Elversstein

Last updated March 30, 2019

The Elversstein in the Harz Mountains of Germany is a granite rock formation with a maximum elevation of 499 m above sea level (NN) ^[1] on the Steinberg (ca. 525 m above NN) near Hasserode in the county of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt.

Granite A common type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock with granular structure

Granite is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture. Granites can be predominantly white, pink, or gray in color, depending on their mineralogy. The word "granite" comes from the Latin granum, a grain, in reference to the coarse-grained structure of such a holocrystalline rock. Strictly speaking, granite is an igneous rock with between 20% and 60% quartz by volume, and at least 35% of the total feldspar consisting of alkali feldspar, although commonly the term "granite" is used to refer to a wider range of coarse-grained igneous rocks containing quartz and feldspar.

Normalnull or Normal-Null is an outdated official vertical datum used in Germany. Elevations using this reference system were to be marked "Meter über Normal-Null". Normalnull has been replaced by Normalhöhennull.

Hasserode has been a quarter in the town of Wernigerode since 1907, a town in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

Name

The Elversstein is named after Rudolph Elvers (1825–1891), a German lawyer and civil servant who, amongst other things, acted as the Landrat of the county of Wernigerode in the Prussian Province of Saxony.

The Province of Saxony, also known as Prussian Saxony was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and later the Free State of Prussia from 1816 until 1945. Its capital was Magdeburg.

Location

The Elversstein lies within the Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park about 2 km south-southwest of the village of Hasserode in the borough of Wernigerode, the latter town adjoining Hasselrode to the northeast. It is located on the northwest flank of the Steinberg east and above the Drängetal, through which the Drängetalwasser, a tributary of the Braunes Wasser, flows. The Landesstraße 100 (Hasserode–Drei Annen Hohne) also runs through this valley.

The Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park is situated n the districts of Harz and Mansfeld-Südharz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The nature park which lies in the Harz Mountains was founded in 2003 and has an area of around 1,660 km². It is looked after by the Harz Regional Association.

Wernigerode Place in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Wernigerode is a town in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Until 2007, it was the capital of the district of Wernigerode. Its population was 35,041 in 2012.

Braunes Wasser is a river of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It flows into the Holtemme near Hasserode.

Views

The view from the Elversstein over the Harz countryside includes the Brocken (1,141.1 m above NN), the highest mountain in the Harz. In addition, the Trans-Harz Railway can be seen on the far side of the Drängetal and, sometimes, a train on this narrow gauge railway may be seen entering or leaving the 58 metre long Thumkuhlenkopf Tunnel.

The Brocken, also sometimes referred to as the Blocksberg, is the highest peak of the Harz mountain range and also the highest peak of Northern Germany; it is located near Schierke in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt between the rivers Weser and Elbe. Although its elevation of 1,141 metres (3,743 ft) is below alpine dimensions, its microclimate resembles that of mountains of about 2,000 m (6,600 ft). The peak above the tree line tends to have a snow cover from September to May, and mists and fogs shroud it up to 300 days of the year. The mean annual temperature is only 2.9 °C (37.2 °F). It is the easternmost mountain in northern Germany; travelling east in a straight line, the next prominent elevation would be in the Ural Mountains in Russia.

Hiking

The Elversstein is a popular hiking destination that can be reached from Hasserode on the Elverssteinpfad. On the forest track above it walkers can make their way back past the Steinbergskopf (478.5 m above NN). The Kaiser Tower on the Armeleuteberg can be reached by heading northeast from the Elversstein.

Kaiser Tower (Wernigerode) Observation tower near Wernigerode

The Kaiser Tower is an observation tower standing on the 478 metre high hill of Armeleuteberg on the territory of the German town of Wernigerode. It was designed by the royal architect of the princes of Stolberg, Paul Kilburger, and financed and erected by a Wernigerode hotelier, Eduard Lührmann, between 29 May and 1 September 1902. The building stone came mainly from the Königsberg Quarry near Schierke. In 1992 the tower was thoroughly refurbished and made accessible again.

The Armeleuteberg is a 478 metre high hill south of Wernigerode in the district of Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1902 the Kaiserturm, an observation tower, has stood on its summit. Between the Kaiserturm and the Försterplatz car park is the forest inn of the same name.

The Elversstein is no. 29^[1] in the system of checkpoints in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking network.

The Harzer Wandernadel is a system of hiking awards in the Harz mountains in central Germany. The hiker can earn awards at different levels of challenge by walking to the various checkpoints in the network and stamping his or her passbook to record the visit. With 222 checkpoints in three federal states and across five districts in the Harz and with membership in five figures, the system has gained a following Germany-wide.

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References

1 2 Harzer Wandernadel: Stempelstelle 29 – Elversstein auf harzer-wandernadel.de

Coordinates: 51°48′16.9″N10°44′5″E / 51.804694°N 10.73472°E / 51.804694; 10.73472

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