Ilse valley

The Ilse valley lies at the northern part of the resin. From Nationalparkort Ilse castle on Harzfuß way up into the headwaters of Ilse - near the summit of the Brocken ( 1141.2 m above mean sea level. ) - Extend various forest communities of the resin. Heinrich Heine described the Ilse valley with its river Ilse and about enthroned Ilsenstein in today's Harz National Park.

If one approaches the resin on the northern edge will fall at its striking mountains. Between Goslar and Wernigerode its mountains are particularly impressive when steep peaks grow out of the shallow valley. Mark Between the mountains in the Harz very deep canyon valleys of the countryside. In addition to the Ilse here are the parallel valleys of the Oker, the plug and the Bode mentioned.

From 1830 to 1838, at the expense of Count Henrich zu Stolberg - Wernigerode a road from Ilse castle above Spiegelslustturm by Ilse valley, past built underneath the chunks up to Schierke which then tourism in the higher mountain areas much easier, now closed to public traffic is.

You can climb the Brocken from Bracknell ( 250 m ) to 15 km of roads over the Heinrich -Heine- way and the Plessenburg.

At or near the Ilsetal are these stamps digits of the Harz hiking pin ( downriver considered, stamped desk numbers ): Yellow Brink (22) Large Zeterklippe (10) Secondhand goods (9) stamp Beech (8) Bremer Cottage / Upper Ilse cases ( 6), Guest House Ilsenstein (30) and frog rocks (5).