Stamp point 150 / Großer Knollen

At 687 m above sea level, the former volcano “Großer Knollen” is one of the highest elevations in the southern Harz. 

As ear­ly as 1890, an approx. 8 m high wood­en obser­va­tion tow­er was built on the sum­mit. After sev­er­al acci­dents and dam­age caused by light­ning, the mem­bers of the Bad Lauter­berg branch of the Harzk­lub decid­ed to build a new stone look­out tow­er, which was inau­gu­rat­ed in August 1904.
Even before the Sec­ond World War, there is said to have been a restau­rant at the look­out tow­er. From 1949, the “Knol­lerich” — as the first Bau­den land­lord Fritz Goer­icke was known for his jokes — took over the man­age­ment and rebuilt the Baude. In 1961, the tow­er was raised to 20 meters. In good weath­er, hik­ers can enjoy a mag­nif­i­cent view as far as the Weser Uplands and the Thuringian Forest. 

A good start­ing point is the hik­ing park­ing lot in Lut­ter­straße on the out­skirts of Bad Lauter­berg. From the Lut­ter­tal val­ley, you hike along sign­post­ed paths to the Großer Knollen and return to the start­ing point via the Knol­lenkreuz HWN 152.