Katzsohlteich

The Katzsohlteich is an artificially impounded reservoir that lies southwest of the town of

Güntersberge Güntersberge () is a village and a former town in Harz District, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It holds the status of an officially recognized resort town since 2001. Güntersberge, together with the other municipalities of the former ''Verwaltungs ...

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 ...

of central Germany and is used as a preflooder (''Vorfluter'') and fishpond. Only a few metres from the pond is the considerably larger lake of Bergsee, past the southern shores of which runs the

Selke Valley Railway The Selke Valley Railway (''Selketalbahn''), ''Gernrode-Harzgerode Railway'' (''Gernroder-Harzgeroder Eisenbahn'') and the ''Anhalt Harz Railway'' (''Anhaltische Harzbahn'') were different names for the metre gauge railway in the Lower Harz, Germa ...

. The

Katzsohlbach Katzsohlbach is a stream in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It flows through Katzsohlteich Pond, and joins the Selke River in Güntersberge. See also *List of rivers of Saxony-Anhalt A list of rivers of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany: A * Aland * Aller * ...

stream flows through the pond immediately before it empties at the Bergsee into the Selke. The old Marble Mill (''Marmormühle'') which used to be driven by water from the pond, no longer exists. It processed marble from a quarry lying some way above the Katzsohlteich. The Katzsohlteich is checkpoint 172 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 ...

system. {{Harz-geo-stub Harz RKatzsohlteich Ponds of Saxony-Anhalt Harzgerode