Hirschhorn Crags

The Hirschhorn cliffs (even deer horns ) are a rock formation in the Harz Mountains, Saxony -Anhalt.

The Hirschhorn cliffs as part of the resin cliffs are located at Königsberg above the station Goetheweg few hundred meters south of the Brocken. The highest point of the rock group reaches a height of 1023 m. Politically lie the cliffs in the municipal area of ​​the town of Wernigerode in the Harz district.

The area is located in the core zone of the national park Harz and is therefore nowadays because not accessible by roads, no longer open to the public. The cliffs themselves are reported as geological monument of nature.

History

The cliffs are first mentioned in 1571 in records of the deer horns. 1587 ie between the Hartz Hernern and the Könnigesbergk, 1667 the deer hearing, 1709, the deer horns and 1725 Hirschhorner cliff.

Immediately between the Hirschhorn cliffs was since the beginning of the 18th century, after several trials, the boundary between the county of Wernigerode and the Office Harzburg of the Duchy of Brunswick. It still looks a hewn into the rock border cross and a boundary marker.

Because of their peculiar appearance, the cliffs were once a popular destination for hikers chunks.