Stamping point 148 / Nature Myth Trail (NPH)

The Nature Myth Trail is located in the middle of the Harz National Park, not far from Braunlage Youth Hostel.

The Nature Myth Trail is a joint project of the Harz Nation­al Park and the Low­er Sax­ony Adult Edu­ca­tion Cen­ter. The artist team Lan­dArt from Hanover designed the indi­vid­ual stations. 

Like leg­ends and fairy tales, myths are part of the old­est cul­tur­al her­itage of mankind. They pro­vide infor­ma­tion about how peo­ple thought and felt and how they explained what was hap­pen­ing around them and to them. In myths, our ances­tors described the com­ing into being and pass­ing away of the earth. The focus is on nature as an all-encom­pass­ing habi­tat.
Fol­low the approx. 4 km long nature myth trail 

…a path through the Harz Nation­al Park
…a path to knowl­edge
…a path to inter­ac­tion
…a path to ourselves

Ten hands-on sta­tions invite you to fol­low the myth­i­cal traces of the rela­tion­ship between man and nature.

Who is afraid of the evil wolf? Or is it humans who are scary? Do wolves and humans per­haps have much more in com­mon than we real­ize? What sym­bol­ic pow­er does a tree have? And why do the beau­ty and song of birds enchant us? 

Lis­ten to the singing of the Bach nymphs. Let the wish­ing tree grant you a wish. And find your way to your­self in the labyrinth. We wish you lots of fun. 

You can reach the trail from the Nation­al Park hik­ing meet­ing point at Braun­lage Youth Hos­tel after approx. 750 meters. The stamp box is locat­ed direct­ly on the Nature Myth Trail near the roman­tic Sil­berte­ich pond. 

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