Special stamps

(Per­ma­nent spe­cial post­mark office) 

Work on the restora­tion of the for­mer Glashütte land­fill site began as ear­ly as 2012. The site is laid out in a radi­al pat­tern and has a clear struc­ture. At the high­est point is a view­ing plat­form fea­tur­ing a spe­cial post­mark sta­tion and a view of the Brock­en and Wernigerode Cas­tle in the fore­ground. The entrance to the Hüt­ten­garten is formed by an avenue lined with Japan­ese orna­men­tal cher­ry trees, which leads vis­i­tors to the glass­works direct­ly to the rose beds with their var­i­ous fra­grances, laven­der oases, and fruit orchards. 

(per­ma­nent loan, sub­ject to a charge)

The vast field land­scape of the Magde­burg Börde and the moun­tain­ous land­scape of the Harz Moun­tains with forests, caves and old mine pas­sages are staged in the largest exhi­bi­tion hall of the nat­ur­al his­to­ry muse­um. In the front area, impor­tant bird species of the fields, such as the buz­zard, Mon­tagu’s har­ri­er, par­tridge and the great bus­tard, which is almost extinct in Sax­ony-Anhalt, are dis­played in show­cas­es. Stairs lead to a sec­ond acces­si­ble lev­el which is sur­round­ed by an arti­fi­cial rocky land­scape. The cast of an old beech tree 7 m high with its inhab­i­tants, the black wood­peck­er and black stork, and the trunk of an ash tree tow­er over the rocks. Typ­i­cal ani­mal species of the Hochharz, such as mou­flon, lynx and the almost extinct caper­cail­lie can be found in the dioramas. 

It’s also excit­ing for chil­dren. They can explore the exten­sive den of a bad­ger fam­i­ly and be pre­pared for a few sur­pris­es. A raised hide offers views and infor­ma­tion about hunt­ing. Hid­den under the rocks is an exhi­bi­tion on min­er­als and fos­sils from the Harz Moun­tains, which com­mem­o­rates min­ing in the Harz. 

Muse­um of Nat­ur­al His­to­ry in Magdeburg

(Per­ma­nent spe­cial stamps, sub­ject to a fee)

One of the most beau­ti­ful minia­ture parks in Ger­many, the “Lit­tle Harz”, is embed­ded in the gar­den archi­tec­ture of Wernigerode’s Bürgerpark.

Vis­i­tors mar­vel at the atten­tion to detail of the mod­els and are invit­ed on a jour­ney from the mod­el to the orig­i­nal. Over 60 build­ings of cul­tur­al and his­tor­i­cal inter­est in the Harz Moun­tains are set in a fas­ci­nat­ing minia­ture land­scape with woods, water­cours­es and rock formations. 

The Impe­r­i­al Palace in Goslar, Wernigerode Town Hall and Hal­ber­stadt Cathe­dral are just a few of the build­ings built on a scale of 1:25. In just a few min­utes, you can walk from Goslar via Blanken­burg to Wernigerode. There, the Harz nar­row-gauge rail­road winds its way from West­ern­tor sta­tion to the Brock­en with its 5‑me­ter-high antenna. 

The spe­cial stamps for the Harz Hik­ing Badge are locat­ed between the Joseph­skreuz on the Auer­berg and St. Petri Church in Thale.

(N51 5820.9 E10 7760.8)

The Ilfeld Maple Park (Curie Park) has been a tourist flag­ship for the vaca­tion resort of Ilfeld for sev­er­al years. Around 270 maple trees have been plant­ed in recent years, all financed by one or more tree sponsors. 

An asso­ci­a­tion has set itself the task of recul­ti­vat­ing the maple park in stages and cre­at­ing a nat­ur­al park with as many maple trees as pos­si­ble. The aim is also to turn the maple park into a nat­ur­al gar­den land­scape in which the res­i­dents of Harz­tor and vis­i­tors of all gen­er­a­tions can find peace and relaxation. 

Web­site of the “Ahorn­park Ilfeld” association

(Per­ma­nent spe­cial stamps, sub­ject to a fee)

Since May 2015, the Harz tree­top walk in Bad Harzburg has been tak­ing vis­i­tors up high. Young and young at heart, fam­i­lies, senior cit­i­zens and peo­ple with dis­abil­i­ties have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to get to know nature from a com­plete­ly new per­spec­tive with­out bar­ri­ers on the first tree­top walk in the Harz Moun­tains and Low­er Saxony. 

