The Ahrensklint or Ahrentsklint (also called the Ahrentsklintklippe) in the

Harz Mountains The Harz () 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'' derives from the Middle High German ...

is a

granite Granite () is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies undergro ...

rock formation, , on the

Erdbeerkopf The Erdbeerkopf is an 847.7 m-high mountain in the High Harz in central Germany, northeast of Schierke in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. To the north and east, the forested summit is bordered by the Wormsgraben, the valley of the Wormke The ...

in Harz district in the German state of

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

Geographic location

The ''Ahrentsklint'' lies in the

Upper Harz The Upper Harz (german: Oberharz, ) refers to the northwestern and higher part of the Harz mountain range in Germany. The exact boundaries of this geographical region may be defined differently depending on the context. In its traditional sense, th ...

(High Harz) inside the Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park in the

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

. It is located north of the village 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 ...

(part of

Wernigerode Wernigerode () is a town in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Until 2007, it was the capital of the district of Wernigerode. Its population was 35,041 in 2012. Wernigerode is located southwest of Halberstadt, and is picturesquely s ...

) about 800 metres west of the

mountain () on the southwestern flank of the

Hohnekamm The ''Hohnekamm'' or ''Hohne Kamm'' is a mountain ridge up to high in the Harz mountains of central Germany. It is located in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, and is well known for its rock towers or tors, the ''Hohneklippen''. Location and surro ...

(). The

Cold Bode The Kalte Bode is the left-hand headstream of the Bode in the High Harz Mountains in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is long. Name The names of the Warme and Kalte Bode ("Warm" and "Cold" Bode) come from their actual temperature differenc ...

flows through Schierke past the southwestern flanks of the mountain on the far side of the

Brocken Railway The Brocken Railway (german: Brockenbahn) 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 run ...

that runs up its side. It is at the head of the "Valley of Witches" (''Tal der Hexen'').Hahnemann, Marlies (2011). ''Die Harzer Wandernadel'', 2nd ed., Projeckte-Verlag Cornelius, Halle, p. 25. .

History

''„Under the name of "Arneklint" ("eagle rock"), the Ahrentsklint was the oldest name of a forest site in the Schierke region. Before 1411, it belonged to the Wernigerode community. On 28.1.1411, the

Count of Stolberg Wernigerode The County of Stolberg-Wernigerode (german: Grafschaft Stolberg-Wernigerode) was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in the Harz region around Wernigerode, now part of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was ruled by a branch of the House of Stolberg. ...

exchanged the forest site in order to consolidate his forestry and hunting estate. From then on the Ahrenstklint belonged to the comital forest and was the venue of prestigious court hunting expeditions of the feudal Harz counts. …“''

Hiking and views

The ''Ahrentsklint'' can only be reached on woodland paths. The Glassworks Way (''Glashüttenweg'') runs past the rocks which may be scaled on several iron ladders. From the highest point there are views of the

Brocken The Brocken, also sometimes referred to as the Blocksberg, is the highest peak in the Harz mountain range and also the highest peak in Northern Germany; it is near Schierke in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt between the rivers Weser and Elbe. ...

, the

with its tors, the Leistenklippe and Grenzklippe, the

, the

Wurmberg Wurmberg is a municipality in the district of Enz in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Geography Wurmberg is located on the so-called Platte, a Karst mountain range in the northern Black Forest (Schwarzwald). Municipality The municipality Wur ...

and nearby

. About 2 km further east, towards

Drei Annen Hohne Drei Annen Hohne is the name of a small settlement within the municipal area of Wernigerode in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The place is located about southwest of the town within the Harz mountains, on the northeastern edge of the Harz National Park. ...

, lies the

Trudenstein The Trudenstein is a rock formation and popular hiker's destination in the Harz Mountains of central Germany. It is located in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. Location and surrounding area The Trudenstein lies beside the Glashütten Way on ...

tor, also on the Glassworks Way, on the far side of the Erdbeerkopf. The ''Ahrentsklint'' is no. 13Harzer Wandernadel
Stempelstelle 13 – ''Ahrentsklint''
auf harzer-wandernadel.de in the system of checkpoints in the

Harzer Wandernadel The Harzer Wandernadel is a system of hiking awards in the Harz mountains in central Germany. The hiker (or mountain biker) can earn awards at different levels of challenge by walking to the various checkpoints in the network and stamping his or ...

hiking network. It is on the

themed walk A themed walk is a walk along which there are information boards covering a specific topic or theme, such as regional history, industrial history, mining or forestry. Features of nature (e.g. raised bogs or biotopes) or of geology are often laid o ...

s, the

Harz Witches' Trail The Harz Witches' Trail (german: Harzer Hexenstieg) is a footpath, just under 100 km long, in Germany that runs from Osterode through the Harz mountains and over its highest peak, the Brocken, to Thale. It is a project by the Harz Transpo ...

and the Goethe Way.

References

Saxony-Anhalt Viewer
/ref> Text of an information board by the ''Ahrentsklint''

Geographic location

History

Hiking and views

References

See also