Stamp point 79 / Otto — Ebert — Bridge (on Herzogsweg)

The “Otto Ebert Bridge” is located on Herzogsweg and is close to the B 27 between Blankenburg and Hüttenrode.

The Rübe­land Rail­way, which was the steep­est adhe­sion rail­road in the world at the time of its con­struc­tion, was elec­tri­fied between 1960 and 1965 so that the large quan­ti­ties of lime in the Rübe­land lime works could be trans­port­ed away.

How­ev­er, the con­struc­tion of the new route cut through the course of the Her­zog­weg, so that hik­ers some­times crossed the tracks at their own risk. The site man­ag­er for the redesign of the route at the time was the chief engi­neer Otto Ebert, him­self a friend of the Harz Moun­tains and hikers. 

After 1990, the Harzk­lub and the town of Blanken­burg (Harz) tried to gen­er­ate fund­ing for the con­struc­tion of a bridge over the Rübe­land­bahn to make the Her­zogsweg ful­ly acces­si­ble again. Togeth­er with the town of Blanken­burg (Harz), chief engi­neer Otto Ebert exam­ined the fund­ing options and, for his 70th birth­day, asked his invit­ed guests for a dona­tion for the bridge on the Her­zogsweg instead of gifts. The per­son­al con­tri­bu­tion for the request­ed fund­ing was raised in this way and the bridge was named after Otto Ebert. 

The small park­ing lot on the B 27 towards Gasthaus Ziegenkopf is a good start­ing point, or if you stop off at Gasthaus Ziegenkopf, the park­ing spaces direct­ly in front of the inn.

You can also start the hike from the Luisen­burg ruins HWN 77, 2.5 km away.