Ziegenalm Sophienhof (HWN 097)

The Ziegenalm in Sophienhof is the destination and starting point for many hikes. Here children can get in touch with the cattle. You can also see wild. Sometimes the shaggy dogs stray across the grounds and pick up their pats from the children. For the grown-ups there is a farm shop with all conceivable products such as cheese, meat and sausage, goat ice cream, schnapps and skins.

At the stamp office is a farm shop just around the corner. Be sure to try the ice cream there

The linden tree and memorial stone for forester Zanthier is in the center of the Sophienhof.

The Ziegenalm in Sophienhof is destination and starting point of many hikes. Here children can get in contact with the cattle. Wild you see as well. Sometimes the shaggy dogs roam the grounds and get their petting from the children. For the grown-ups there is a farm shop with all conceivable products such as cheese, meat and sausage, goat ice cream, brandy and skins.
Here is also the stamp No. 97 of the Harzer hiking nobility.

Admittedly, I'm not a goat milk fan. However, I had to try the ice cream at the Ziegenalm and it was really delicious. The whole area is beautifully done and there is a place to look and linger everywhere.

Here you can find lots of quadrupeds and a stamp

Small place, but great place to stop off.
Ggs.Brauner Hirsch 😍

this beautiful old tree, at least what is left of it, is in the OT Sophienhof, right next to the Gasthof Brauner Hirsch 🦌

Very nice monument to the forester.

There is good food, in the farm shop you can buy regional products. For children there are animals to admire and play possibilities.

Super nice for children. Here you can be very close to animals. Even or especially small places sometimes have a lot of charm.

Very beautiful there. You should have seen it.

A detour is definitely worth it.

Ideal for exploring with a group of children.

There is a small farm shop with delicious things from the farm, also goat ice cream! And next door is a restaurant

From here you can start a good stamp route

Almost a drive in stamp

Very nice circular walk only to be recommended.

Mondays and Tuesdays are closed; but you can see the cute goats 7 days a week. You can also stamp the stamping point 97 of the Harz hiking pin every 7 days a week.
From Wednesday to Sunday there is goat milk ice cream and other things to eat.

In 1747 and 1748, Sophienhof was the seat of the count's forest and hunting master Hans Dietrich von Zanthier, who later founded the first German forest academy. A small memorial in the town center is dedicated to this outstanding personality and cannot be overlooked by the old linden tree.

Suitable for pushchairs

On the southern edge of Sophienhof is a small reservoir. In it, the surface water of the environment collects. On its shore there are various seating options. From here you have a picturesque view of the settlement embedded in the gentle southern Harz mountain landscape. Between the trees you can see various fragmentary views of buildings. The whole picture exudes an atmosphere of peace and relaxation - and indeed the idyll is hardly ever clouded by a disturbing noise. There are probably only a few places in the Harz with a comparable remoteness and absence of any everyday noise.

Not only children can enjoy the goat lambs here. On the goat farm next door you can find out about animal welfare, clean milk production and the craft of cheese making.

Sweet little animals. The parking in Sophienhof is also ideal for hiking in the area.