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Landkreis Harz

Hexentanzplatz Sculptures and Witches' House

Landkreis Harz

Hexentanzplatz Sculptures and Witches' House

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Hexentanzplatz Sculptures and Witches' House

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Location: Thale, Landkreis Harz, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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NeverGiveUp

January 1, 2022

The Hexentanzplatz is a tourist magnet and often very crowded. The Hexentanzplatz is a very interesting destination with a lot around it. From here you have a wonderful view of the valley and you can also start hikes from here. However, parking here is quite expensive.

Also very close by:
- the Harz Mountain Theater
- the all-weather toboggan run Harzbob Thale
- the gondola of the Thale Erlebniswelt cable cars
- the zoo Hexentanzplatz
- Various tasting options

Walpurgis Night:
Every year on April 30, witches and devils gather on the legendary square to celebrate and dance together. There is live music, laser shows and fireworks, and most of the numerous visitors are elaborately disguised.

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Michi LE

August 29, 2022

Thale is located on the north-eastern edge of the Harz Mountains, where the Bode emerges from the mountains and has dug a deep gorge between the steep, legendary rocks Hexentanzplatz and Rosstrappe. In this gorge, the wild and romantic Bodetal, exciting myths and legends, fairytale forests, babbling brooks and raging rivers, fascinating rock formations and fantastic views await the visitor.

With the impressive Bodetal, the Hexentanzplatz and the Roßtrappe, the beautiful landscape and the entrance to the Harzer-Hexen-Stieg, a 100-kilometer long-distance hiking trail between Thale and Osterode, Thale is a very popular, eventful holiday destination for hikers and nature lovers.

The Hexentanzplatz, located on a rock plateau at 454 m above sea level high above the Bodetal, is transformed every year on the night of May 1st, Walpurgis Night, into the festival site of witches and devils, a place of myths and legends.

With the remains of a former castle complex, the witch ring with its sculptures and the Walpurgis Hall, the Hexentanzplatz is also a uniquely mystical place on the remaining days of the year. Other attractions of the Hexentanzplatz are the Harzer Bergtheater, the Harzbob and the Thale zoo.

No less legendary rises above the left bank of the Bode the Rosstrappe, a 403 meter high granite rock out of the Bodetal. Numerous legends are entwined around the rock, which is considered to be one of the greatest rock formations north of the Alps, due to a depression that resembles a footprint. This story is vividly told in the pavilion of legends high up on the Rosstrappe.

With the Thale Erlebniswelt cable car, the Bodetal has another highlight. It is the starting point of the cable car to the Hexentanzplatz and the chairlift to the Roßtrappe and offers a wide range of fun and leisure activities for young and old with various fun parks, a show hydroelectric power station, a downhill track and the witches' cauldron.

For rest and relaxation after an eventful day, the Bodetal Therme with thermal baths, sauna world, relaxation and health programs, as well as wellness and massage offers.

Source: harzinfo.de/urlaubsorte/thale

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Tobias Ballhausen

October 2, 2021

Meaningful monuments, sculptures and figures. Beautifully scary and yet family-friendly.

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Elevation 490 m

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Friday 19 December

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Location: Thale, Landkreis Harz, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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Hexentanzplatz Sculptures and Witches' House

1. Bode Riverbank – Bodekessel loop from Allrode

2. La Viershöhe (HWN 72) – View over the Bodetal Gorge loop from Friedrichsbrunn

3. View over Thale – Pionierstieg (Harz Mountains) loop from Stecklenberg

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