Heinrichshöhe

Heinrichshöhe
	Brockentor cliff on Heinrichshöhe
height	1045 m above sea level NHN
location	near Schierke ; District of Harz , Saxony-Anhalt ( Germany )
Mountains	resin
Dominance	0.45 km → Brocken
Notch height	20 m
Coordinates	51 ° 47 '22 " N , 10 ° 37' 45" E Coordinates: 51 ° 47 '22 " N , 10 ° 37' 45" E
rock	granite
Development	1744 peat plant laid out in the summit area
particularities	The Brocken inn was located here until 1799.

The Heinrichshöhe is a side knoll of the Brocken ( 1141.2 m above sea level ) and with about 1045 m height the second highest knoll in the Harz . It is located near Schierke in the urban area of Wernigerode in the Harz district of Saxony-Anhalt .

Today it is only accessible for research purposes and for wildlife regulation with the approval of the national park administration.

geography

location

The Heinrichshöhe rises in the Harz National Park and in the Harz / Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park . Its summit is 3.2 km north-north-west of Schierke , a south-western district of the city of Wernigerode , 1.4 km south-east of the Brocken summit and 250 m north-east of the Brockenstrasse ( K 1356), between the Eckernlochstieg and Urwaldstieg .

The granite rock cliff Brockentor ( 1039.5 m ) lies close to the summit on the southern flank of the elevation . To the south-west the landscape slopes down to the Black Schluftwasser , a small tributary of the Kalten Bode, which flows south of the Heinrichshöhe . To the west, across the Black Schluftwasser, lies the Königsberg ( 1033.5 m ), another side knoll of the Brocken.

Natural allocation

The Heinrichshöhe belongs in the natural spatial main unit group Harz (No. 38) and in the main unit Hochharz (381) to the sub-unit Brocken ( Eastern Brocken massif ; 381.0).

Protected areas

In addition to its central location in the Harz National Park, parts of the Harz landscape protection area and northern Harz foreland ( CDDA no. 20784; designated in 1968; 1587.6238 km² ) and the Hochharz fauna-flora-habitat area (FFH no. 4229 ) are located on the Heinrichshöhe -301; 60.23 km²) and the Hochharz bird sanctuary (VSG no. 4229-401; 61.12 km²).

history

overview

The Heinrichshöhe was named after Count Heinrich Ernst zu Stolberg-Wernigerode , who had a peat factory built on its hilltop from 1744 . The Brockengarten herb garden has existed there since 1760 .

The name Brockentor also comes from the 18th century, when the first Brocken inn was located right next to the approximately 5 meter high granite cliff; At that time there was no gastronomy on the neighboring Brocken. The inn burned down in 1799. The remains of the foundation walls are still in front of the Brockentor cliff today.

Goethe mentions the Heinrichshöhe together with Ilsestein and Schnorerklippen in Faust II .

After the First World War (1914-1918), a ski monument was erected 600 m northwest of the summit of Heinrichshöhe on the way not far from the former Brockenteich .

In 1936 a lettering was carved into the granite of the Brockentor cliff.

Heinrichshöhe was a popular excursion destination in the Harz Mountains until August 13, 1961. Since then it has been in the restricted area of the inner-German border .

Heinrichshöhenweg

The Heinrichshöhenweg is the oldest documented route to the Brocken. It was first mentioned in a document in 1591 and ran roughly parallel to today's Brockenstrasse. From Heinrichshöhe it runs directly towards the Brocken summit. After German reunification , the western and eastern parts of the road, which had been divided by the inner-German border, were united.