The Schindelkopf () in the

Harz Mountains The Harz (), also called the Harz Mountains, is a Mittelgebirge, 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 nam ...

of central

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is a southwestern outlier of the mountain ridge known as

Auf dem Acker Auf dem Acker (commonly called the ''Acker'') is a mountain ridge up to high, which is located in the southwestern part of the Harz mountains in Lower Saxony (Germany). Geography The ridge begins south of the Bruchberg near ''Stieglitzecke'' ...

(865.1 m). It is located near the town of

Osterode am Harz Osterode am Harz (, ), often simply called Osterode (Eastphalian dialect, Eastphalian: ''Ostroe''), is a town in south-eastern Lower Saxony in central Germany on the south-western edge of the Harz mountains. It was the seat of government of the ...

within the

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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 ...

which is in the district of

Göttingen Göttingen (, ; ; ) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. According to the 2022 German census, t ...

in the state of

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Location

The Schindelkopf lies in the

Upper Harz The Upper Harz (, ) is 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, the term Upper Harz cover ...

within the Harz Nature Park. It rises between the southwestern end of the main ''Acker'' crest in the east and the town of

in the west. Towards the north-northeast the countryside falls away through the valley of ''Schachttal'' to the eastern end of the

Söse Reservoir Söse () is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the river Rhume and long. Geography The Söse rises on the plateau of ''Auf dem Acker'' in the district of Göttingen in the southwestern part of the Harz Mountains in ...

with its pre-basin. To the south-southwest it descends through the valley of the Kleine Steinau, which has its source on the mountains, to the Sieber valley, and, to the west-northwest, it descends along the

Eipenke The Eipenke is a left tributary of the River Söse near Osterode in the Harz Mountains in the German state of Lower Saxony. Course The Eipenke rises south of the Söse Reservoir and flows below the hill known as the ''Sösenkopf'' (423 ...

, which also rises on the mountainside, into the valley of the Söse. The Große Schweimke rises a little southwest of the mountain; it is fed by the Kleine Schweimke and is a tributary of the ''Kleiner Steinau''.

Hiking

The Schindelkopf can only be reached on forest tracks. On its northwestern flank stands a Köte (ca. ;Harzer Wandernadel
Checkpoint 143 – ''Köte Schindelkopf''
at harzer-wandernadel.de {{Coord, 51, 43, 22.97, N, 10, 20, 10.95, E, type:landmark_dim:25_region:DE-NI, name=Lage: Schutzhütte am Schindelkopf), which is checkpoint no. 143 in 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 ...

hiking system.

References

Mountains of Lower Saxony Mountains of the Harz Mountains under 1000 metres Göttingen (district)