Sonnenberg (Harz)
North side of the Great Sun Mountain
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The Sonnenberg is a survey on the high altitudes of the low mountain resin in the unincorporated area of the county resin Goslar in Lower Saxony ( Germany ). It is part of the Upper Harz, Harz National Park is located in the, and consists of the Great Sonnenberg ( 853.4 m above sea level. NN ) and the little sun mountain ( 853 m above sea level. NN ). On it a winter sports area extends.
Geographical location
The northwestern Great Sonnenberg is located about 5 kilometers north of Sankt Andreas Berg. North below its summit is with the settlement Sonnenberg (approx. 780 m) a north-western district of the city Braun situation. About 1 km southeast of the Great Sun Mountain is the only 0.4 m lower Small Sonnenberg. To the west, the landscape drops to the valley of Sieber and eastward into that of the Oder; Both rivers are fed by streams of Sonnenberg.
Topography
On the eastern slope of the Grand Sonnenberg is located at 838 m height a trigonometric point whose height which is mostly found in topographic maps, is often misinterpreted as the height of the Great Sun Mountain.
Traffic
About the 830 m high saddle between two surveys the country road runs 519 between the settlement Sonnenberg, with dortiger access to the national road 242, and the mountain town of Sankt Andreas Berg, with dortigem Following the L 520 This saddle is the highest place of all public roads in Northern Germany. If you follow the ridge on the south-east, you reach after another kilometer and a further 833 m high saddle the 892 m high Rehberg.
Winter sports
Am Sonnenberg allow three drag lifts and a pony lift alpine sports.
- Total length of slopes: 2600 m
- Difference in altitude: about 200 m
- Difficulty: easy 1400 m; 1200 m medium
For cross country skiers, from trail network Sonnenberg direct access to the trails of San Andreas mountain. There is also a connection to the farm trail and a connecting trail after Oderbrück, which leads past the Oderteich. For sledders there is a separate toboggan run. For the mountain rescue service is a casualty assistance office of Mountain Rescue Saint Andrew mountain on the large parking lot that is open on winter weekends. Due to the height of the sun mountain is snow until well into spring.
On the Sonnenberg is also the country's power center biathlon, will be held in the national and international competitions. In 2009, a snowmaking system was built.
Pictures
Summit rocks of the Great Sun Mountain
Trail on the Grand Sonnenberg
View from the Great Sun Mountain north to the settlement
Shooting the biathlon facility