Locat­ed at the foot of the Burg­berg in the mid­dle of Bad Harzburg’s spa gar­dens, the 1,000 m long trail starts at a height of over 20 meters and leads vis­i­tors through the old tree­tops of the Kalten Tal. Along the way, vis­i­tors learn about the tim­ber indus­try, nature and the environment. 

It is also unique among Ger­many’s tree­top trails due to its geol­o­gy sta­tion, which explains the rock stra­ta of the Harz Moun­tains using a rock face. The trail also leads over a pond, pro­vides insights into the Harz Nation­al Park and final­ly gives an insight into the excit­ing flo­ra and fau­na of Ger­many’s north­ern­most low moun­tain range. Of course, the lynx and wild­cat, which have become Bad Harzburg’s land­marks, are not to be missed. 

(Per­ma­nent spe­cial stamps, sub­ject to a fee)

The “Titan-RT” spe­cial post­mark sta­tion has been oper­a­tional since Sep­tem­ber 12, 2017. Togeth­er with Maik Berke from Harz­dren­a­lin , Klaus Dumeier com­plet­ed the final work 100 meters from the edge of the precipice. This spec­tac­u­lar spe­cial stamp­ing sta­tion for the Harz Hik­ing Badge is locat­ed right next to the start­ing gon­do­la of the “Gigaswing” pen­du­lum swing. 

The spe­cial stamp sta­tion is acces­si­ble dai­ly from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. after cross­ing the bridge via the tick­et machine. Of course, every stamp col­lec­tor can decide for them­selves whether they want to treat them­selves to this fun experience! 

(Per­ma­nent spe­cial post­mark sta­tion; fee applies)

Wernigerode, – Col­lec­tors of the Harz Hik­ing Badge can look for­ward to new spe­cial stamps: The “Transall” spe­cial stamp is now avail­able at the Wernigerode Avi­a­tion Muse­um. The eye-catch­ing green stamp box is locat­ed next to the Transall “Sil­berne Gams.” An admis­sion fee is required to receive spe­cial stamps. 

“The part­ner­ship with the Harz­er Wan­der­nadel is ben­e­fi­cial for both sides. Many muse­um vis­i­tors go on a stamp hunt in their free time or while on vaca­tion and can now add the spe­cial stamps to their hik­ing pass,” reports Mario Schmidt, mar­ket­ing direc­tor of the Avi­a­tion Muse­um. Christi­na Grompe, direc­tor of the Harz­er Wan­der­nadel ser­vice office, empha­sizes: “The Harz­er Wan­der­nadel is gain­ing recog­ni­tion, and we’ve been able to secure a new dis­tri­b­u­tion part­ner for our hik­ing pass­es. When Mr. Schmidt con­tact­ed us last year, we didn’t hes­i­tate to work togeth­er on this project.” The Avi­a­tion Muse­um now joins the ranks of oth­er spe­cial stamp loca­tions, which include, among oth­ers, the TITAN RT sus­pen­sion bridge and the Harzkristall glass factory. 

The Wernigerode Avi­a­tion Muse­um opened its doors to vis­i­tors for the first time on June 1, 1999 on the for­mer site of the Wernigerode elec­tric motor fac­to­ry. The muse­um has well over 1,000 exhibits from the his­to­ry of avi­a­tion and a total of over 100 air­planes and heli­copters, of which around 60 are dis­played in rota­tion in the exhibition. 

(Per­ma­nent spe­cial post­mark sta­tion; fee applies)

Since 1997, the Muse­um im Rit­ter­haus has also seen itself as a meet­ing place and cul­tur­al cen­ter for the cit­i­zens of the city.

Tues­day to Fri­day 10.00 — 13.00, 14.00 — 17.00
Sat­ur­day + Sun­day 14.00 — 17.00

What you taste, smell, see and expe­ri­ence at the Rodel­haus are prod­ucts that are pro­duced and trad­ed well, clean­ly and fair­ly. Dis­cov­er the decel­er­a­tion in enjoy­ment: slow food. 

Park­ing is avail­able at the large park­ing lot direct­ly at the val­ley sta­tion of the Wurm­berg cable car — Am Amtsweg 5.

From there, you can eas­i­ly take the Wurm­berg cable car to the mid­dle sta­tion and then walk to the tobog­gan house (100m). Or you can hike direct­ly up the tobog­gan run from there (1.7 km) or along the beau­ti­ful Bode riv­er towards the Bären­brücke bridge and then to the tobog­gan house (3.5 km). 

