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Hirschhornklippen
The Hirschhorn Rocks (german: Hirschhornklippen or ''Hirschhörner'') are a natural monument in the Harz National Park in central Germany. Geographical location The Hirschhorn Rocks are one of the many tors in the Harz and are located on the Königsberg mountain above Goetheweg station only a hundred metres south of the Brocken in the Harz mountains. The highest point of this group of rocks is 1,023 metres above sea level. Because the tor in GDR times was right inside the border zone and now within the core zone of the Harz National Park, there is no public access to them. Administratively the crags lie within the borough of Wernigerode in the county of Harz.Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, Staatsbetrieb Geobasisinformation und Vermessung Sachsen (GeoSN): Digital topographical map 1:50,000 series. History The tor was first mentioned in the records in 1571 in the phrase ''an den Hirsch Hornern'' (on the ''Hirsch Horner''). Other early mentions include: in 1587 ''z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Königsberg (Brocken)
The Königsberg is a neighbouring peak of the Brocken and, at 1033.5 m above sea level the third highest elevation in the Harz mountains. It lies on a long ridge that runs from southeast to northwest about 1.5 km south of the Brocken's summit. Near its summit on the northwest side is the rock formation of ''Hirschhörner'' (max. ). To the east the land descends to the Schwarze Schluftwasser, a small tributary of the Kalte Bode which flows south of the mountain. To the east on the far side of the Schwarzer Schluftwasser is the Heinrichshöhe (), another subpeak of the Brocken. Geography and former access The mountain is located in the heart of the national park and is out-of-bounds to walkers. Formerly two paths ran to the top: * The Old Königsberg Way (''alte Königsbergweg'') began near Eckerloch and ran uphill, alongside the old Königsberg Quarry, and up to the ''Kanzelklippen'' crags. From there it ran over the ''Rabenklippe'', the old Eckerloch ski jump, to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rock Formations In The Harz
This is a list of rock formations in the Harz. They are known as the Harzklippen (literally "Harz crags" or "Harz cliffs") in German, which is the collective name for the, mainly, granite rock outcrops, crags and tors in the Harz mountains of Germany. Most of them have the status of a natural monument. The following list contains an alphabetically-sorted selection of rock formations in the Harz with - where known - their height in metres (m) above sea level, referenced to Normalnull (NN): * Achtermannstor (max. c. 900 m), on the Achtermannshöhe, near Braunlage, Lower Saxony * Ackertklippe, near Königshütte, Saxony-Anhalt * Adlerklippen (max. c. 340 m), in the valley of the Oker, near Goslar-Oker, Lower Saxony * Adlersklippen (see below: ''Teufelsmauer'') * Ahrentsklint (''Ahrentsklintklippe''; max. 822.4 m), on the Erdbeerkopf, near Schierke, Saxony-Anhalt * Altarklippen (max. c. 490 m), on the Heimberg, near Lautenthal, Lower Saxony * Anhaltin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Crags In The Harz
This is a list of rock formations in the Harz. They are known as the Harzklippen (literally "Harz crags" or "Harz cliffs") in German, which is the collective name for the, mainly, granite rock outcrops, crags and tors in the Harz mountains of Germany. Most of them have the status of a natural monument. The following list contains an alphabetically-sorted selection of rock formations in the Harz with - where known - their height in metres (m) above sea level, referenced to Normalnull (NN): * Achtermannstor (max. c. 900 m), on the Achtermannshöhe, near Braunlage, Lower Saxony * Ackertklippe, near Königshütte, Saxony-Anhalt * Adlerklippen (max. c. 340 m), in the valley of the Oker, near Goslar-Oker, Lower Saxony * Adlersklippen (see below: ''Teufelsmauer'') * Ahrentsklint (''Ahrentsklintklippe''; max. 822.4 m), on the Erdbeerkopf, near Schierke, Saxony-Anhalt * Altarklippen (max. c. 490 m), on the Heimberg, near Lautenthal, Lower Saxony * Anhaltinis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goetheweg Station
Goetheweg station (german: Bahnhof Goetheweg) is located between the stations of Schierke and Brocken on the Brocken Railway in the Harz Mountains of Central Germany at a height of 956 m above sea level. The track layout today consists, as in the past, of a horizontal reversing track (''Rückdrückgleis'') and just one turnout, whilst the running line maintains its continuous gradient of 33 permille. History The station was first opened on 17 July 1900. During the 1930s it was given a new station building, entry signals and accommodation for the track maintenance gang. The station was only manned by a stationmaster during the summer half-year because, in the winter, no trains ran on the Brocken Railway. After 1961 only goods trains worked the route and, in the 1980s, supply trains for the Brocken, usually moved by a pusher engine, terminated at Goetheweg station because of the increasingly poor condition of the permanent way. All the buildings had been destroyed during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landkreis Harz
