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Wendeleiche (Harzer Wandernadel 165)

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Wendeleiche (Harzer Wandernadel 165)

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Wendeleiche (Harzer Wandernadel 165)

Recommended by 1910 hikers out of 1941

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Südharz

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Location: Ellrich, Landkreis Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany

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1. Circular hike on the Green Belt near Ellrich - Naturpark Südharz

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280m

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2. Hundred Acre Meadow – Two-Country Oak loop from Zorge

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3. View of the Brocken – Two-Country Oak (Border Oak) loop from Zorge

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05:16

600m

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Stefan Michaelis

September 13, 2022

The old turning body has fallen over in the meantime. You can still see the remains of the old spiral staircase that long ago allowed visitors to climb to the platform in the treetop.

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Mar Plai

December 30, 2019

The Wendeleiche is a lookout point between Zorge and Sülzhayn. The oak owes its name to a spiral staircase that was built at the beginning of the 20th century to reach the viewing platform in the crown of the oak. As the oak was only a few meters from the former inner-German border, the GDR border troops dismantled the spiral staircase and the viewing platform. Today, only two rusty iron structures remind us of the spiral staircase. From the car park at the spa in Zorge, the signposted mountain meadow path leads over the Wendeleiche to the stepmother HWN 164. From there, you can also easily include the "Roter Schuss" HWN 90 stamp point in the tour.

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Christoph 🦊

March 27, 2022

great resting place on the Grenzweg, the oak must have been an impressive tree with its viewing platform in the past, unfortunately destroyed by a storm, but a monument should be erected at this point

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Location: Ellrich, Landkreis Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany

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Wendeleiche (Harzer Wandernadel 165)

1. Circular hike on the Green Belt near Ellrich - Naturpark Südharz

2. Hundred Acre Meadow – Two-Country Oak loop from Zorge

3. View of the Brocken – Two-Country Oak (Border Oak) loop from Zorge

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