Austberg

View from the southeast across Benzingerode away to Austberg with the Austbergturm

The Austberg, also called Augsberg or Augstberg, is a 292 m above sea level. NN high hill in the northern Harz foreland at Benzingerode in the district of Harz, Saxony -Anhalt ( Germany ).

Geographical location

The Austberg lies directly north of the Central Mountains resin in the northern Harz mountains in the Harz Nature Park / Saxony- Anhalt. It rises just northwest from the town of Wernigerode hamlet Benzingerode. To the north, its landscape falls into the actual Harz foothills, south rises the resin. To the east flows past the Holtemme inflow Bright Stream, beyond that you Struve mountain.

Austbergturm

On the Austberg is just west of the summit at about 290 m above sea level. NN is the former watchtower Austbergturm (also called Augsbergturm or Augstbergturm; instead tower also - wait; 51.83772222222210.859222222222 ⊙ ), which now serves as a lookout. The wait could be built around 1250 the Regensteins count. She served as a watchtower their militia system and the Counts of Blankenburg as a defense tower. The round tower of limestone - quarry stone with plaster mortar with about 4.4 m diameter and 1.2 m wall thickness is about 10 m high. A restoration took place between 2006 and 2008 /2009.

Viewing and hiking

From Austbergturm falls of view, among other things Benzingerode, the resin in the Harz mountains, the mountain and Struve to Wernigerode. To the largely composed of limestone mountain is a 7 km long marked path through interesting vegetation.