Romkerhall
Romkerhalle (rarely Romkerhall called ) in the unincorporated area of Lower Saxony Harz district Goslar ( Germany ) is one consisting of hotel and restaurant property in Okertal of the low mountain resin. Also, due to the Romkerhall waterfall it is popular destination, as the - is marketed " Kingdom Romkerhall the smallest kingdom in the world! ".
Geographical location
Romkerhalle is located in the Upper Harz Harz nature park around 5 km south of the Goslar district Oker and 1.5 km (each distance) northeast of the Okerstausees on the Oker parallel to the running state road 498 to about 335 m above sea level. NHN. About 200 meters south is the hydroelectric plant Romkerhalle, is recovered in the flow of the water of the reservoir. The restaurant belongs to the city of Goslar and the power station to the south of it Schulenberg municipality in the Upper Harz ( Samtgemeinde Upper Harz ). Between the power plant and Romkerhalle lead from easterly directions coming until the Great Romke and then the little Romke into the Oker.
History
To promote and facilitate traffic, you started at the beginning of the 19th century here in Okertal with the expansion of ways. Until then, the resin was notorious for its bad roads. 1817, the first track was built in Okertal after a planning of the Chamber Secretary of Eschwege - he was under the goats back along the cliff on the student and boxes corner. The timber removal was now easier and the caravans of traders could easily reach the Upper Harz. This narrow and romantic road is still on the eastern side of the valley in the lower slope height available and accessible. He lowers himself down to Romkerhalle where formerly a large, arched stone bridge crossed the river Oker.
Under the leadership of the upper mountain master Ahrend then the conditioning of a new, " easy road " by the Okertal was made until after the birch valleys. It was built from 1856 to 1861 with great difficulty, which caused the explosions of large, reaching to the shore bed rock masses, for the sum of 28 945 thalers. 1865 was the last time rafted wood under the direction of Oberhütte master, and canceled the 1542 built computing weir below the church in Oker. Then a wooden grinding could be furnished to the other in the lower Okertal.
The rocks of the waterfall Romkerhall taken place before the plant 's attention. In 1861 the foundation stone for the construction of a hotel and residential building took place here, which was inaugurated on May 1, 1863 by the builder and innkeeper H. luer. 1890 is the family Hulsch new owner of the property. 1903 Villa Helene is built as a boarding house and in 1928 planted a hall on the Oker. In the last days of the Second World War, the Okerbrücken today B 498 to be blown up in the forest house and immediately south of Romkerhalle, which, however, the invasion of the U.S. Army does not stay. In addition, the property is severely damaged, which is built up again in 1948.
In 1988 the estate in order to promote tourism, named " Kingdom", and it is called - marketed " Kingdom Romkerhall the smallest kingdom in the world " - the underlying story, however, is fictitious. According to a hunting seat here in 1862 have been built. A little later, to him, King George V of Hanover (1819-1878) and his wife, Queen Marie have (1818-1907), a princess of the house of Saxony paid. Changing owners could the decline in spite of this modern marketing tale since not stop.
For better accessibility of the estate of Bad Harzburg let the Harzburg bathing Commissioner Hermann Dommes 1863 a promenade of Harzburg on the fort ( Käste ) Create by Romkerhalle.
Romkerhall waterfall
Geography
In Romkerhalle crashes on the rocky eastern flank of the Oker valley below the mountain - spur Huth Small Romke ( 441.7 m above sea level. NHN ) of about 64 m high waterfall Romkerhall as by far the highest artificial waterfall in the Harz on the Romke cliff down. Thither part is headed by the waters of the river Oker influx Small Romke over an approximately 350 m long trench.
History
As part of the marketing Romkerhall History King George V made in 1862 to the romantic attractiveness of the property to create the Waterfall with waterfall digging under the direction of Bath Commissioner Hermann Dommes.
Geology
The rocks of the waterfall Romkerhall consist mainly of limestones. In the Upper Devonian about 370 million years ago when this was a sea. It was divided into pools and thresholds. On the thresholds that were closer to the water surface, limestones were deposited ( carbonate Schwellenfazies of the Upper Harz Late Devonian ). The rock package was folded about 300 million years ago, submerged, changed from invading granites, later raised again and then exposed by erosion. How is it that we find open today at the waterfall rocks and the west of it located Rabenklippe these old limestones. In the intervening Okertal Kulmtonschiefer are pending. The climb to the waterfall rocks takes place on a hillside way north of the rock. At the foot a few feet dark slate - Horn Rocks for the Lower Carboniferous are open. The waterfall rocks up to the observation platform consists of Upper Devonian limestones, which are tectonically highly disturbed. By the close, the time red-hot molten Okergranit all host rocks were about 290 million years ago hardens kontaktmetamorph and overprinted.
Tourism
Romkerhalle is off and crossing point of many hiking trails. Downstream, a path leads along the surrounded by steep rocks Oker. The rocks are particularly used on weekends by climbers. In the river there are numerous large boulders, between which sometimes have formed from Schwemmmaterialien small islands, including the engagement island accessible via a wooden bridge, which is included as No. 116 in the system of stamp locations of the Harz hiking pin. From Romkerhalle steep paths lead up to the south located Ahrendsberger cliffs and to the north- east at Huth mountain located mousetrap and from there to the fort. Of the Ahrendsberger cliffs is a look at the settlement and the waterfall. Located just west of Romkerhalle is the Rabenklippe.