Stamp point 193 / Stahlquelle

This highly ferruginous spring was discovered in 1926 by senior miner W. Bock (1858–1933) and is located above the valley of the “Schmalen Wipper” on the Wipperberg.

Neu­dorf has been a rec­og­nized and pop­u­lar vaca­tion resort since 1910. The vil­lage lies on a high plateau around 440 m above sea lev­el in the head­wa­ters of the Schmaler Wip­per. The “Stahlquelle” was devel­oped for tourism in 1931 and con­tributed to Neu­dor­f’s good rep­u­ta­tion as a resort. 

The Neu­dorf Min­ing Trail, which presents over 600 years of min­ing his­to­ry in the Neu­dorf min­ing dis­trict over a dis­tance of around 15 km, takes you over the so-called Men­schen­trappe to the steel spring. The Dan­kerode but­ter women are said to have walked along this steep hol­low path on their way back from Quedlin­burg market. 

The min­ing nature trail con­tin­ues via the Teufel­ste­ich pond, the Fürst-Vik­tor hut, the Birn­baum pond, the Hel­ler­grund water art facil­i­ty HWN 194, to the Glase­bach show mine HWN 175.

If you only want to hike to the Stahlquelle, you can start the tour from the small park­ing lot on the road from Neu­dorf to Dankerode.

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