Raven cliff
The Rabenklippe is a granite rock formation near Bad Harzburg in the Harz Mountains in the district of Goslar in Lower Saxony .
Geographical location
The Rabenklippe is located a few hundred meters west of the border between Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt running along the Ecker in the Harz National Park , about 3.5 km (as the crow flies ) southeast of Bad Harzburg. The rocks, which up to just below 554.9 m above sea level. NHN high mountain spurs of the Kaltalskopf (approx. 605 m ), drop to the southeast into the forested Eckertal about 200 m lower. The lynx enclosure created by the Harz National Park Administration is located near the cliffs .
history
Immediately on the Rabenklippe, which became a popular hiking destination in the 19th century, a shelter hut was built in 1874, from which the Waldgasthaus Rabenklippe (approx. 525 m ) emerged.
After the drought of 2018, the bark beetle attacked large areas of spruce forest in the area of the Rabenklippen.
Opportunities for viewing and hiking
A part of the Rabenklippe has been made accessible by stairs. From there, the view among other things, go to the Brocken , down into the Eckertal and located beyond the Eckertals Taubenklippe . The cliff is included as no. 170 in the system of stamping points of the Harz hiking pin; the stamp box hangs on the Rabenklippe forest inn.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ a b Saxony-Anhalt viewer of the State Office for Surveying and Geoinformation ( notes )
- ↑ Harzer Wanderadel: stamp point 170 / Rabenklippe , on harzer-wandernadel.de
Web links
- Waldgaststätte Rabenklippen , on rabenklippe.de
Coordinates: 51 ° 51 ′ 52 ″ N , 10 ° 36 ′ 17 ″ E