(Per­ma­nent spe­cial post­mark office)

In addi­tion to the Harz­er Wan­der­nadel ser­vice office in Blanken­burg, the Tourist Infor­ma­tion Wernigerode is the main con­tact point for stamp hik­ers. Please note the open­ing hours of the Tourist Infor­ma­tion, as the box is locat­ed indoors. 

www.wernigerode-tourismus.de

(Per­ma­nent spe­cial post­mark office)

Since 2015, the “Wernigerode Fairy­tale Trail” nature trail has been delight­ing the lit­tle explor­ers and hik­ers among us. The hike full of fun and games is accom­pa­nied by three well-known fairy tales by the Broth­ers Grimm — Lit­tle Red Rid­ing Hood, Hansel & Gre­tel and Rapunzel. 

The fairy­tale trail starts at the Has­seröder vaca­tion park. It leads via the Waldgasthaus Armeleuteberg to the Kaiser­turm. This almost 2.5 km long path is also suit­able for baby carriages. 

Along the way, all chil­dren must solve puz­zles and answer ques­tions based on var­i­ous fairy tale and infor­ma­tion­al signs, which they then write down on a fly­er. Games and a bare­foot trail also encour­age active par­tic­i­pa­tion. Once all the answers have been found, there’s a small reward—and spe­cial stamps—waiting at the Armeleuteberg For­est Inn. 

(Per­ma­nent spe­cial post­mark sta­tion; fee applies)

You can obtain the spe­cial stamps from the train atten­dants on the steam-pow­ered trains in the Selke­tal region. The Selke­tal region includes the HSB routes “Quedlinburg–Eisfelder Talmüh­le,” “Alexisbad–Harzgerode,” and “Stiege–Hasselfelde.”

Note: Spe­cial stamps are issued exclu­sive­ly on the trains list­ed and only upon pre­sen­ta­tion of a valid HSB tick­et for the Selke­tal­bahn to the train crew. There is a fee for the train ride. 

(Per­ma­nent spe­cial post­mark sta­tion; fee applies)

On sev­er­al week­ends through­out the year, all steam loco­mo­tive enthu­si­asts can ride the “Bergköni­gin” from Blanken­burg to Rübe­land and back. For all fans of the Harz Hik­ing Badge, the Rübe­land­bahn Work­ing Group offers spe­cial stamps. 

(Per­ma­nent spe­cial post­mark sta­tion; fee applies)

(Per­ma­nent spe­cial post­mark office)

In the beech forests of the south­ern Harz near Lonau lies the caper­cail­lie reserve of the nation­al park. It is home to grouse species for­mer­ly native to north­ern Ger­many — caper­cail­lie and black grouse. Caper­cail­lie are hard­ly vis­i­ble in the wild and no ani­mals have been seen in the Harz Moun­tains for sev­er­al years. The caper­cail­lie enclo­sure is acces­si­ble at all times and admis­sion is free. 

(Per­ma­nent spe­cial post­mark office)

(Per­ma­nent spe­cial post­mark office)

Idyl­li­cal­ly sit­u­at­ed in Braun­lage in the Brun­nen­bach­stal, with­in easy walk­ing dis­tance in sum­mer and win­ter for a walk or as a rest stop on hikes.

(Per­ma­nent spe­cial post­mark office)

A gem of the 19th cen­tu­ry is to be revived!

Today, Hohen­rode Park is the largest his­tor­i­cal park in Nord­hausen. Ten hectares of park with vil­la, out­build­ings and pavil­ion form an out­stand­ing artis­tic tes­ti­mo­ny to the 19th cen­tu­ry. The gar­den artist Hein­rich Sies­may­er and the archi­tect Lud­wig Bohn­st­edt were among the greats of their time. Carl and Fritz Kneiff shaped the park through their pas­sion for col­lect­ing rare trees and shrubs. 

You can reach this stamp by turn­ing left from the back of the vil­la, where you will see the stamp box after 50 meters. 

(Per­ma­nent spe­cial post­mark office)

The edu­ca­tion­al trail on the hik­ing trail from the Wiedas bell tow­er towards Käse­berg pro­vides infor­ma­tion about bees on sev­er­al infor­ma­tion boards.

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Dur­ing the clo­sure of the Urwald­stieges, the stamp box is locat­ed in the entrance area of the Stieges.

51.4974 10.3848 (per­ma­nent spe­cial post­mark location)

The stamp box is locat­ed on the Sky­walk on the Son­nen­stein in the Hol­un­gen dis­trict of the rur­al com­mu­ni­ty of Son­nen­stein in the Thuringian dis­trict of Eichs­feld. It is def­i­nite­ly worth a vis­it as you are reward­ed with a pic­turesque view over the hilly Eichs­feld land­scape as far as Göt­tin­gen and even as far as the Brock­en in the oth­er direction. 

