Stamp point 186 / Anhaltinischer Saalstein

The “Anhaltinischer Saalstein” is a rocky cliff and is located in the nature reserve of the same name approx. 3 km south of Bad Suderode.

The small nature reserve pro­tects a rock heath pine for­est with pale hawk­weed and the very rare bear­ber­ry on the rocky cliffs and boul­der slopes, which is untyp­i­cal for the Harz Mountains.

Until 1918, the Anhalt Saal­stein and the bor­der trail, which is also part­ly des­ig­nat­ed as a “for­est botan­i­cal hik­ing trail”, marked the sov­er­eign state bor­der between the Duchy of Anhalt and the King­dom of Prus­sia. Oppo­site, on the oth­er side of the “Cold Val­ley”, lies the “Pruss­ian Saal­stein”. The name “Saal­steine” is derived from the late medieval Sal­büch­er, which were a reg­is­ter of prop­er­ty and ser­vice rights. 

From the park­ing lot below the sports field in Bad Sud­erode, the trail leads past the rock cel­lar and the Less­ing Cave, an old min­ing tun­nel, to a cross­roads in the cold val­ley. From there, a sign­post­ed path leads steadi­ly uphill to the stamp site. 

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