Elversstein

The Elvers stone resin is a maximum of 499 m above sea level. NN -high granite rock formation of Steinberg's (about 525 m above sea level. NN ) near Hasserode in the district of Harz, in Saxony- Anhalt.

Name

The Elvers stone is named after Rudolph Elvers (1825-1891), a German lawyers and administrators, who served among other things as District Administrator of Wernigerode in the Prussian province of Saxony.

Geographical location

The Elvers stone is located in the Harz Nature Park / Saxony- Anhalt 2 km south-southwest of the town of Wernigerode part Hasserode, the south-west connects to the core city. It is located on the northwest edge of Steinberg's east above the Drängetals through which the Drängetalwasser flows as a tributary of the brown water and the provincial road 100 ( Hasserode - Drei Annen Hohne ) leads.

View opportunity

From Elvers stone, the eye is in the Harz mountains, among other things, to the Brocken ( 1141.1 m above sea level. NN ), the highest mountain in the Harz Mountains. In addition, you look at the other side of the Drängetals running route of the Harzquerbahn, and sometimes you can see a train of narrow-gauge railway at the local, about 58 m long Thumkuhlenkopftunnel or retract.

Hiking

For Elvers stone, which is a popular hiking destination, leads from Hasserode coming as the Elvers stone path. On the forest path located above that, you can pass by the Steinberg head ( 478.5 m above sea level. NN ) back. From Elvers stone can be approximately in the direction northeast to Kaiserturm hike on the poor man mountain.

The Elvers stone is included as # 29 in the system of stamp locations of the Harz hiking pin.