Wolfsklippen

View scaffolding on the wolf cliffs

The Wolf cliffs, also called Wolf cliff, in the Harz Mountains are a collection and at the same time place the local granite rock cliffs near Hasserode in the district of Harz, in Saxony- Anhalt. The mountain height is often at about 723 m above sea level. NN, but sometimes with only about 710 m above sea level. NN specified.

Location and surroundings

The Wolf cliffs are located in the Harz National Park, a little northwest of the half straight line between the district of Wernigerode Hasserode in the east-northeast and Mount Brocken in the southwest; approximately 5.5 km north-east is with Darlingerode a district of Ilse castle. Approximately 1.5 kilometers north-northwest lies the Plessenburg and nearly 600 m east, thence coming to the track to the Drei Annen Hohne. On the northern edge of the cliffs of the Wolf Tänntalbach arises as a tributary of the Rammelsberg Bach.

The Wolf cliffs are covered by coniferous forest. Your cliffs are rock formations of granite, scattered in the summit area and southwest are of it.

Name and Sage

At the wolf cliffs of the last wolf in the area to have been killed, where the name of the collection could have come. Another legend says that the name of the cliffs is from the time of the witch hunts, as hid here a witchcraft bezichtigtes girl with a she-wolf.

View scaffolding and Hiking

On top of the cliffs Wolf built members of the Harz Club 1901 an iron backbone views, which still exists today. At that time they had a good view from there on the Brocken Mountain, in the direction of Ilse Castle and Wernigerode. Today, this view is hardly possible, since high spruce forest blocks the view.

The Wolf cliffs are included as # 24 in the system of stamp locations of the Harz hiking pin. The stamp station is located approximately 100 meters from the summit on Alexander Rose.