Hasselkopf

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Hasselkopf
height 620  m above sea level NHN
location Braunlage , Goslar district , Lower Saxony , Germany
Mountains Harz ( Upper Harz )
Coordinates 51 ° 42 '46 "  N , 10 ° 36' 34"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 42 '46 "  N , 10 ° 36' 34"  E
Hasselkopf (Lower Saxony)
Hasselkopf

The Hasselkopf in the Harz is about 620  m above sea level. NHN high elevation near Braunlage in the Goslar district in Lower Saxony .

geography

Location and landscape

The Hasselkopf is located in the Upper Harz in the Harz Nature Park . It is located on the southern edge of the core town of Braunlage . To the north its landscape slopes down towards Braunlage to the Warmen Bode and to the south to the Brunnenbach . The elevation is largely made up of meadows (such as the Hasselkopfwiesen ), and its slopes are partly covered by forest .

Mountain height

The Hasselkopf is about 620  m high. Topographic maps show a measuring point at around 612  m  ( ) about 500 m east of its highest point .

Hasselkopf tunnel

The 220 m long Hasselkopf tunnel has been running through the Hasselkopf south of Braunlage since 1995 as part of a shared section of the federal roads 4 and 242 .

Winter sports

There are several ski trails on the Hasselkopf meadows in winter , and a short ski lift and slope on the northern slope enables alpine skiing .

Missile disaster in 1964

On May 7, 1964, Gerhard Zucker organized a demonstration of postal rockets on the Hasselkopf. An explosion caused an accident at the rocket demonstration in Braunlage in 1964 , in which three people were killed.

Individual evidence

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