Stamping point 113 / Grumbacher Teich

The lower Grumbach pond is located between Hahnenklee-Bockswiese and Wildemann in the Großer Dreckstal.

The ponds around Clausthal-Zeller­feld, Hah­nen­klee and Wilde­mann are not nat­u­ral­ly formed bod­ies of water, but are part of the Upper Harz Water Regal. They were cre­at­ed by Harz min­ers in ear­li­er cen­turies in order to always have suf­fi­cient water avail­able in sum­mer and win­ter to oper­ate the numer­ous water wheels. The water was fed to its place of use through arti­fi­cial ditch systems. 

There are a total of four “Grum­bach Ponds” between the old moun­tain towns of Wilde­mann and Hah­nen­klee. The Low­er and Upper Grum­bach Ponds were built before 1680. The Mid­dle Pond was built after 1680. The fourth New Grum­bach Pond was added after 1714. 

The Grum­bach pond was vot­ed the most beau­ti­ful stamp site in 2012 by our hik­ing friends.

The park­ing lot at Kut­tel­bach­er Teich on the road from Lau­t­en­thal to Bock­swiese is a good start­ing point to get from the oppo­site side of the road via the Dreck­tal to the stamp­ing sta­tion in the refuge of the Harzk­lub branch Wildemann.