Trudenstein

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The Trudenstein in winter

The Trudenstein in the Harz is a granite rock formation (at approx. 735  m above sea  level ) below the Hohnekamm near Schierke in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt .

Geographical location

The Trudenstein is located in the Hochharz ( Upper Harz ) in the Harz National Park . It is located on the southern slope of the Hohnekopf , a wooded south- eastern foothills of the Hohnekamm ( 900.6  m ), 1.3 km east- south -east from the summit of the Erdbeerkopf ( 847.7  m ), 2 km northeast of Schierke and 2 km west of Drei Annen Hohne , both of which belong to Wernigerode . There is a granite quarry to the south of the rock and the Brocken Railway runs beyond it .

tourism

The Trudenstein is a popular hiking destination and can be easily reached on hiking trails from Schierke and Drei Annen Hohne. The top of the rock formation is accessible via ladders. From there you have a view towards Schierke, Elend and Stöberhai, among other things .

The Trudenstein is included as No. 17 in the system of stamping points of the Harz hiking pin.

history

The name "Trudenstein" is derived from the alleged resemblance of the rocks to a Drude , an old German witch-like legend. In 1783 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is said to have wandered past the Trudenstein. Caspar David Friedrich depicted the formation on a drawing in 1811. It is said to have inspired him to create a rock group in the foreground of his painting The Watzmann .

As early as 1894, ladders were first erected on the summit of the Trudenstein.

See also

Web links

Commons : Trudenstein  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Saxony-Anhalt viewer of the State Office for Surveying and Geoinformation ( notes )
  2. ↑ a b c The Trudenstein. harzlife.de, accessed on November 24, 2010 .
  3. ↑ a b Harzer hiking needle: stamp point 17 / Trudenstein , on harzer-wandernadel.de
  4. ^ Friederike Sack: Carl Blechens Landscapes - Investigations into the theoretical and technical genesis of works . Munich, S. 196 ( ub.uni-muenchen.de [PDF; 12.7 MB ; accessed on November 24, 2010]).
  5. ↑ On to the Brocken , in: Mountainbiken - Tour 9 , accessed on November 24, 2010, on wernigerode.de (PDF; 210.8 KB)

Coordinates: 51 ° 46 ′ 19.5 ″  N , 10 ° 41 ′ 47.3 ″  E