Stamping point 220 / Phillippsgruß refuge

The “Phillippsgruß” pavilion is located northwest of Bad Sachsa on the Katzenstein near the Ravensberg (660 m above sea level).

A reg­u­lar guest of the cli­mat­ic health resort had the pavil­ion built on this site as he par­tic­u­lar­ly appre­ci­at­ed the view from this spot, which extends far beyond Bad Sach­sa to the Kyffhäuser.

Below the Phillipps­gruß is the old­est fairy­tale park in Ger­many, which was built back in 1910. Even today, the park delib­er­ate­ly dis­pens­es with plas­tic fig­ures and voice machines and uses nat­ur­al mate­ri­als to recre­ate var­i­ous fairy­tale scenes. 

The “Harz­falken­hof Bad Sach­sa”, found­ed in 1964, is locat­ed very close to the Märchen­grund. Since then, the Harz­falken­hof has been involved in bird of prey con­ser­va­tion, breed­ing and research. It is home to around 80 birds of prey, e.g. eagles, vul­tures, fal­cons, owls and oth­er species. The flight demon­stra­tions of fal­cons, eagles and oth­er birds of prey are unique, but the breed­ing suc­cess of the birds, which are kept in pairs in ani­mal-friend­ly aviaries, is also impressive 

The quick­est access to the Phillipps­gruß is from Bad Sach­sa via the Vital­park and the Ede-Baller-Weg. A charm­ing hik­ing trail leads direct­ly from the sum­mit of the Ravens­berg via the Käthe Schulken Hut and the Ede Baller Trail to the Phillippsgruß.