Stamping point 117 / Treppenstein

The Treppenstein (511 m above sea level) is one of the bizarre rocky cliffs in the Oker valley between the Goslar district of Oker and the Oker dam.

Ancient steps carved into the rock lead up to the Trep­pen­stein and sug­gest that the rock has exert­ed a great attrac­tion on peo­ple in pre­his­toric times.

There was a for­ti­fi­ca­tion at the foot of the Trep­pen­stein, which was dis­cov­ered in 1989 with the remains of a stone build­ing and a neck ditch about 40 m from the rock. Today it is still 1.5 m deep and 4 m wide, in some places even deep­er and wider. Pot­tery shards and iron frag­ments dat­ing from the 13th cen­tu­ry have been found in this area since 1963. 

About 500 m above the Trep­pen­stein lies the small, pre­sum­ably medieval Tränkestein for­ti­fi­ca­tion. This is a 50 m long moat sys­tem. The ditch is still 1.5 m deep and the ram­part is still around 1 m high. 

From the Romk­er­halle park­ing lot below the Oker dam, you should first take the hik­ing trail to the Romk­er­hall water­fall. From the water­fall, a beau­ti­ful cir­cu­lar tour leads over the Feigen­baumk­lippe, Mause­falle, Hex­enküche, Käste­haus HWN 118 and to the Treppenstein.