Zeterklippen

The Zeterklippen in the resin are distinctive granite rock formations on the corner racing mountain (about 933 m above sea level. NN ) in the district of Harz, in Saxony- Anhalt. They consist of the Great Zeterklippe ( Upper Zeterklippe; 929.7 m above sea level; ⊙ 51.80297222222210.643027777778Koordinaten. 51 ° 48 '11 "N, 10 ° 38' 35" E ), the Middle Zeterklippe (about 866 m above sea level. NN; 51.80687510.641111111111 ⊙ ) and the Little Zeterklippe ( Lower Zeterklippe; approximately 827 m above sea level, . ⊙ 51.80861111111110.640833333333 ).

Geographical location

The Zeterklippen lie in the Upper Harz ( Upper Harz ) in the Harz Nature Park / Saxony- Anhalt Harz National Park. In the extreme south of the metropolitan area of Ilsenburg they are located on the north of Schierke located ( Wernigerode ) Race Eckeberg, an eastern neighbor of the Brocken ( 1141.1 m above sea level. NN ). The Great Zeterklippe rises on the northern tip of the in his high altitudes loosely wooded corner racing mountain and on its northwest flank lie the Middle Zeterklippe and the Little Zeterklippe. West past the mountain flows in south-north direction of the upper reaches of Use.

Origin of the name

The origin of the name Zeterklippen is not yet clear. Reject the derivation of hue or Zintar or fountain of Zio 's ( Thor). Not likely also related to the Upper German call for legal or military aid appears hue. 1407 the name appears for the first time as de Zetterberg, 1592 then as the Zetterklebe, 1640 as a setter clover.

Botanical garden and work hut

Slightly below the Great Zeterklippe was formerly the work hut Matt garden which dated from the time when a botanical garden was created as a substitute for the inaccessible Brockengarten here.

Hiking and view option

The Zeterklippen can be reached from whey Stern about 2.5 km away from. The path leads uphill through dense spruce forest until the view to Hohnekamm and down to Wernigerode is free. To the right result here at first a 0.5 km steep climb and after about 200 meters, a 0.4 km shallower rise to the Great Zeterklippe.

The Great Zeterklippe can be climbed via a mounted to the rock iron ladder. From it falls the view, for example, to the Brocken, Wernigerode and the northern Harz foreland.

The Great Zeterklippe is included as # 10 in the system of stamp locations of the Harz hiking pin.