Torfhaus
51.802510.536666666667Koordinaten: 51 ° 48 ' 9 " N, 10 ° 32' 12" E
Position of peat house in Lower Saxony
View from Goetheweg to Südkuppe the Lerch heads with peat house and NDR radio tower (transmitter peat house / resin )
Peat house in the resin is a district of the mountain town of Altenau, in the district of Goslar. With about 800 meters above sea level. NN is the highest settlement in Lower Saxony. The tourist resort consists mainly of country pubs, youth homes, ski lodges and large parking lots. In July 2013, a holiday complex was opened in hotels, cabins and an outdoor business.
Geographical location
Peat house is located in the Upper Harz, in a small so-called use zone of the Harz National Park. It is located approximately six kilometers east of Altenau and about nine kilometers (as the crow flies) south of Bad Harzburg. East of peat house rises in Torfhausmoor (also called wheel Born Moor ), a rain bog ( peat bog ), the wheel. The federal highway 4 as a main artery leading from Brunswick Coming by Bad Harzburg on the northern edge of the Harz, peat house and Braun situation by Nordhausen about the southern Harz margin. West to north-north- west of peat house is the zweikuppige ridge Lerch heads with the two transmitters resin -West and peat house / resin.
History
The name " peat house " comes from there from the 16th century, sporadically taking place peat. This was finally abandoned in 1786 because the peat did not dry in the prevailing weather. A first building called Borken Krug is mentioned in 1713 in the forestry office protocols. It was obviously a way and / or forest house. The road turned at his time a busy connection between Harzburg and Nordhausen dar.
In 1842, peat house coaching the line Bad Harzburg - Brown Location Santa Andreas Berg. 1892 were two buildings ( upper and lower forester, the latter was also inn and post office ) were counted at 22 residents.
Baedeker's Guide resin called 1943 as recommended accommodation Berghotel " peat house " (35 beds), the "chunk Krug" (50 beds), the "Landhaus Brockenblick " (26 beds), a Militärskihütte as well as a guest house of the Alpine Club branches Braunschweig and Hanover with 21 beds and 16 camps.
On April 14, 1945 U.S. troops invaded by Altenau from front towards peat house, but met with fierce resistance by SS troops and two tanks. It was only on April 15, the settlement was occupied, but was then under attack German artillery. It was in the afternoon even a German counterattack, but could be averted. In the following days there were repeated skirmishes and ambushes by scattered German soldiers who were hiding in the woods. As on April 25, two U.S. soldiers were killed when entering a ski lodge on the thrust block, the Americans believed that the inhabitants of peat house had lured the soldiers in this ambush. On 27 April, the residents were asked to leave their homes and the entire village was set on fire. Only a Swiss cottage, protected by a Red Cross flag Alpine Club hut and guest house " William Castle ", remained of this retaliation spared. Reconstruction of the first hotels did not begin until 1949.
Until the German reunification in 1990, peat house was known primarily as a vantage point on the related but unattainable boulder, which was close enough to touch with good visibility behind the inner German border. Then there was an information center of the Federal over the border fortifications of the former GDR.
Tourism and Sport
Peat house has since 2009, the National Park Visitor Centre TorfHaus the Harz National Park. Furthermore, there is a hostel of the German Youth Hostel Association.
Peat house is a popular starting point for hikes. For example, you can on the Goetheweg, which is part of the Harz Witches Stieg, past the Torfhausmoor and Quitschenberg on the Brocken, but also for Triangular pile run. Other paths lead through worm or mountain Achtermannshöhe to brown situation, other than Magdeburg way Altenau or past the steep wall to the cradle of the dam trench. In addition, several mountain bike trails lead through peat house. Racing and touring cyclists cross the village preferred over the coming Altenau country road 504, which is also called " Steep wall " to. The large parking lot "chunk view " is a highly frequented by motorcyclists meeting place.
Furthermore, it specifies the Lerch heads of trails for cross-country skiing. There also exist a toboggan run with a lift and a ski slope with ski lift.
National Park Monument
On the edge of the parking lot " Brockenblick " a national park monument was built for the EXPO in 2000. In the middle of the monument there is a globe made of metal, so are three boulders from the rocks diabase, gabbro and granite at an angle of about 120 °. On one of the boulders, a writing tablet with a German-language description is a monument. Between the three boulders in each case a signature panel is recessed into the ground, on which a total of 30 languages the sentence " National Parks - preserve the natural heritage " is written:
Monument, Tablet with a German description
Monument, 1st Tablet in the soil
Monument, 2 Font panel in the floor
Monument, third Tablet in the soil
Transmitter peat house / resin
Peat house is under both tops of the heads Lerch location of the two transmitters resin -West and peat house with one or two transmission towers. One station is operated by the Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR ) and the other by the German radio tower GmbH ( DFMG ). The NDR Tower ( Südkuppe ), which is used for dissemination of digital television DVB -T and FM radio is 279.8 meters high. The DFMG Tower ( northern tip ), which is used for the distribution of FM radio and microwave, is 130 m high.