Stamp point 73 / Glockenstein

The Glockenstein (506 m above sea level) is located above the Wurmbach valley in Stecklenberg.

The gran­ite block, whose shape is rem­i­nis­cent of a bell, was prob­a­bly an ancient Ger­man­ic place of wor­ship in pre­his­toric times. Accord­ing to leg­end, the Glock­en­stein rings like a bell on Walpur­gis Night, show­ing the witch­es the way to the Brocken. 

The direct route to the Glock­en­stein leads steeply uphill from Steck­len­berg through the Wurm­bach valley.