Harz Crossing

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The Harzquerung is a running and hiking event that has been organized by the Skiklub Wernigerode 1911 eV since 1980 and takes place on the last Saturday in April. The main route is an ultramarathon in which the Harz Mountains between Wernigerode and Nordhausen are crossed in a north-south direction over a distance of 51 km . There is also a 25 km route from Wernigerode to Benneckenstein and a 28 km route from Benneckenstein to Nordhausen.

From the start on the outskirts of Wernigerode, it goes first up to the Hilmersberg ( 507  m ) and then to the Zillierbach dam . After 11.5 km you will reach the first refreshment station at the Neue Hütte . The path forks at 20 km on the long . While the 25 km runners turn right to Benneckenstein, the ultra marathon runners continue south. Shortly after Trautenstein , the 28 km runners who started in Benneckenstein join them. Via Sophienhof it goes to Netzkater . Now the second big ascent follows on the Poppenberg ( 600.6  m ), whose summit is reached at km 39. Via Neustadt / Harz and Rüdigsdorf it then goes to the finish in the Albert Kuntz Stadium in Nordhausen.

The route is quite demanding because of the natural course on small paths and the more than 1200 meters of altitude to be mastered .

The initiator of the run was Herbert Pohl from Wernigerode, who died in 1993. In the GDR , the execution of the run was temporarily prohibited by order of the authorities. In 2004, together with the 25th Harz Crossing, the 4th German Championship in the landscape run of the German Ultramarathon Association (DUV) took place.

statistics

Course records

  • Men: 3:23:47, Karsten Sörensen, 1996
  • Women: 4:00:04, Heidrun Peckert, 2005

Finisher 2007

  • 51 km: 334 (272 men and 62 women)
  • 25 km: 75 (57 men and 18 women)
  • 28 km: 68 (51 men and 17 women)

Winners list

year Men time Women time
2019 Frank Merrbach, Alexander Dautel 3:43:33 Luzia Buehler 4:30:35
2018 Frank Merrbach 3:39:14 Marita choice 4:32:52
2017 Enrico Wiessner 3:40:00 Barbara Drews 4:37:34
2016 Stephan Aris 4:12:55 Annette Mueller 4:43:44
2015 Martin Tschugg 4:01:29 Nadja Koch 4:41:11
2014 Marcus Biehl 3:35:07 Barbara Drews 4:27:19
2013 Andre Krohn, Andreas Schneidewind 4:00:18 Claudia Herrmann 4:47:40
2012 Stephan Aris 3:56:27 Tina Schulz 4:45:15
2011 Hans-Peter Müller 3:46:34 Nicole cress 4:19:48
2010 Frank Dietrich 3:38:34 Cornelia Heinze 4:34:38
2009 Michael Linqua 3:40:27 Anne Gerlach 4:45:57
2008 Frank Dietrich 3:36:43 Carmen Hildebrand 4:33:46
2007 Andreas Schneidewind 3:37:09 Nicole cress 4:30:52
2006 Thomas Drößler 3:38:36 Cornelia Heinze 4:27:17
2005 Thomas Drößler 3:37:30 Heidrun Pecker 4:00:04
2004 Rainer Koch 3:28:55 Nicole cress 4:03:33
2003 Thomas Drößler 3:27:34 Heidrun Pecker 4:06:35
2002 Ulrich Grallath 3:31:36 Nele Wild-Wall 4:07:40

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