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Photo spots

Keeping an eye on forest development in the Harz

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In the Harz region, 13 photo spots currently invite you to closely observe the changes taking place in the forest. The aim is to make the development of the forests and their climate-related changes visible over a longer period of time. In the medium term, the changes in forest development are to be documented in this way. The photo spots, designed as information boards, were set up by the Harz National Park, the Lower Saxony State Forests, the Harz Hiking Badge and the State Forestry Enterprise of Saxony-Anhalt, and financed by the Harz Tourism Association

Each of the boards has an opening that focuses attention on a section of the landscape where the climate-related changes in the forest are particularly visible. Interested visitors are encouraged to take photos through the opening and post them on the social media platform Instagram using the hashtag #derwaldruft.
The resulting “photo series” allows people to visually track plant growth and natural dynamics over the coming years, even for guests who don’t visit the region regularly.

The photo spot locations

  • Verlobungsurne bei Alexisbad
    51.646359909817946, 11.114777574511251

  • Güdel Bank am Wellnerweg zwischen Altenau und Torfhaus
    51.79912728618532, 10.493785542328819 

  • Jungfernklippe in der Blochschleife bei Altenau
    51.804240217349545, 10.51377334189437

  • Schluftwasserkurve an der Brockenstraße
    51.78025607439712, 10.627018504411588

  • WaldWandelWeg bei Torfhaus
    51.80305921067429, 10.554311684637847

  • Bremer Hütte bei Ilsenburg
    51.829061618475585, 10.634712968888111

  • Achtermannkuppe
    51.76097294612524, 10.56954774427469

  • Eselsplatz bei Osterode-Lerbach am Harzer-Hexen-Stieg
    51.74619037672221, 10.30170559976541

  • Buchenberg in Bad Sachsa
    51.61321509754027, 10.517966988157013

  • Waldspendeprojekt in der Nähe der Plessenburg
    51.83287894823952, 10.672790708737937

  • Waldspendeprojekt an der Talsperre Königshütte
    51.742335423326956, 10.780278000807986

  • Rodelhaus in Braunlage
    51.74532248585371, 10.615929404991203

  • Waldspendeprojekt Halberstadt Spiegelsberge
    51.867824810202364, 11.025713072832993

Forest development in time-lapse

At this point, we want to visually document plant growth with selected pictures. You can find more photos under #derwaldruft on Instagram.

Achtermannshöhe in the Harz National Park

2020

2025

Engagement urn in Alexisbad, State Forestry Enterprise Saxony-Anhalt

2020

2025 

Virgin’s Cliff near Altenau, Lower Saxony State Forests

2020

2025