Stamp point 107 / Maaßener Gaipel

The Maaßener Gaipel above Lautenthal was built in 1924 by the Lautenthal branch of the Harzklub and modernized and extended in 1978. 

Many decades before the restau­rant was built, the Gaipel­haus (wind­ing house) next to the shaft and wind­ing tow­er of the “Maaßen” ore mine was a pop­u­lar hik­ing and excur­sion des­ti­na­tion for vis­i­tors to the min­ing town of Lautenthal.

The fan­tas­tic dis­tant view over Lau­t­en­thal, which lies at your feet, and the beau­ti­ful Harz moun­tain land­scape make a vis­it to the Maaßen­er Gaipel well worthwhile.

The name “Gaipel” is rem­i­nis­cent of the ear­li­er hoist­ing equip­ment (göpel wheels), which used horse pow­er to lift the sil­ver-bear­ing non-fer­rous met­al ores out of the shaft. Wit­ness­es from the min­ing era can still be found today on the min­ing adven­ture trail in the imme­di­ate vicin­i­ty of the Maaßen­er Gaipel.

Access to the site is on the road from Lau­t­en­tal to Bockswiese.