Wolfsklippen

Wolfsklippen

Observation platform on the Wolfsklippen
Highest point
Elevation 723 m (2,372 ft)
Coordinates 51°49′08″N 10°40′22″E / 51.81889°N 10.67278°E / 51.81889; 10.67278Coordinates: 51°49′08″N 10°40′22″E / 51.81889°N 10.67278°E / 51.81889; 10.67278
Geography
Wolfsklippen

Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Parent range Harz Mountains
Geology
Mountain type Granite

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 723 m above sea level (NN),[1] but occasionally also as only around 710 m above NN.[2]

Location

The mountain lies northeast of the Brocken, the highest elevation in the Harz, about 200 m east of the road way from Drei Annen Hohne to Plessenburg.

History

Over 100 years ago the Harz Club erected on the summit of the Wolfsklippen one of four iron observation platforms in the Harz that still exist. At that time it had a good view of the Brocken and towards Ilsenburg and Wernigerode. Today this outlook is no longer visible due to the tall spruce trees that block the view.

Name and legend

AT the Wolfsklippen the last wolf in the area is supposed to have been killed,[3] which is where the name of the mountain comes from. According to another legend, the name of the crags comes from the witch hunting period, when a girl accused of witchcraft hid here with a she-wolf.[4][5]

Walking

The Wolfsklippen is check point no. 24 on the walking trail network known as the Harzer Wandernadel.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Wolfsklippe". zukunft-harz.de. Archived from the original on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
  2. ↑ Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, Landesamt für Vermessung und Geoinformation Sachsen-Anhalt: Digitale Topographische Karte 1:50.000, Saxony-Anhalt viewer, retrieved 25 November 2010
  3. ↑ Harzklub. Zweigverein Wernigerode, ed. (189?) (in German), Auskunft über Wernigerode am Harz, pp. 102
  4. ↑ "Wolfsklippen". Retrieved 2010-11-26.
  5. ↑ "Die Wolfsklippen". Retrieved 2010-11-26.
  6. ↑ Harzer Wandernadel: Archive copy at the Wayback Machine at harzer-wandernadel.de
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