Stair stone

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View from the staircase stone in north-northwest direction into the Oker valley with the B 498
View from the staircase to the north past the student cliffs to the Sudmerberg near Goslar 's Oker district and to the northern Harz foreland

The stair stone in the community-free Harz region of the Lower Saxony district of Goslar is an elongated rock formation on the Huthberg near Romkerhalle in the Harz region . Its rocks are made of granite and show clear wool sack weathering . The upper part of the formation is called the Great Stair Stone .

geography

location

The staircase stone is located in the Harz Nature Park downwards along the Oker between the villages of Schulenberg in the southwest and Oker in the north, about 1.5 km (as the crow flies ) north-northeast of the Romkerhalle hotel and restaurant, which is located on the river at about 355  m altitude . It is located on the northwest slope of the wooded Huthberg ( 604.8  m ), which slopes down to the deeply cut valley of the Oker. The mountain peak in the Kästeklippen area is located around 450 m south-southeast of the Great Staircase Stone . The Tränketal, through which the small (brook from) Jägerborn flows westward towards the Oker, runs past to the north.

Altitude

The elongated stair stone runs on the north-west slope of the Huthberg from around 480  m in height in the west-north-west direction down to around 350  m in height in the Oker valley. Its highest point is also about 511  m above sea level. NHN indicated. The 500 m height line is shown on topographic maps in which the rock formation is entered, however, clearly further above the Great Staircase .

Fortifications

At the west foot of the stone there was a fortification, which was discovered in 1989 through the remains of a stone building and a neck ditch about 40 meters (m) from the rock. Today it is 1.5 m deep and 4 m wide. Sometimes it is still 5 m deep and up to 10 m wide. Ceramic shards and iron fragments, which are assigned to the 13th century, have been found in this area since 1963.

The small, presumably medieval section fortification Tränkestein is about 500 m above the staircase stone . This is a 50 m long wall trench system. The trench is still 1.5 m deep and the wall about 1 m high.

Hiking and climbing

The staircase stone is a popular hiking destination and is included as No. 117 in the system of stamping points of the Harz hiking pin. From the summit of the Great Staircase , which can be reached via rock steps , you have a view particularly over the Okertal to the west, but also to the north along the river valley to the Sudmerberg , on which a transmission tower can be seen. The hiking trail from the Romkerhall waterfall to the Käste cliffs leads past.

The formation is also used for climbing . The routes here show difficulties up to the IX. Degree (UIAA) .

Ancient steps carved into the rock suggest that the stair stone was also climbed by people in the past.

See also

literature

Web links

  • Entry by Stefan Eismann on stairs stone in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Staircase Stone, on harzlife.de, accessed on May 21, 2010
  2. ↑ a b c Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  3. ↑ a b Harzer hiking needle: stamp point 117 / stairs stone , on harzer-wandernadel.de
  4. ↑ Great Staircase Stone , in the rock information system of the German Alpine Club of the DAV , on Felsinfo.alpenverein.de

Coordinates: 51 ° 52 ′ 19.8 "  N , 10 ° 28 ′ 49.7"  E