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Really beautiful piece of earth with sunshine and golden leaves on the trees.

The Schmelzteich is an artificial lake created in the 16th century in the spa district of the Lower Saxon town of Bad Sachsa in the southern Harz. Today it is the center of the Vitalpark.

Super beautiful view over the Schmelzsee.

In the northwest of Bad Sachsa, on the edge of the spa park, lies the Schmelzteich (smelting pond). It was probably created in the mid-16th century as a flood control measure. The Schmelzteich still serves this original purpose today. Nowadays, it also offers the opportunity for water sports. During the summer months, you can rent a boat on the southern shore near the dam and cruise around the pond. In the colder months, when the ice is thick enough, the Schmelzteich is opened as a natural ice rink for ice skating. Numerous park benches are located on the dam and along many sections of the shore, inviting you to take a break and enjoy the view across the water. The Schmelzteich dam is approximately 130 meters long and just over five meters high. The artificial body of water measures about 220 meters in length and up to 110 meters in width. From the top of the dam, you not only have a beautiful view of the pond but also of large parts of the Bad Sachsa spa park. https://www.harzlife.de/teiche/schmelzteich.html

A very nice hiking tour from the free parking lot at Walkenried Monastery to the stamp point HWN 167. Just walk along the Karstwanderweg, it is very well signposted 👍

Beautiful natural spot above the spa park. It's worth a visit.

You can safely take a break and relax a bit at the bench by the pond.

😎The New Steinbacher Pond is located about two kilometers north of Zorge. It was built in 1780 and once supplied the water wheels of the Zorger Hütte. Around 1780, the order situation at the smelter in Zorge improved significantly, so that a second blast furnace could be put into operation. However, the driving water previously provided by the Kunzental pond was no longer sufficient. Therefore, the New Steinbacher Pond was built at short notice, which is now simply called “New Pond”. In 1808 the pond dam broke, but it was immediately rebuilt. In addition to the pounding and blowing works of the new blast furnace at the Zorger Hütte, the water from the New Steinbacher Pond also powered other water wheels located further down the valley from various mills and huts in Zorge. The body of water has a total length of around 200 and a width of around 70 meters. Swimming and fishing are prohibited in the New Pond. The outflow at the eastern end of the approximately 90 meter long pond dam feeds the "Zorger Waterfall".