Lark heads
| Lark heads / larch heads | ||
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 View from the Goetheweg to the southern tip of the Lerchenköpfe with the hamlet of Torfhaus and the NDR broadcast mast Harz-West |
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| height | 821 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | District of Goslar , Lower Saxony , Germany | |
| Mountains | Harz ( Upper Harz ) | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 48 '7 " N , 10 ° 31' 58" E | |
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The Lerchenköpfe (also called larch heads ) in the Upper Harz are a two-capped range of mountains near Torfhaus in the Harz low mountain range . They belong to the non-parish Harz region of the Goslar district in Lower Saxony .
Their crests are the location of the two transmitters Torfhaus / Harz : On the southern crest, which is 821 m above sea level. NHN is high, there is an NDR transmission tower and on the north summit, which is about 801 m high, there is a DFMG transmission tower.
Geographical location
The Lerchenköpfe are located west (south tip) to north-northwest (north tip) of Torfhaus , a district of the mountain town of Altenau . The southern tip is part of the Harz National Park , the northern tip is like a peat house in an area that is excluded from the park. Federal road 4 , which runs through Torfhaus, runs between the two wooded knolls, which are about 700 m apart .
To the north the landscape of the ridge drops into the valley of the Radau , to the east it leads along the Abbegrabens and over the Quitschenberg ( 881.5 m ) to the Brocken ( 1141.1 m ) in Saxony-Anhalt . To the south it descends to the Oderteich , to the southwest it leads over the upper Kellwassertal with the Flörichshaier Graben and over the rocky cliffs of the Steile Wand to the Bruchberg (approx. 927 m ) on the state road 504 ( Steile-Wand-Straße ; Torfhaus-Altenau) ) over. To the west it falls over the Dehnenkopf (approx. 775 m ) into the middle Kellerwassertal.
Transmitter Torfhaus / Harz
The lark heads are the location of the two transmission systems , each with a transmission mast . The Harz-West transmitter is operated by Norddeutscher Rundfunk ( NDR ), Torfhaus with an additional transmission tower by Deutsche Funkturm GmbH ( DFMG ). The NDR-mast to the spread of digital television DVB-T and FM - radio is used, is 235 meters high. The DFMG transmission systems, which are used to broadcast VHF radio and directional radio , are 130 m and 57 m high, respectively.
leisure
On the Lerchenköpf there is a winter sports area with cross-country ski trails , with a ski slope at the Rinderkopf ski lift on the southern flank of the southern summit and with a toboggan run at the Brockenblick toboggan lift located on the eastern flank of the southern summit at the TorfHaus National Park visitor center . Several hiking trails lead through its landscape , from which you can walk through Torfhaus to the Goetheweg leading in the direction of the Brocken , and trails for mountain bikes .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Lerchenköpfe in the map service ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Climate Protection , on natur-erleben.niedersachsen.de
