NATURA tip 7 – Hochharz

The day hike through the Natura 2000 area „Hochharz“ starts in the National Park municipality of Ilsenburg at the Princess Ilse spring. The hike follows the Heinrich-Heine-Weg through the Ilse valley. To the south, the Gruhe branch leads from the Great Sand Valley up towards the ranger station Scharfenstein. Following the poet's path, it goes up to the Brocken over the Heineweg or Hirtenstieg. The descent initially follows the Brockenstraße. After a detour to the Urwaldstieg, the Gelber Brink path soon branches off north from the Brockenstraße. Passing the Hidden Ilse, the hike now leads to the Bremer Hut. From here, the Plessenburg is already signposted. From the Plessenburg inn, via the Paternosterklippen and the Ilsestein, the path finally returns to the starting point of the hike.

The Brockenhaus on the Brocken summit is dedicated as an information center of the Geopark Harz · Braunschweiger Land · Ostfalen, among other things, to the interesting geology of the mountain. In the Brockengarten, alpine plants from all over the world can be admired.

Ilsenburg can be reached via the A36 and the B244.       

There are several paid hiking parking lots in the Ilse valley.

Ilsenburg can be reached by bus and train. The nearest stop is „Ilsenburg Waldhotel“.

The NATURA tip 7 „Hochharz“ describes the hiking tour as well as the animal and plant species occurring here and their habitats with short texts and great photos. It is available, for example, at the National Park House Ilsetal, in the Tourists Office in Ilsenburg as well as at www.harzregion.de.

The NATURA tip 7 contains a hiking map.

Tourist Information Ilsenburg
Marktpl. 1
38871 Ilsenburg (Harz)
039452  19433
info@ilsenburg.de 
www.ilsenburg-tourismus.de

Brockenhaus

www.brockenhaus-harz.de