Stamp point 121 / “Aussichtsreich” Burgberg

The “Aussichtsreich” guest and lodging house is located high above Bad Harzburg on the Burgberg (483 m above sea level), which can only be reached from the town on foot or by cable car.

The first record of the Sax­on idol Kro­do dates back to the 8th cen­tu­ry. The first cas­tle was built between 1065 and 1068 under Emper­or Hen­ry IV. After the defeat in the Sax­on upris­ing, it was decid­ed to destroy the cas­tle in 1074. Bar­barossa rebuilt and extend­ed the cas­tle in 1180. In 1218, Emper­or Otto IV dies on the cas­tle hill, where the impe­r­i­al insignia were also kept in 2010. The cas­tle changed hands sev­er­al times until the 16th cen­tu­ry, when Duke Augus­tus the Younger had it demol­ished in 1650. 

Since then, the remains of the cas­tle have been repeat­ed­ly exca­vat­ed and secured. In the mean­time, the “Fördervere­in His­torisch­er Burg­berg Bad Harzburg e.V.” has been founded. 

The guest and lodg­ing house “Aus­sicht­sre­ich” was reopened in 2014 and promis­es to entice and pam­per the palate and mind. Sit­u­at­ed in the mid­dle of the cas­tle hill, vis­i­tors are treat­ed to an unfor­get­table view. In the Aus­sicht­sre­ich, you can observe and inten­sive­ly expe­ri­ence the excit­ing capers of the weath­er both indoors and out­doors. “Watch­ing the weath­er at work” is a phrase recent­ly coined by Dirk Junicke, own­er of the guest and lodg­ing house. 

From the Canos­sa Col­umn, you have a fan­tas­tic view far into the Harz fore­land. The Canos­sa Col­umn on the Burg­berg plateau was erect­ed there in 1877 in hon­or of Chan­cel­lor Otto von Bismarck. 

You should con­tin­ue the hike to the stamp points HWN 122 Kreuz des deutschen Ostens, HWN170 Raben­klippe and HWN 169 Molken­haus.

Park­ing is avail­able at the large park­ing lot in Bad Harzburg direct­ly on the B4 towards Torfhaus. There you have to decide whether you want to climb the Burg­berg on foot or take the cable car up the 150 meters to the top. 

The stamp­ing sta­tion is locat­ed direct­ly at the gar­den fence of the “Aus­sicht­sre­ich” right next to the cable car moun­tain station.