On the Harzburg, a former imperial castle of Heinrich IV., In the immediate vicinity of the Canossa column, there is the stamping point of the Harz hiking pin, several small sights (including a museum building, various foundations and reconstructions) and a restaurant that will be restricted in August 2020 can be found here. There is a treetop lift in front of the castle, with which you can descend into the valley. There is a large number of visitors here!
Entry to the castle is free and possible from different sides.

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Franzl wandert 🥾

April 23, 2025

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The impressive column was erected here 800 years after Henry IV's pilgrimage to Canossa. Fantastic view!

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Klausi

January 5, 2022

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Great view over the Harz foreland.

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Elevation 460 m

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Wednesday 25 March

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Location: Bad Harzburg, Goslar, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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