Holy pond

Sacred Pond, December 2014

View of the route of the Selketalbahn and the passage to the smaller western part

Crown of the dam

Dam wall

The Heilige Teich in the Harz low mountain range is a reservoir south of the Quedlinburg district of Stadt Gernrode in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt . It is registered as an art pond in the local register of monuments.

Geographical location

The pond is located south of Gernrode in Ostergrund and is created by damming the Wellbach . On the western shore of the pond the route runs Selketalbahn that separates the pond into a smaller western and a large eastern part.

History and description

Holy Pond in August 1940

At the site of today's Holy Pond, there was a pond as early as the 10th century , which was considered medicinal, from which the name of the current pond is derived. Abbess Hathui , daughter-in-law of Margrave Gero , healed and cared for the sick here. When Hathuis died in 1014, the water in the pond is said to have turned blood red, then bright green, until it finally returned to its normal color.

In 1745, Prince Viktor Friedrich had a device built to raise water in the Ostergrund. To enable the operation of the facility, the holy pond was created in 1746/47. However, the system proved to be uneconomical, so that it was closed again in 1749. However, the sacred pond was preserved.

The Selke Valley Railway was built in 1886/87. It crosses the pond on a stone viaduct , dividing it into a smaller western and a larger eastern part.

On a tree on the north-eastern bank of the pond there is a sign explaining the history of the pond.

literature

• Rosemarie and Gerhard Kellermann, Heiliger Teich in Chronicle of the City of Gernrode , Gernroder Kulturverein Andreas Popperodt eV 2013, page 173.
• State Office for the Preservation of Monuments of Saxony-Anhalt (Ed.): List of monuments in Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 7.2: Falko Grubitzsch, with the participation of Winfried Korf and Theo Gosselke: Quedlinburg district. Halle 2007, ISBN 978-3-86568-072-3 , page 130.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Saxony-Anhalt (ed.): List of monuments in Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 7.2: Falko Grubitzsch, with the participation of Winfried Korf and Theo Gosselke: Quedlinburg district. Halle 2007, ISBN 978-3-86568-072-3 , page 130

Coordinates: 51 ° 42 ′ 35 ″  N , 11 ° 8 ′ 42 ″  E