The ''Molkenhaus'' is a historic house near

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 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 ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, located on the Jägerkopf hill above the

Steinerne Renne The Steinerne Renne is a waterfall and natural monument near the town of Wernigerode in the Harz mountains of central Germany. Location The Steinerne Renne is east of the Harz National Park in the Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park. It lies south ...

waterfall and the source region of the

Holtemme The Holtemme is a long tributary of the river Bode in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It rises in the Harz mountains at the eastern foot of the Brocken, descends during its upper course as the Steinerne Renne, a steep stream bed riddled with granite ...

river. The timber-framed building, which was built by order of the Senior Master Hunter (''Oberjägermeister'') of the

counts of Stolberg The County of Stolberg (german: Grafschaft Stolberg) was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in the Harz mountain range in present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was ruled by a branch of the House of Stolberg. The town of Stolberg was pro ...

, von Meseberg, at the beginning of the 18th century, belonged to the

Ilsenburg Ilsenburg () is a town in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. It is situated under the north foot of the Harz Mountains, at the entrance to the Ilse valley with its little river, the Ilse, a tributary of the Oker, about six north ...

er Marienhof and was used for hunting purposes and the production of butter. Nowadays it is used by the

Harz National Park Harz National Park is a nature reserve in the German federal states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. It comprises portions of the western Harz mountain range, extending from Herzberg and Bad Lauterberg at the southern edge to Bad Harzburg and I ...

Molkenhausstern

About

as the crow flies __NOTOC__ The expression ''as the crow flies'' is an idiom for the most direct path between two points, rather similar to "in a beeline". This meaning is attested from the early 19th century, and appeared in Charles Dickens's 1838 novel '' Oliv ...

north-northwest of the ''Molkenhaus'' and a little southwest of the ''Hohe Wand'' on the municipal boundary of Wernigerode with

, lies the ''Molkenhausstern'' (; ), a forest track and hiking trail junction. It may be reached on the ''Molkenhauschaussee'' track from the ''Molkenhaus'' and is no. 23 in the system of checkpoints on 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 ...

. The checkpoint box is in a refuge hut by the junction. The follow trails meet here: the ''Forstmeister-Sietz-Weg'', the ''Molkenhauschaussee'', the ''Soldansweg'' and the ''Victor-von-Scheffel-Weg''. Hiking destinations in the area are displayed on a

fingerpost A fingerpost (sometimes referred to as a guide post) is a traditional type of sign post primarily used in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, consisting of a post with one or more arms, known as fingers, pointing in the directio ...

at the junction. They are (in alphabetical order):

Drei Annen Hohne Drei Annen Hohne is the name of a small settlement within the municipal area of Wernigerode in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The place is located about southwest of the town within the Harz mountains, on the northeastern edge of the Harz National Park. ...

Hohneklippen 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 surrou ...

, Ilsefälle (the Ilse Falls), Ilsenburg,

Ilsestein The Ilsestein (formerly also called ''Ilsenstein'') is a prominent granite rock formation near the town of Ilsenburg in the Harz mountains of central Germany. Offering a scenic view over the Ilse valley to the Brocken massif, the highest mountain ...

, Ilsetal,

Plessenburg Plessenburg is a village in the town of Ilsenburg in the Harz National Park, in the district of Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Location and establishment In the years 1775-76 Count Henry Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode had a grand h ...

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 ...

and

Wolfsklippen The Wolfsklippen, also called the Wolfsklippe, is a granite mountain in the Harz mountains in Central Germany with an observation platform on the summit. Its height is frequently given as about , but occasionally also as only around . Location ...

References

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