Stamping point 139 / Kuckholzklippe

The 15-metre-high observation tower on the Kuckholzklippe is located between Lerbach and Buntenbock.

The name was appar­ent­ly derived some­what inac­cu­rate­ly from a side val­ley below the cliff, which bears the name “Kuhkolk”, i.e. water­hole for cows.

The obser­va­tion tow­er was com­mis­sioned by the Harzk­lub branch clubs from Bun­ten­bock, Clausthal, Ler­bach and Osterode and built from steel frame­work by the Ler­bach Roy­al Iron­works Office for 2,625 Reichs­mark, inau­gu­rat­ed on August 1, 1897 and ren­o­vat­ed by the Harzk­lub in 1992.

The tow­er, which can be reached via 75 steps, was declared a list­ed build­ing in 1994. From the view­ing plat­form, you have a beau­ti­ful view of the Brock­en, the “Auf dem Ack­er” ridge, Bun­ten­bock, Ler­bach and the Harz foreland. 

From Bun­ten­bock, you can reach the tow­er from the hik­ing park­ing lot “An der Trift” and con­tin­ue the hike to Braun­seck HWN 138.

From Ler­bach, the “Eisen­stein Lehrp­fad” leads over the “Con­cor­dia Klippe” and “Claras Höhe” to the Kuckholzklippe.