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For me, one of the most idyllic stamping points for the Harz hiking pin. The path along the “Allee der Bäume” is recommended. Here you walk through the Grumbachtal: one of the last completely forested valleys in the Upper Harz. An easy path to walk, the Grumbach gently babbles along and there is dense coniferous forest everywhere. Just before the Grumbach pond, you pass the Grumbach waterfall and then suddenly the Grumbach pond, surrounded by forest, lies quiet and calm in front of you - it doesn't get more Harz idyll than this! The reflection of the trees in the water is also beautiful! By the way, the stamping point is not only necessary for the HWN, but also for the Wildemann hiking pin!

HWN stamp office ♟️ Nice rest point with a refuge. Nice photo point with a waterfall 📸🌊

The Förster-Ludewig-Platz is a very nice rest area and is located on the Dammgraben between Altenau and the Torfhaus. The rest area was designed very attractively with a seating area and the Schachtkopf hut. A footbridge takes you to another small rest area via a settling basin in the dam ditch, which frees the wild water coming from the Nabental waterfall from its flood of sediment. For fans of the Harz hiking nobility, stamp 133 can be obtained here

Nice stamping place in green surroundings. The rustic hut forces you to take a break.

Still a nice spot, but unfortunately now also without spruce trees😒

Above the former "Free Mining Town of Altenau", the "Altenau" stream flows into the Dammgraben, about 600 m from the point where the "Kleine Oker" crosses the Dammgraben. Here, directly on the Harzer Hexenstieg, the stamping point is located at a rest area next to a water house. The Dammgraben continues its course via the Silberbrunnen, the tributaries of the Kleine Oker, the Große Oker, the Gerlachsbach, the Eisenquelle, the Große Kolk and the Morgenbrodtsthaler Graben to the Sperberhaier Damm. The shortest access route begins at the small parking lot on the right-hand side of the road from Torfhaus to Altenau. From there, cross the road and follow the path along the romantic Dammgraben to the stamping point. It is recommended to continue the hike along the Dammgraben to the Sperberhaier Dammhaus. You can also go back along the Dammgraben, cross the street and follow the Dammgraben to the “Förster-Ludewig-Platz” HWN 133. The two stamp stations on this section of the Dammgraben are particularly suitable for families with small children but also for seniors with physical disabilities. Source:https://www.harzer-wandernadel.de/stempelstellen/uebersichtskarte/stempelstelle-149-kleine-oker/

The edging of the little Oker looks different every season of the year. Doesn't stand in the forest long either. The spruce trees have already thrown off their needles.

At the Förster-Ludewig-Platz there is a refuge called "Schachtkopf-Hütte". It was named after the mountain on the southern slope of which this building is located. You will also find various benches and a war memorial here. This commemorates the forest workers from Altenau who fell in World War I.