Stamping point 143 / Köte Schindelkopf

The Schindelkopf (550 m above sea level) is located to the southwest of the Acker mountain range and the town of Osterode am Harz to the west.

From the Schin­delkopf, which is part of the Osterode town for­est, you can see parts of the Söse­talsperre reser­voir. You also have a beau­ti­ful view of Osterode and the south­ern Harz foreland. 

In ear­li­er times, char­coal burn­ers lived in such huts when they worked in the Harz forests in sum­mer. The char­coal burn­ers could not leave their place of work as the char­coal piles required super­vi­sion day and night. In this tra­di­tion­al style, the shel­ter at the Schin­delkopf was built in 2002, where the stamp box is also located. 

The Söse­talsperre was the first dam built by the Harzwasser­w­erke on the Riv­er Söse between 1928 and 1931 and is used to sup­ply drink­ing water, pro­tect against flood­ing, raise low water lev­els and gen­er­ate electricity.

The short­est sign­post­ed hik­ing trail to the Schin­delkopf starts from the Wald­vo­gel­sta­tion at the Söse­talsperre reser­voir, above the hik­ing park­ing lot.

From the hik­ing park­ing lot “Fuchshaller Weg” on the out­skirts of Osterode, you can hike along the “Nassen Weg” to the Köte am Schin­delkopf and con­tin­ue the tour to Han­sküh­nen­burg HWN 144.