The Bremen Hut () 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 ...

is a refuge hut and shelter in that part of the

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

lying within the borough of

Ilsenburg (Harz) 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 ...

Harz district 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 ...

in the German state of

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Location

The Bremen Hut is situated in the High Harz inside the Harz National Park. It stands in the

Ilse valley The Ilse valley () is the ravine of the Ilse (Oker), Ilse stream in the northern boundary of the Harz mountain range in Germany. Part of the Harz National Park, it runs from the town of Ilsenburg (Harz), Ilsenburg at the foot of the mountain range ...

near the Upper Ilse Falls (''Obere Ilsefälle'') about halfway

as the crow flies The expression ''as the crow flies'' is an idiom for the most direct path between two points. Etymology The meaning of the expression is attested from the early 19th century, and appeared in the Charles Dickens novel ''Oliver Twist'' (1838): ...

between the town of Ilsenburg to the north-northwest, which lies on the northern rim of the Harz, and the

Brocken The Brocken, also sometimes referred to as the Blocksberg, is a mountain near Schierke in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, between the rivers Weser River, Weser and Elbe. The highest peak in the Harz mountain range, and in Northern Germany, ...

to the south-southwest, at 1,141.1 metres above sea level the highest mountain in the Harz. To the west is the Scharfenstein (697.6 m) and to the east is the forest inn of

Plessenburg Plessenburg is a village in the town of Ilsenburg (Harz), Ilsenburg in the Harz National Park, in the district of Landkreis Harz, Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Location and establishment In the years 1775-76 Count Henry Ernest of ...

(ca. 542 m). The hut itself is found at an elevation of 530 metres above sea level (NN).Sachsen-Anhalt-Viewer
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History

The first Bremen Hut, which various accounts state was about 30 to 50 metres below the present hut - downstream on the slopes of the Ilse valley - was erected at the end of the 19th century by ramblers from the Hanseatic City of

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (, ), is the capital of the States of Germany, German state of the Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (), a two-city-state consisting of the c ...

, after which the hut was named. A new Bremen Hut was erected in 2008 after its predecessor had been destroyed in a storm.Harzer Wandernadel
Stempelstelle 6 – ''Bremer Hütte / Obere Ilsefälle''
at harzer-wandernadel.de

Hiking

Heinrich Heine Trail

The Heinrich Heine Trail (''Heinrich-Heine-Wanderweg'') runs past the Bremen Hut heading for the legendary

mountain. The Bremen Hut is checkpoint no. 6 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 network.

Stempelsbuche

Immediately northeast of a fork in the tracks 1.1 kilometres south-southwest of the Bremen Hut by the Ilse tributary, the ''Keelbeck'', (; ) once stood a mighty

beech Beech (genus ''Fagus'') is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to subtropical (accessory forest element) and temperate (as dominant element of Mesophyte, mesophytic forests) Eurasia and North America. There are 14 accepted ...

tree called the ''Stempelsbuche''. Today only the stump is left. Nearby is a small refuge hut. The spot is checkpoint no. 8 in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking system.Harzer Wandernadel
Stempelstelle 8 – ''Stempelsbuche''
auf harzer-wandernadel.de

References

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