Feuersteinklippe

The flint cliff is a cliff in the Harz National Park and a landmark of the place Schierke.

The flint cliff, unlike the name suggests, an existing granite Härtling. It has a typical for the granite orthogonal fracture system and the characteristic Wollsackverwitterung. The striking rock formation is located at an altitude of 690 above sea level. Surrounded slightly north of the station Schierke NHN forest.

The name of flint cliff is similar to the name of the southeastern Schierker flint meadows, which are also located in the Harz National Park. Often the name origin "fire" from there possibly sparked ritual fires or beacons is derived, but this is likely just a legend. Big Walther writes in his "History of the City and County of Wernigerode in their forest, hall and street names " ( Wernigerode 1929) for names Origin, that the granite was there very hard and give with the steel sparks. Nevertheless, the names of origin remains unclear.

A fixed to the rock plaque commemorates the visit of Goethe and the painter Georg Melchior Kraus, who stayed here on 4 September 1784 geological studies.

After the cliff -founded in Schierke herbal Schierker flint is named on the bottle label is shown.

Cliff in winter

An oversized bottle Schierker flint as an advertising medium before Schierker pharmacy " Zum Roten Fingerhut "