Stamping point 133 / Förster — Ludewig — Platz

The Förster-Ludewig-Platz is a very nice resting place and is located on the Dammgraben between Altenau and the Torfhaus.

The rest area has been attrac­tive­ly designed with a seat­ing area and the Schachtkopf hut. Cross­ing a sed­i­men­ta­tion basin of the dam ditch, which frees the wild water com­ing from the Naben­tal water­fall from its sed­i­ment flood, you reach anoth­er small rest area via a footbridge. 

There, the head forester Pit­tau erect­ed a memo­r­i­al to the for­est work­ers who died in the First World War and to the forester Mey­er. The stamp box is also locat­ed on this small penin­su­la, which invites you to lis­ten to the gur­gling water for a moment and come to your senses. 

The short­est access route starts at the small park­ing lot on the right-hand side of the road from Torfhaus to Alte­nau. From there, fol­low the path along the roman­tic, fern-cov­ered dam ditch to the stamp­ing point. Above the Förster-Ludewig-Platz, the Harz Witch­es’ Trail leads via the Naben­taler water­fall and the ski mead­ow on the Rinderkopf to the Torfhaus. 

The stamp­ing point on this sec­tion of the Damm­graben is par­tic­u­lar­ly suit­able for fam­i­lies with small chil­dren, but also for senior cit­i­zens with phys­i­cal disabilities.