Stamping point 161 / Stephanshütte

The Stephanshütte (620 m above sea level) is located between the Ravensberg near Bad Sachsa and the Stöberhai above Wieda.

The hut was named after Hein­rich von Stephan (1831 — 1897), the post­mas­ter gen­er­al of the Ger­man Empire. He was the orig­i­na­tor of numer­ous improve­ments in the postal sys­tem, includ­ing the inven­tion of the “post­card”. Stephan found­ed the “Uni­ver­sal Postal Union” in 1874, which cov­ered Europe and large parts of Asia, Africa and America. 

Hein­rich von Stephan was a guest at the Bergho­tel Ravens­berg for many years and enjoyed the Harz forests.

The start­ing point is the park­ing lot at Drei­her­ren­stein on Ravens­bergstraße. From there, you can reach Stephan­shütte with­out any major inclines and con­tin­ue the hike to Stöber­hai from there. 

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