Swivel head
Schwengskopf is the name of a 493 m above sea level. NN high mountain southwest of the former Himmelpforten monastery in the Hasserode district of Wernigerode in the Harz Mountains . The mountain was probably named after a Schwenck family, who can be traced here since 1570, or after an earlier route designation
In 1520 it was first mentioned in a document as dat Schwencke nedder . In 1739 the name Schwenckberg can be found on a map .
literature
- Walther Grosse : History of the city and county of Wernigerode in their forest, field and street names , Wernigerode 1929, p. 130
Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ' N , 10 ° 44' E