No lianas, no green impenetrability. And yet – an idea of primeval forest right in the middle of Germany. A short side path leads to a special area: the so-called Brocken primeval forest and the Brocken east slope forest research area located within it.
Here the forest has largely been left to itself for more than 300 years. A natural treasure in the heart of the national park. But even here, the effects of climate change are apparent. Learn more about the changes in the mountain spruce forest, its research, and its biodiversity not immediately visible at first glance. You will be accompanied by verses from the Harz poet Bernd Wolff.
A few meters away from the Brockenstraße you will experience a forest as nature allowed it to become here. All its stages of development are visible: young spruces which as seedlings can only progress on the decaying wood of the previous tree generation, growing, old and dying spruces, among them strange tree shapes. The cycle of life and decay is closed, humans no longer intervene here, as it probably has been for a long time. Plan about 10-20 minutes for the approximately 100m long side path.
Please note that the experience stations are dismantled during the winter months.
Further information about the primeval forest route can be found >>here.
