Wolfsklippen
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| name = Wolfsklippen
| photo = Wolfsklippen.jpg
| photo_caption = Observation platform on the Wolfsklippen
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| range = Harz Mountains
| location = Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
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The Wolfsklippen, also called the Wolfsklippe, is a granite mountain in the Harz mountains in Central Germany with an observation platform on the summit. Its height is frequently given as about {{Höhe|723|DE-NN|link=true}}, but occasionally also as only around {{Höhe|710|DE-NN}}.
Location
The mountain lies northeast of the Brocken, the highest elevation in the Harz, about 200 m east of the road way from Drei Annen Hohne to Plessenburg.
History
Over 100 years ago the Harz Club erected on the summit of the Wolfsklippen one of four iron observation platforms in the Harz that still exist. At that time it had a good view of the Brocken and towards Ilsenburg and Wernigerode. Today this outlook is no longer visible due to the tall spruce trees that block the view.
Name and legend
AT the Wolfsklippen the last wolf in the area is supposed to have been killed, which is where the name of the mountain comes from. According to another legend, the name of the crags comes from the witch hunting period, when a girl accused of witchcraft hid here with a she-wolf.{{cite web | url= http://www.beepworld.de/members68/alpharanma/wolfsklippen.htm |title=Wolfsklippen |access-date=2010-11-26}}{{cite web | url= http://www.harzer-sagen.harz-urlaub.de/landschaftssagen/wolfsklippen.htm |title=Die Wolfsklippen |access-date=2010-11-26}}
Walking
The Wolfsklippen is check point no. 24 on the walking trail network known as the Harzer Wandernadel.Harzer Wandernadel: {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410133545/http://www.zukunft-harz.de/wandernadel/home/stempelstellen_details.php?id=24 |date=April 10, 2008 |title=Stempelstelle 24 – Wolfsklippe }} at harzer-wandernadel.de
See also
- Joseph's Cross
- Schalke
- Poppenberg
- {{portal-inline|Harz}}