilsenburg in the Harz mountains of central Germany. Offering a scenic view over the Ilse valley to the Brocken massif, the highest mountain ...

, Ilsetal,

Plessenburg Plessenburg is a village in the town of Ilsenburg (Harz), Ilsenburg in the Harz National Park, in the district of Landkreis Harz, Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Location and establishment In the years 1775-76 Count Henry Ernest 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 ...

and Wolfsklippen.

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