Koenigshütte waterfall
The Königshütte waterfall in the Harz is an artificially created waterfall near Königshütte in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt .
Geographical location
The Königshütte waterfall is located in the middle Harz in the Harz / Saxony-Anhalt nature park between the districts of Neue Hütte (west) and Rothehütte (southeast) of Königshütte, which belongs to the town of Oberharz am Brocken . It is located on the southeast flank of the Rabenstein ( 499.1 m above sea level ) at an altitude of about 450 m . The federal road 27 , from which the waterfall can already be seen, and the Rübelandbahn pass through Königshütte in the immediate vicinity . Directly south of the road, the Kalte Bode flows parallel to it and flows through the Almond Wood Dam about 1,000 m southwest (upstream) .
Description and hiking
The Königshütte waterfall was artificially created in connection with a former quarry in 1994. It is fed from water from a probably nameless ditch, which is created as a bifurcation of the Knesebeckkoppe , and pours with a relatively small amount of water from about 12 m height (according to other information: 15 or 20 m) in a step over a rock edge. Its water flows into the Kalte Bode . Directly below the falls is a small green area with a resting and barbecue area.
The waterfall is included as No. 40 in the system of stamping points of the Harz hiking pin. The stamping point is below the waterfall at the rest area.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saxony-Anhalt viewer of the State Office for Surveying and Geoinformation ( notes )
- ↑ Harzer hiking needle: stamp point 40 / Königshütter waterfall , on harzer-wandernadel.de
Coordinates: 51 ° 45 ′ 4 ″ N , 10 ° 45 ′ 12 ″ E