Stamp point 76 / Grandfather rock

The “Großvaterfelsen” (317 m above sea level), together with the “Großmutter”, forms the western end of the Teufelsmauer and is located on the eastern edge of Blankenburg.

It is one of the most impos­ing and high­est cliffs of the Teufels­mauer and a land­mark of Blanken­burg. The cliff can be climbed with some skill via rock steps and iron stairs. The sum­mit with its weath­er vane from 1998 offers a won­der­ful view of Blanken­burg and the baroque gar­den with the Great and Small Cas­tles. It is assumed that the name “Grand­fa­ther Rock” dates back to the time of the Ger­man­ic tribes, who paid homage to their god Wotan here at the Great Father. 

A spe­cial attrac­tion is the so-called Löbbeck­estieg, which leads to the right of the Groß­vater­felsen to the Ham­burg­er Wap­pen HWN 74 to Tim­men­rode. This ridge path was cre­at­ed in 1853 at the insti­ga­tion of Blanken­burg may­or Carl Löbbecke and offers a num­ber of view­points of the sur­round­ing coun­try­side due to its loca­tion. The nar­row path is part­ly carved into the rock and requires some surefootedness. 

The rock rib of the Teufels­mauer (Dev­il’s Wall) emerges in three places over a length of 20 km between Bal­len­st­edt in the south-east and Blanken­burg (Harz) in the north-west. It begins with the Gegen­steinen north­west of Bal­len­st­edt. It con­tin­ues south of Wed­der­sleben, where the König­stein, the Mit­tel­steine and the Papen­steine are lined up from south-east to north-west over a length of two kilo­me­ters. To the north­west, the rocky moun­tain range con­tin­ues between Tim­men­rode and Blanken­burg with the Ham­burg­er Wap­pen, the Gewit­ter­grotte, the Froschfelsen, the Hei­del­berg (331 m above sea lev­el) and the Groß­vater­felsen (317 m above sea lev­el) with the Großmutter. 

The best park­ing option is the guest park­ing lot of the town of Blanken­burg (Harz) above the Small Cas­tle. The ser­vice office of the Harz Hik­ing Nee­dle is also locat­ed in the Small Cas­tle. From there you cross Has­selfelder Straße (B81) and reach the Groß­vater­felsen via Groß­vater­weg. The stamp box is locat­ed direct­ly on the nar­row path that leads up to the rock.