Eckersprung (HWN 136)

The Eckersprung is located in the former border area. This is where the Ecker has its source and later finds its way out of the Harz to meet the Oker. A rest area with benches is laid out extensively. A shelter with the stamp number 136 of the Harzer hiking nobility is available to hikers as a refuge in bad weather.

Rest area with stamp

- Stamp point for the Harzer-Hexen-Stieg
- Mandatory stamp office for the Harzer Grenzweg
- Stamp office for Goethe in the Harz

Slightly smaller than the "Triangular Pole" refuge, but as is well known, there is space in the smallest hut ;-)
If you want, you can stamp for the hiking pin or study the informative boards!

Here the hike from Torfhaus ended until 1989 - then the border fence and the restricted area around the Brocken came, which made a continuation of the hike impossible. Today, nature is protected along the former border as a Green Belt and, as a green corridor, establishes the important link to the normal landscape. An important contribution to species protection for animals and plants.

Refuge with several information boards. Lots of seating. Here is a box with a stamp of the Harzer hiking nobility in the house.

Brocken plateau was a high-security wing

The inner-German border on the Brocken was strictly guarded. The inner ring on the Brocken plateau was a Soviet restricted area from 1961 because Moscow's westernmost outpost was located here, the listening post with the code name "Jenissej".

Refuge I have a lot of space even for larger groups 🦊

Informative refuge at the source of the former border river

Hwn 136 Eckersprung refuge

Information boards explain very well... the time around the inner-German border 🇩🇪🇩🇪... and its madness.
It's a strange feeling...even if you didn't go through this time yourself...
Relics from that time.
Definitely an interesting historical hike.
Really recommended 👌🏼🪖

Stamp office of the Harzer hiking pin for the hiking pass and themed booklets.

Rest area on the border with entry into the Eckertal

The Eckersprung is the source of the Ecker directly on the border between Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt in the Harz National Park.

The inner-German border ran here, and there is also a board with impressive photos.

The Eckersprung is the source of the Ecker directly on the border between Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt in the Harz National Park on the eastern edge of the Brockenfeld at about 850 m above sea level. NHN. The source is to the west of the 1033.5 m high summit of the Königsberg, a side knoll of the Brocken, and about one kilometer south-southeast of the Quitschenberg in Lower Saxony, which is 881.5 m high.
Source:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckersprung

The Eckersprung, the source of the Ecker, is located at a rest area directly on the Goetheweg, which leads from the gatehouse slightly uphill to Brocken.

Great resting place.

Stamp point for HWN fans!

small refuge with a stamp of the HWN

Stamp office of the Harzer Wamdernadel

The origin of the Ecker-man can also follow her down ... 😉

Schutzhütte me a lot of space for larger groups.

A nice rest area!

HWN No. 136, very nice on the way to Brocken ...