Dicke Tannen

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Dicke Tannen is a protected landscape, around 4.2 hectares in area, near the Harz village of Hohegeiß, which lies in the borough of Braunlage. It is the site of the mightiest spruce trees in North Germany; the individual trees reaching heights of 50 metres and trunk diameters of 100 to 180 centimetres. The landscape has been specially protected since 1989 as a natural monument. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°39'23"N, 10°39'4"E

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Lower SaxonyGermany

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Dicke Tannen – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ravensberg, Sorge Border Museum, Oder Dam, Stöberhai.

5.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Ravensberg, Bad Sachsa
149 min walk • The Ravensberg is a 659 m high mountain in the South Harz mountains in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is relatively isolated and visible for a long way. It lies in the district of Göttingen, north of Bad Sachsa. The mountain top is crowned with a prominent 64 m high tower, which was built in 1970.
2.8 miN
Museum
Sorge Border Museum
71 min walk • Nestled in the heart of Germany's Harz region, the Sorge Border Museum stands as a poignant reminder of the country's divided past. This museum, located in the small village of Sorge, offers a glimpse into the realities of life along the inner German border during the...
5.5 miW
Historic dam with an eatery and reservoir
Oder Dam
142 min walk • The Oder Dam is a dam in the Harz mountains of Germany. It lies above Bad Lauterberg in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony and impounds the river Oder. The dam went into service in 1934 after taking 3 years to build. The owner and operator of the Oder Dam is the Harzwasserwerke.
4.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Stöberhai
106 min walk • The Stöberhai is a mountain the Harz highlands in Central Germany, immediately south of the Oder Dam and northwest of Wieda. At a height of 720 m above sea level it is the highest mountain in the South Harz.
7.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Jordanshöhe
182 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.
4.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hasselkopf
108 min walk • Hasselkopf is a mountain on the southern periphery of Braunlage, Germany. It is 612 m high. The hill is mostly covered in grass and undeveloped, but its northern slope has a short ski lift and can be used for downhill skiing in the winter months.
2.4 miSE
Memorial
Drei-Länder-Stein
62 min walk • The Drei-Länder-Stein is a boundary stone at the tripoint of the German federal states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia near the Großer Ehrenberg mountain in the Harz.
5.2 miS
Specialty museum, History museum, Church
ZisterzienserMuseum Kloster Walkenried, Walkenried
133 min walk • Walkenried Abbey was a Cistercian abbey located in the village of Walkenried in Lower Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1127 on the southern rim of the Harz mountain range, the remnants of the monastic complex since 2010 are part of the Upper Harz Water Regale World Heritage Site.
6.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Rock
Hahnenklee Crags, Harz National Park
170 min walk • The Hahnenklee Crags are a rock formation west of Braunlage in the district of Goslar in Lower Saxony, Germany. They consist of hornfels.
2.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Jagdkopf
63 min walk • The Jagdkopf a hill, 603.1 m above sea level high, in the Harz Mountains of Germany. It is located between the villages of Wieda and Zorge in the unincorporated area of Harz in the district of Göttingen in the state of Lower Saxony.
5.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Kapitelsberg
139 min walk • The Kapitelsberg in the Harz Mountains of Germany is a hill, 535.7 m above sea level, near the village of Tanne in the county of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt.