Achtermannshöhe

Summit of Achtermannshöhe

The Achtermannshöhe (also eight man named in the 13th century Uchteneshoge lamp or high ) in the Harz National Park is about 925 m above sea level. NN ( for an older source 924.7 m above sea level. NN ) the third highest mountain of Lower Saxony and the fourth highest mountain in the Harz. It belongs to the unincorporated area of the county Goslar Harz.

Geographical location

The Achtermannshöhe located between the Harz-Heide - road (B 4) and the 1.7 km long northeast-trending border of Lower Saxony Saxony -Anhalt, which corresponds to the former inner- German border. It rises nearly 5 km north- northwest of Brown able to south with the district Königskrug of the mountain, and about 6.5 km north- northeast of Sankt Andreas Berg ( depending on distance), and the district Oderbrück north-northwest of the mountain.

North of the Achtermannshöhe is the jump or the source of the Oder, which flows through the west of the mountain located Oderteich, and east rises with the little Bode the right source stream of warm Bode.

Geology

The base of the Achtermannshöhe consists of the granite of the Brocken, which is disrupted in a wide area between the worm and the mountain villages peat house and misery. Their rocky, treeless crest consists of hornfels, a kontaktmetamorphen rock. This rock has a thickness of about 10 m and originated from greywacke by the heating at the intrusion of the granite magma.

Hiking and view option

The Achtermannshöhe is - coming for example from Oderbrück and Königskrug - included accessible hiking trails, as No. 12 in the system of stamp locations of the Harz hiking pin.

Your covered with loose rock summit dome towers over the surrounding trees and offers an excellent all-round visibility - among other things over to Saxony-Anhalt to the Brocken. Conversely, it can be seen in good light conditions from many points in the resin its characteristic dome.