Hahnenklee Crags
The Clausthal in the Harz Mountains cliffs are part of a penetrated by steep rock formations and a maximum of about 200 m high slope ( maximum of about 750 m above sea level. NN ) of the eastern flank of the Oder valley near Brown location in the Lower Saxon district of Goslar.
Origin of the name
The name " Clausthal cliffs " has nothing to do with the town of Clausthal in the Harz Mountains, but is derived from Hahnenkliev, which means "high cliffs ".
Geographical location
The Hahnenklee cliffs are in the Upper Harz Harz National Park. You are about 1.5 km southwest of the Brown camp hamlet Königskrug. The cliffs are part of the local eastern slope of the Oder valley, which extends between the upper edge of a maximum of 758.1 m above sea level. NN high plateaus to nearly 750 m above sea level. Sea level and the valley floor on Rhume inflow Or at around 550 meters above sea level. NN extends; thus arise about 200 m height difference. Some rock formations are up to 50 m high. The cliffs extend in a north-south direction at about 700 m in length. On the opposite side limit at around 800 m from the high cliffs at Rehberg (approx. 893 m), the Oder valley.
Geology and flora
The cliffs consist of hornfels, a metamorphic rock. Below the cliffs talus slopes are found, whose origin is mainly due to erosion by frost shattering. The cliffs are covered by coniferous forest and surrounded.
Tourism
The Hahnenklee cliffs are popular hiking destination and erwanderbar of Königskrug or brown situation. From the east the cliffs located Hahnenkleer forest trail branches off road about 200 m south-southeast of the refuge gamekeeper -Hartmann Hut ( ⊙ 51.73737510.565875 ) a nearly 250 m long path to an approximately 740 m above sea level. NN situated above the cliffs vantage point from.
The cliffs are included as No. 75 in the system of stamp locations of the Harz hiking pin; the stamp station is located about 250 m (straight line ) southwest of the located at the Clausthal cliffs viewpoint in the aforementioned shelter.
For climbing the cliffs were formerly developed by some relatively long and serious route, but applies here since 1981 due to the conservation provisions of the National Park is an absolute climbing ban.