Scharfenstein (Ilsenburg)
| Scharfenstein | ||
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 View from the direction of the ranger station to the |
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| height | 697.6 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | near Ilsenburg ; District of Harz , Saxony-Anhalt ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Harz (Upper Harz, High Harz ) | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 49 '56 " N , 10 ° 36' 3" E | |
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| particularities | Sharpstone Cliff | |
The Scharfenstein is 697.6 m above sea level. NHN high elevation in the Harz near Ilsenburg in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt . It is part of the Harz National Park .
Geographical location
The Scharfenstein is located southwest of Ilsenburg , southeast of Lower Saxony Bad Harzburg , north of the small chunk and east of Lower Saxony to at on the border of Saxony-Anhalt Ecker located Ecker reservoir . The Scharfenstein cliff is located on and on the mountain ; The view from there to the Brocken , towards the Torfhaus and the Eckerstausee is particularly good . The ranger station Scharfenstein of the national park with self-service snack is located below the hilltop .
Mountain name
The mountain name comes from the designation sharp / pointed or rugged stone. The Scharfensteinklippe presents itself as such a rock massif, particularly from the southern point of view, but also from the west of the Eckerstausee.
history
The area around the Scharfenstein has been used as pasture by Ilsenburg since around 1420, for which the first shepherd's house was built - mentioned in a hunting letter from 1588 to Count Wolfgang Ernst Curtshofe . This cattle yard was still being managed from Stapelburg in 1816 . Around 1875 Count Otto zu Stolberg-Wernigerode had a forester's house built, which, together with the forest settlement that emerged around 1920, developed into a popular rest area for hikers and excursion restaurants with accommodation.
On 11/12 April 1945 US troops occupied the Scharfenstein without a fight. They were replaced by the Red Army in July of that year. After the founding of the GDR in 1949 and the formation of the state forest administration, organized forestry was initially resumed on Scharfenstein. Because of its location near the border with Lower Saxony , the first wooden barracks was built here in 1955. The old forester's house was torn down in 1960 and a new barracks was built in 1969 for the GDR border troops . This in turn was removed in 2000 for the national park-appropriate renaturation of the area. Around the location of the barracks, the current ranger station with two log houses was opened in 2002.
Protected areas
On the Scharfenstein are parts of the Harz and Vorländer landscape protection area ( CDDA no. 20784; designated 1968; 1587.86 km² in size), the fauna-flora-habitat area Hochharz (FFH-No. 4229-301; 60.23 km²) and the bird sanctuary Hochharz (VSG-Nr. 4229-401; 61.12 km²).
hike
From the ranger station, which is included as No. 2 ( Scharfenstein ranger station ) in the system of stamping points for the Harz hiking pin, a narrow, signposted path leads up to the summit, which is reached in around 15 minutes. You also have to use the same path for the descent, as you are in the middle of the Harz National Park and the mandatory paths apply here. South of the sharp stone begins the shepherds Stieg the past the little chunks on an old stone path, the control of the little further west running, former inner-German border , has been created for chunks leads.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Harz hiking pin: stamp point 2 / Scharfenstein (ranger station) , on harzer-wandernadel.de
