Stamp point 43 / Weser-Elbe watershed “Hohe Tür”

Hohe Tür is the name given to a vantage point between Bad Lauterberg and the spa town of Steina, a district of Bad Sachsa. There is also a watershed here. 

The “Weser/Elbe” water­shed runs from the Hohe Lieth on the North Sea across the Lüneb­urg Heath, the Flechtiger Höhen­zug to the Hohe Holz. There, the line turns in the direc­tion of Elm and Asse to the Harz Moun­tains and on to Thuringia. 

The stamp site is approx. 1.5 km from the “Wiesen­bek­er Teich” pond near Bad Lauter­berg, which is fed by the Wiesen­bek stream. The pond, which was put into oper­a­tion in 1715, was once used to sup­ply water to the “Aufrichtigkeit” cop­per mine in Lauter­berg, which is why it was ini­tial­ly called the “Aufrichtigkeit­er Teich”. When ore min­ing ceased there, it sup­plied the “Lauter­berg­er Königshütte” blast fur­nace, foundry and wire draw­ing works. 

Today, the beau­ti­ful moun­tain lake is used as a local recre­ation des­ti­na­tion for swim­ming, fish­ing and boat­ing. Dom­browsky’s Baude, which offers appeal­ing Harz hos­pi­tal­i­ty in a beau­ti­ful set­ting, is also locat­ed direct­ly on the lake. 

The park­ing lots at Wiesen­bek­er Teich are a good start­ing point for a hike to stamp point 43.