Bruchberg

Looking around from Altenau to Bruchberg with Wolf Observatory ( center) and top (right) region in the summer ...

And ... in the winter with transmitter peat house / resin in Hintergrundbdep2

The break in the Upper Harz mountain is about 927 meters above sea level. NN is the second highest mountain in Lower Saxony and the third highest mountain of the Harz low mountain range. In the Harz National Park located it belongs to a municipality of the district of Goslar Harz area.

Geography

Location

The fraction mountain is located in the core zone of the Harz National Park southeast of the core of the local mountain town Altenau, southwest of the Altenauer district peat house and just north of St. Andrew Berg, a district of Brown situation. In the northeast of the mountain over the rocky cliffs of the steep wall drops into the Kellwassertal with the Flörichshaier ditch, and southeast to Oderteich. In the southwest of the mountain is about on the main road about 242 in the range of hills on the field and in the northwest it falls to Altenau and thus to the Valley of the Oker from.

Summit and Wolf waiting

The Bruchberg is a loosely forested plateau with gently rising knoll summit (approx. 927 m). About 700 m north- northeast of it is the wolf waiting (about 918 m; 51.79030555555610.502972222222 ⊙ ), an existing weathered arable Bruchberg quartzite, treeless summit. On a clear day is from there as the chunks to be seen. The rocky wolf waiting is good from the bells in Altenau to recognize from Schulenberg and also of peat house from.

Bark beetle infestation

The Bruchberg is partially covered with trees, but these are largely died at the sunlit south by bark beetle infestation (see photo below). Here is currently being built by the bark beetle feeding a new and richer types of natural forest.

Hiking

From Altenau leads the wolf Warter way, called at the top of Upper and breaking mountain trail, on Okerstein pretty much over right up to the wolf waiting. The path is connected via multiple communication paths with the Steep Wall Street Altenau- peat house. The easiest way to reach the wolf waiting when branching on the last connecting at about 760 m altitude, just before the first parking lot on the steep wall and after a few hundred meters on the steep and natural butter Stieg. Also from peat house leads up a direct, about 4km long way.

The wolf is waiting involved since 2007 as No. 135 in the system of stamp locations of the Harz hiking pin.

Skikreuz

Since 1921, stood just east of the summit Bruchberg Skikreuz of ski clubs Altenau, originally to commemorate the First World War ( 1914-1918) Fallen Skikameraden, and later to commemorate those of the Second World War (1939-1945 ). Because it was in a quiet zone of the national park, it was allowed to be visited only once a year for the commemoration of the deceased. On 8 September 2008, the restored monument was with his cross made ​​of wood with letters ( " Ski Club Altenau - 1914/18 - 1939/1945 " ), of iron a new location near the public wolf waiting.

Gallery

Wolf waiting in the summer

Wolf waiting in winter