Klusfelsen

Drawing by GM Kraus

The Klusfelsen is a sandstone rock in Goslar on the edge of the Harz Mountains below the Petersberg . It protrudes as a nearly 20 meter high and 50 meter long rock ridge from the almost flat surrounding terrain, which is around 250 meters above sea level. The sandstone comes from the Lower Cretaceous when it formed in a shallow sea about 110 million years ago . Since the sequence of layers here runs almost vertically due to the block-like uplift in the Old Tertiary , you can see layer surfaces running vertically on the Klusfelsen.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited the Klusfelsen together with Georg Melchior Kraus on his third trip to the Harz Mountains on September 2, 1784. Kraus made the adjacent drawing.

In 1167, a Marienkapelle - the so-called " Kluskapelle " - was set up in a natural cave in the rock space . It was used as an apartment after the Reformation . With the romantic movement, a chapel was set up again at the beginning of the 19th century, which fell into disrepair after 1970 at the latest and was even misused as a toilet . In 1983 the chapel was renovated - with outstanding support from the Rotary Club of Goslar.

The rock is under protection - no rock samples may be taken out, nor may the rock be climbed.

51.911944444444 10.445277777778 275Coordinates: 51 ° 55 ' N , 10 ° 27' E