Stamp point 72 / La Viershöhe

La Viershöhe (478 m above sea level) is located above the Bode Valley, very close to the Hexentanzplatz.

From La Vier­shöhe, you have an out­stand­ing view of the Bode Val­ley and the rocks tow­er­ing behind it. The bizarre rock for­ma­tions are best seen in ear­ly spring, when the green veg­e­ta­tion does not yet obscure the view. If you then see a few birds of prey cir­cling over the gorge in search of food, you will under­stand why the Bode Val­ley was declared a nature reserve back in March 1937. 

The name of the hill com­mem­o­rates the head forester La Viers, who was the high­est-rank­ing forestry offi­cial for the Harz for­est areas in the 19th cen­tu­ry. La Viers may have come from a Huguenot fam­i­ly. As he often hunt­ed in the Bode Val­ley, he rec­og­nized the beau­ty of this land­scape ear­ly on and encour­aged the cre­ation of hik­ing trails for tourists. 

You can reach La Vier­shöhe from Hex­en­tanz­platz via a sign­post­ed path, which also leads to Prinzen­sicht HWN 70 as a con­tin­u­a­tion of the hike.