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This is right next to the Josephskreuz parking lot.

Across the street there is also a large parking lot; from here it is not far to the Joseph Cross.

https://www.mansfeldsuedharz-tourismus.de/parkeisenbahn-vatterode

Beautiful hiking trail, you can discover something different in every season.

Today it was open. But only because someone was there working. Beautiful church that you can't see from the outside. You can buy a church guide.

The wide hall church, built centrally to the east of the market, is made of originally plastered slate quarry stone masonry. The substructure of the almost square west tower comes from a previous building from the early 13th century. The stately nave, which is in line with the tower on the south side and extends far beyond it on the north side, with massive buttresses and high round-arched windows, is essentially characterized by the conversion to a residential church by Prince Wilhelm in 1697–99; with its mighty roof, the building dominates the townscape. At the same time, the tower was given a slated wooden structure with a watchman's apartment and a four-sided baroque helmet with an open lantern on top. The three eastern walls of the former choir polygon of the late Gothic previous building were preserved during the conversion; Like the church of St. Martini in Stolberg, they are designed with triple-stepped buttresses and a surrounding cornice and pointed-arched windows with deep throats. The slanted buttresses on the eastern polygon side, which was extended to the north in 1697, show that the original three-sided choir end was about as wide as the tower; the medieval nave was probably originally a single-aisled one and just as wide. Between the second and third east pillars on the north side, a quarry stone structure made of three sides of a hexagon from 1906 with round-arched stone openings is attached. The west gable of the nave was renewed in 1950. Source: Wikipedia

The wide hall church, built centrally to the east of the market, is made of originally plastered slate quarry stone masonry. The substructure of the almost square west tower comes from a previous building from the early 13th century. The stately nave, which is in line with the tower on the south side and extends far beyond it on the north side, with massive buttresses and high round-arched windows, is essentially characterized by the conversion to a residential church by Prince Wilhelm in 1697–99; with its mighty roof, the building dominates the townscape. At the same time, the tower was given a slated wooden structure with a watchman's apartment and a four-sided baroque helmet with an open lantern on top. The three eastern walls of the former choir polygon of the late Gothic previous building were preserved during the conversion; Like the church of St. Martini in Stolberg, they are designed with triple-stepped buttresses and a surrounding cornice and pointed-arched windows with deep throats. The slanted buttresses on the eastern polygon side, which was extended to the north in 1697, show that the original three-sided choir end was about as wide as the tower; the medieval nave was probably originally a single-aisled one and just as wide. Between the second and third east pillars on the north side, a quarry stone structure made of three sides of a hexagon from 1906 with round-arched stone openings is attached. The west gable of the nave was renewed in 1950. Source: Wikipedia

The Saigerturm, around 30 metres high, stands at the south end of Stolberg's market square and is one of the landmarks of this former residential town. Its lower part, built from quarry stone in the early Gothic style, dates back to the 13th century. At that time, the Saigerturm was part of a city fortification, which primarily served to protect the market square. In the 19th century, the Saigerturm was extensively renovated and the upper part was renewed. During this work, which significantly changed the building, the tower also received its current appearance. The pedestrian passage was also built during this time. The Saigerturm got its name from the fact that in the Middle Ages a Saigerhütte worked in its immediate vicinity. In this, the silver-bearing ore extracted from the surrounding mountains was subjected to an initial thermal treatment. Today, the Saigerturm, alongside the castle, the Martini Church and the picturesque town hall, is a particularly striking landmark in the skyline of the historic European city of Stolberg. Source: https://www.harzlife.de/special/stolberg-saigerturm.html