Elversstein
The Elversstein in the Harz is a maximum of 499 m above sea level. NHN high slate rock formation with diabase deposits from the Steinberg (approx. 525 m ) above the Drängetal near Hasserode in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt .
Surname
The Elversstein is named after the government and consistorial councilor Rudolph Elvers (1825-1891), a lawyer and administrative officer who, among other things, acted as the first district administrator of the Wernigerode district in the Prussian province of Saxony .
Geographical location
The Elversstein is located in the Harz / Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park, about 2 km south-south-west of the Wernigerode district of Hasserode , which connects to the south-west of the city center. It is located on the northwest flank of the Steinberg, east of the Drängetal, through which the Drängetalwasser flows as a tributary of the brown water and the state road 100 (Hasserode - Drei Annen Hohne ) leads. In the 18th century, the Triumphwagen silver mine with the "Great Luck" treasure trove was located below the Elversstein .
Possibility of viewing
From the Elversstein you can see the Harz landscape, including the Brocken ( 1141.1 m ), the highest mountain in the Harz. In addition, you can see the route of the Harzquerbahn across the Drängetal , and sometimes you can see a steam locomotive driven train of this narrow-gauge railway coming in or out of the 58 m long Thumkuhlenkopf tunnel.
hike
Coming from Hasserode, for example, the Elverssteinpfad leads to the Elversstein, which is a popular hiking destination. On the forest path above it you can walk back past the Steinbergskopf ( 478.5 m ). From the Elversstein you can hike towards the northeast to the Kaiserturm on the Armeleuteberg .
The Elversstein is included as No. 29 in the system of stamping points of the Harz hiking pin.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Harzer hiking pin: stamp point 29 / Elversstein , on harzer-wandernadel.de
- ^ Geological map of Prussia, sheet Wernigerode
- ^ History of the city and county of Wernigerode in their forest, field and street names by District Court Judge Walter Grosse, Wernigerode 1929
Coordinates: 51 ° 48 ′ 16.9 ″ N , 10 ° 44 ′ 5 ″ E