Harz is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is . History The district was established by merging the former districts of Halberstadt, Wernigerode and Quedlinburg as well as the city of Falkenstein (from the district of Aschersleben-Staßfurt) as part of the reform of 2007. Towns and municipalities The district Harz consists of the following subdivisions: See also *Ilsenburg (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) Ilsenburg (Harz) was a ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The seat of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' was in Ilsenburg. It was disbanded in July 2009. The ''Verwaltungsgemei ... References Districts of Saxony-Anhalt Harz {{Harz-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Formations Of The Harz
Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales * Rock, Cornwall, a village in England * Rock, County Tyrone, a village in Northern Ireland * Rock, Devon, a location in England * Rock, Neath Port Talbot, a location in Wales * Rock, Northumberland, a village in England * Rock, Somerset, a location in Wales * Rock, West Sussex, a hamlet in Washington, England * Rock, Worcestershire, a village and civil parish in England United States * Rock, Kansas, an unincorporated community * Rock, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Rock, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Rock, Rock County, Wisconsin, a town in southern Wisconsin * Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin, a town in central Wisconsin Elsewhere * Corregidor, an island in the Philippines also known as "The Rock" * Jamaica, an isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inner German Border
The inner German border (german: Innerdeutsche Grenze or ; initially also ) was the border between the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, West Germany) from 1949 to 1990. Not including the similar and physically separate Berlin Wall, the border was long and ran from the Baltic Sea to Czechoslovakia. It was established on 1July 1945 (formally by Potsdam Agreement) as the boundary between the Western and Soviet occupation zones of former Nazi Germany. On the eastern side, it was made one of the world's most heavily fortified frontiers, defined by a continuous line of high metal fences and walls, barbed wire, alarms, anti-vehicle ditches, watchtowers, automatic booby traps, and minefields. It was patrolled by fifty thousand armed East German guards who faced tens of thousands of West German, British, and U.S. guards and soldiers. In the frontier areas on either side of the border were stationed more than a million North Atl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duchy Of Brunswick
The Duchy of Brunswick (german: Herzogtum Braunschweig) was a historical German state. Its capital city, capital was the city of Braunschweig, Brunswick (). It was established as the successor state of the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by the Congress of Vienna in 1815. In the course of the 19th-century history of Germany, the duchy was part of the German Confederation, the North German Confederation and from 1871 the German Empire. It was disestablished after the end of World War I, its territory incorporated into the Weimar Republic as the Free State of Brunswick. History Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel The title "Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg" (german: Herzog zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg) was held, from 1235 on, by various members of the House of Welf, Welf (Guelph) family who ruled several small territories in northwest Germany. These holdings did not have all of the formal characteristics of a modern unitary state, being neither ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Wernigerode
The County of Wernigerode (german: Grafschaft Wernigerode) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire which arose in the Harzgau region of the former Duchy of Saxony, at the northern foot of the Harz mountain range. The comital residence was at Wernigerode, now part of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The county was ruled by a branch of the House of Stolberg from 1429 until its mediatization to the Kingdom of Prussia in 1806. Nevertheless, the county remained in existence - with one short interruption - until the dissolution of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1918. History The counts of Wernigerode had established themselves as relatively independent, aristocratic rulers in the Eastphalian lands north of the Harz range, rivalling with the comital House of Regenstein. For more than two centuries from the High Middle Ages, they ruled over extended estates stretching from the Oker river in the west to the glacial valley of the Großes Bruch. The male line finally died out in 1429. Establishment In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tor (rock Formation)
A tor, which is also known by geomorphologists as either a castle koppie or kopje, is a large, free-standing rock outcrop that rises abruptly from the surrounding smooth and gentle slopes of a rounded hill summit or ridge crest. In the South West of England, the term is commonly also used for the hills themselves – particularly the high points of Dartmoor in Devon and Bodmin Moor in Cornwall.Ehlen, J. (2004) ''Tor'' in Goudie, A., ed., pp. 1054-1056. ''Encyclopedia of Geomorphology.'' Routledge. London, England. Etymology Although English topographical names often have a Celtic etymology, the Oxford English Dictionary lists no cognates to the Old English word in either the Breton or Cornish languages (the Scottish Gaelic ''tòrr'' is thought to derive from the Old English word). It is therefore accepted that the English word ''Tor'' derives from the Old Welsh word ''tẁrr'' or ''twr'', meaning a cluster or heap. Formation Tors are landforms created by the erosion and weath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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