The Kleiner Winterberg is a mountain, {{GeoQuelle, DE, BFN-Karten, in the borough 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 ...

, Harz county, 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 th ...

. It is found 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 ...

and is a subpeak of the Wurmberg, the highest point in the neighbouring state of

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

Location

The Kleiner Winterberg lies within the Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park just east of the border with

and about 2.2 km southwest 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 ...

in the borough of

. To the northeast, on the other side of Schierke on 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 ...

, rises the ridge of

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 ...

(900.6 m; with its tors, the ''Hohneklippen''). Towards the southeast the countryside descends to the Barenberg (695.5 m), to the south it drops into the valley of the

Bremke Bremke is a village in the Gemeinde Gleichen in southern Lower Saxony. The village of 887 residents is located about ten kilometers south-east of Göttingen and lies in the shadow of the two small mountains called the Gleichen for the castle ...

stream, which rises on the mountainside to the west on the Wurmberg (971.2 m). To the northwest is the

Großer Winterberg Großer Winterberg is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany. It is the second highest mountain of the Saxon Switzerland and is located on the border between Germany and the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is ...

(906.4 m) and, beyond that, to 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 El ...

(1,141.1 m).

Winter sports area

As part of the planning for the '' Wurmberg 2015'' concept, a ski lift or gondola lift and four new downhill runs are to be built in the area between the Großer and Kleiner Winterberg and the Wurmberg towards the village of Schierke.

References

Wernigerode Mountains of the Harz Mountains and hills of Saxony-Anhalt Mountains under 1000 metres