The Barenberg, also called the Bärenberg or Bärenkopf, is a mountain, , in the
Harz Mountains of Germany near the village of
Schierke,
Harz county, in the state of
Saxony-Anhalt.
Location
The ''Barenberg'' rises in the
Upper Harz (High Harz) within the
Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park
The Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park (german: Naturpark Harz/Sachsen-Anhalt) is situated n the districts of Harz and Mansfeld-Südharz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The nature park which lies in the Harz Mountains was founded in 2003 and has ...
. It lies around 1.3 km south-southeast of
Schierke, a village on the
Kalte 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 ...
stream in the borough of
Wernigerode, and about 1.5 km northwest of
Elend Elend may refer to:
* Elend, Saxony-Anhalt
Elend is a district of the town of Oberharz am Brocken in the Harz District, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It lies in the Bode valley in the High Harz in central Germany, at a height of . This part of the ...
on the same river, a village in the borough of
Oberharz am Brocken
Oberharz am Brocken () is a town in the Harz District, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2010 by the merger of the town of Elbingerode with the municipalities of the former ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ("collective municipal ...
.
Towards the northwest the forested country of the ''Barenberg'' runs west past Schierke to the
Brocken (1,141.1 m), the highest mountain in the Harz. Its neighbouring peak to the north-northeast on the other side of Schierke is the rather higher
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 ...
(847.7 m), a spur 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 ...
ridge (900.6 m). To the south-southeast lies the
Rauher Jakob
The Rauher Jakob (literally "Rough James") is a hilltop between Tanne and Elend in the Harz mountains of central Germany. It is 568.6 metres above sea level. In the vicinity are the sources of the Spielbach and Allerbach, two tributary streams ...
(568.6 m) and, to the west-northwest is the mountain cluster of 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 ...
(971.2 m),
Großer Winterberg (906.4 m) und
Kleiner Winterberg (837.0 m).
On or near the mountain are several granite tors: the
Schnarcherklippen (west-northwest), the
Mäuseklippe (northwest) and the
Scherstorklippen (west-southwest).
Towards the northeast, east and southeast the countryside around the ''Barenberg'' drops into the Elend valley (''Elendstal''), rimmed by tors and designated as a nature reserve (NSG No. 162919) with its river, the
Kalte 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 ...
, which flows 181.1 metres below the summit at a survey point between Schierke and Elend ().
Walking and viewing points
The ''Barenberg'' can only be reached on forest tracks and hiking trails, for example from Schierke or Elend.
About 450 metres south-southeast of the summit lies the viewing point called the ''Aussichtskanzel am Barenberg'' ("Observation pulpit on the Barenberg") ca. ; ), which i
s checkpoint no. 20
[Harzer Wandernadel]
Stempelstelle 20 – ''Aussichtskanzel am Barenberg''
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Harzer Wandernadel hiking system and, for example, can be reached on a steep descent from the summit. From the viewing point the view ranges over Schierke, the Elend valley, Elend itself, the Erdbeerkopf and the Hohnekamm on the far side and the ''Hohneklippen'' tor. A castle, the
Elendsburg, once stood in the Elend valley east of the viewing point.
References
Mountains and hills of Saxony-Anhalt
Mountains of the Harz
Mountains under 1000 metres
Wernigerode