Sandhöhlen

The Greater and Lesser Sand Caves (about 195 m above sea level. NN ) are a natural monument in the district of Harz, in Saxony- Anhalt. They are located at Blankenburg in Heers said forest area northeast beneath the rain stone ( 289.4 m above sea level. NN ), on which the castle ruins Regenstein is.

It is believed that here in early times a Germanic Thingplace has found. The mined here very fine quartz sand was formerly used as abrasive powders, as well as grit for cleaning hardwood floors.

The sand caves in the army are included as No. 89 in the system of stamp locations of the Harz hiking pin; of hikers received this position, the predicate " fairest stamping point of the year 2009".