Harz Crossing
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 |
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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 |
See also
Web links
- Official website (since 2019)
- Official website (until 2018)
- Harz crossing on steppenhahn.de with links to other runners' reports