(Per­ma­nent spe­cial post­mark sta­tion; fee applies)

The stamp box on the Baum­Schwe­be­Bahn is locat­ed in Bad Harzburg. This allows you to float 1,000 m through the tree­tops at speeds of up to 15 km/h, with some great panoram­ic views of the Brocken. 

(Per­ma­nent spe­cial post­mark sta­tion; fee applies)

The spe­cial stamps are on dis­play at the museum.

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The huge red sofa, which served as the back­drop for the THEATERNATUR per­form­ing arts fes­ti­val in 2019, will now serve as the back­drop for a new spe­cial post­mark station.

51.80396 10.51154

In the Kell­wasser­tal val­ley between Torfhaus and the Oker­talsperre dam, Volks­bank Braun­schweig-Wolfs­burg (Bra­Wo) will plant trees of spe­cial­ly select­ed species for a new mixed for­est on around 30,000 square meters of a dead spruce for­est with chil­dren from dis­ad­van­taged families.

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The wood­en church in Elend is a sacred build­ing in the Elend dis­trict of the munic­i­pal­i­ty of Ober­harz am Brock­en in the Harz Moun­tains. The church is used by the Protes­tant parish of Elbingerode. It is con­sid­ered the small­est wood­en church in Ger­many and was con­se­crat­ed on June 27, 1897. 

The spe­cial post­mark office is locat­ed in the city center.

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On the occa­sion of the 10th anniver­sary of the nat­ur­al her­itage for­est in Blanken­burg (Harz), the Foun­da­tion for the Envi­ron­ment, Nature and Cli­mate Pro­tec­tion of the State of Sax­ony-Anhalt, the Harz­er Wan­der­nadel Gmbh and the City of Blanken­burg (Harz) set up this spe­cial site on June 5, 2021.

You can reach this beau­ti­ful spot at the “Imposan­ten”, a 300-year-old oak tree that has dried out due to the recent drought, from the Hüt­ten­rode sports field via the so-called bri­dle path. (Cir­cu­lar route 2 on the Blanken­burg hik­ing map) 

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UTM 5738018
N51.77743 E10.91500
N51° 46.646′ E10° 54.900’
N51° 46′ 38.7″ E10° 54′ 54.0″

N51°53,918 E10°26,857

The “waldfuermorgen.ev” asso­ci­a­tion is mak­ing it pos­si­ble for every child in Goslar to plant a tree by the city’s 1,100th anniver­sary in 2022. The asso­ci­a­tion is sup­port­ed by many spon­sors, includ­ing the Bürg­er­s­tiftung Goslar und Umgebung. 

The Goslar Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion also came up with the idea of plac­ing a spe­cial post­mark box here and paid for it. Learn more at: 

http://www.waldfuermorgen.de

(per­ma­nent stamp­ing point)

The Pas­toren­stein is a memo­r­i­al stone (old and new) in the north-west­ern part of the Heers for­est area. It is locat­ed around one kilo­me­ter (as the crow flies) north of the Regen­stein cas­tle ruins. 

A good start­ing point is the Pfeifenkrug com­muter park­ing lot, from where a sign­post­ed hik­ing trail of around 2.5 kilo­me­ters leads to the memo­r­i­al stone.

The Pas­tor’s Stone com­mem­o­rates the Bör­neck pas­tor Got­tlieb Friedrich Michaelis, who crossed the Heers here on Octo­ber 31, 1821 on his way home from Heim­burg. It was prob­a­bly a rather cold autumn day and the man of God is said to have frozen to death here in the mid­dle of the forest. 

Coor­di­nates: 32 U 0635227 UTM 5743330

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The HARZGERÖDER KUGELsPASS is an inter­ac­tive adven­ture trail for young and old hik­ing enthu­si­asts with a total length of 9.8 km, which con­nects Harzgerode Cas­tle with the Glase­bach Strass­berg Mine Muse­um. The Birn­baumte­ich Neu­dorf vaca­tion park is about halfway along the trail. Two play­grounds and 8 sta­tions along the adven­ture trail with their mar­ble runs pro­vide lots of fun and inter­ac­tion for young and old hik­ing enthu­si­asts, plus there is exten­sive infor­ma­tion in words and pic­tures at the ste­les, sup­ple­ment­ed by audio sta­tions in sev­er­al lan­guages (Ger­man for adults, Ger­man for chil­dren, Russ­ian, Dan­ish, Eng­lish, Chi­nese) to encour­age you to listen. 

The HARZGERÖDER KUGELsPASS also touch­es 2 sta­tions of the HARZER WANDERNADEL.

Coor­di­nates: 32 U 0605328 UTM 5729217

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