The Blue Stamp Box is part of a special community project by the Department of Harz Monasteries in the Harz Tourism Association e. V. and the Harzer Wandernadel. It travels during the summer through several monasteries in the Harz – from June to September. You can find it on event days in Wöltingerode, Walkenried, Brunshausen, Michaelstein and Drübeck.

You can find out exactly where the box is located in good time on the website www.harzerklostersommer.de or directly at the participating monasteries.

You enter the blue special stamps into the Harz Hiking Badge Companion Booklet for the Harz Monastery Trail. At the end of the booklet, you’ll find space for the stamp fields of the five monasteries.
Important: Only the stamps from the blue special stamp box with the year and monastery location count.

If you don’t have the companion booklet with you, you can also collect the stamps in the regular Harz Hiking Badge stamp booklet. Many monasteries offer the matching booklets directly on site.

The box is accessible throughout the day on the specified event day or event weekend, within core hours from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Unless explicitly stated otherwise, the special stamp box is accessible free of charge.

Once you have collected at least 5 different stamps, you can get the special badge of the Harz Monasteries from the Harz Hiking Badge (www.harzer-wandernadel.de) in Blankenburg. You will receive an artistically crafted brass badge in blue and silver, designed in the style of a Gothic monastery window. (Retail price €5.50)