Routes to the Brocken - Heinrich Heine Path
- 3:35 h
- 10.46 km
- 857 m
- 283 m
- 1,142 m
- 859 m
- Start: Hiking car park in the Ilsetal
- Destination: Brocken
This ascent to the Brocken starts in Ilsenburg and follows the footsteps of Heinrich Heine along the mountain stream Ilse. Along winding forest paths, it goes through the deeply cut Ilsetal past the Ilsestein to the impressive Ilse waterfalls. Primeval beech forests and rugged rock formations border the path. The Heine monument commemorates the poet's ascent to the Brocken in 1824. Soon the path turns west and meets the Harz Border Path at Hermannsklippe. This follows the former patrol road - past the Bismarckklippe and the Little Brocken (1,019 m) - steeply up to the treeless Brocken summit. This section of the path offers, as a reward for the steep ascent, a magnificent view of the Eckertalsperre reservoir and the northern Harz edge.
Good to know
Best to visit
Directions
Ilsetal - Ilsestein - Heine Monument - Hermannsklippe - Patrol road - Bismarckklippe - Little Brocken - Brocken
Equipment
sturdy footwear and weather-appropriate clothing.
Directions & Parking facilities
paid hiking car park Ilsetal
Direct connections from Ilsenburg station:
Hannover (via Vienenburg, Bad Harzburg, Goslar)
Magdeburg (via Wernigerode, Halberstadt)
Halle (Saale) (via Wernigerode, Halberstadt)
Halberstadt (via Wernigerode)
Vienenburg
From the Brocken:
With the Harz narrow-gauge railways to Wernigerode, Drei Annen Hohne or Schierke
Additional information
Tourist Information Ilsenburg
Telephone: 039452 19433
info@ilsenburg.de
https://www.ilsenburg-tourismus.de/startseite.html
https://www.harzinfo.de/erlebnisse/wandern/die-wege-zum-brocken
Map
The Hochharz - Around the Brocken (standard) hiking and cycling map scale 1 : 30,000, UTM grid for GPS, contour lines in 20m intervals, Harz Club hiking trails Format 110 x 200 mm, 990 x 600 mm (open) standard edition (map paper) ISBN 978-3-928977-91-3 Price: 4.00 €
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