Großer Wurzelnberg

#1615 among destinations in Germany

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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The Großer Wurzelnberg rises to a height of 625.8 m above NN in the Harz mountains of central Germany. It lies 3.7 km northeast of Sieber in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony. It is a rounded summit on one of the ridges running southwards from the Acker and which forms the watershed between the Kleine Kulmke and the Große Kulmke. The Kleiner Wurzelnberg is located 750 m further west on the other side of the valley of the Kleine Kulmke. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°43'40"N, 10°27'33"E

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Großer Wurzelnberg – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sonnenberg, Jordanshöhe, Sankt Andreasberg, Bruchberg.

3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sonnenberg, Harz National Park
77 min walk • The Sonnenberg is a ski resort in the Upper Harz surrounded by the Harz National Park. The settlement of the same name located there is part of the borough of Sankt Andreasberg.
2.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Jordanshöhe
72 min walk • The Jordanshöhe is a mountain, roughly 723 m above sea level, in the Harz in central Germany. It lies north of the town of Sankt Andreasberg in the district of Goslar in Lower Saxony. To the west is the Kuppe.
2.8 miSE
Town, Memorial
Sankt Andreasberg
72 min walk • Sankt Andreasberg is a former town in the district of Goslar, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 November 2011, it is part of the town Braunlage. It is situated in the Harz, approximately 7 km west of Braunlage proper, and 20 km east of Osterode am Harz.
4.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bruchberg, Harz National Park
108 min walk • At 927 m above sea level, the Bruchberg in the Upper Harz is the second highest mountain in Lower Saxony and the third highest in the Harz mountains in North Germany. It lies between Altenau and Torfhaus in the middle of the Harz National Park. The Bruchberg is more like a plateau and has no real summit.
3.5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rehberg, Harz National Park
89 min walk • At 893 metres above sea level, the Rehberg in the Harz mountains is the fourth highest mountain in the German state of Lower Saxony, and the fifth-highest in the Harz.
1.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Auf dem Acker, Harz National Park
40 min walk • Auf dem Acker is a mountain ridge up to 865.1 metres high, which is located in the southwestern part of the Harz mountains in Lower Saxony.
2.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Koboltstaler Köpfe
75 min walk • The Koboltstaler Köpfe are a group of three mountains, that rise southwest of Sankt Andreasberg and east of Sieber in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony.
3.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Adlersberg
90 min walk • The Adlersberg is a hill in the Harz mountains of central Germany that lies south of Sieber in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony. It is 593.2 m high and is situated west of the Aschentalshalbe. It also separates the valley of Breitental with its river, the Tiefenbeek, from the Langental.
2.9 miE
Observatories and planetariums
Sankt Andreasberg Observatory
74 min walk • The Sankt Andreasberg Observatory, also called Harz Observatory, is a project of the charitable society Sternwarte Sankt Andreasberg e. V. which translates into Sankt Andreasberg Observatory registered society. It was opened in August 2014 and is supposed to become the first completely barrier free Observatory in Germany.
3.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Schadenbeeksköpfe
89 min walk • The Schadenbeeksköpfe are two summits on a southeastern outlier of the Aschentalshalbe in the Harz Mountains of Germany, about 3.6 kilometres southeast of Sieber in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony.
4 miNW
Aqueduct
Sperberhai Dyke
102 min walk • The Sperberhai Dyke is in fact an aqueduct which forms part of the Upper Harz Water Regale network of reservoirs, ditches, dams and tunnels in the Harz mountains of central Germany.