{"id":16442,"date":"2016-02-19T13:10:04","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T12:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/stamping-point-126-lochstein-oberer-schalker-graben\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T14:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:43:10","slug":"stamping-point-126-lochstein-oberer-schalker-graben","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/stamping-points\/overview-map\/stamping-point-126-lochstein-oberer-schalker-graben\/","title":{"rendered":"Stamping point 126 \/ Lochstein, Oberer Schalker Graben"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Lochstein stamping station is located directly on the Oberer Schalker Graben between the settlement of Festenburg and Clausthal-Zellerfeld.<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image alignwide stk-block-image stk-block stk-89e1006\" data-block-id=\"89e1006\"><style>.stk-89e1006 {margin-top:3% !important;margin-bottom:3% !important;}<\/style><figure><span class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch stk--has-lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Lochstein.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Lochstein.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Lochstein-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Lochstein-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Lochstein-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\"><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>The \u201cObere Schalk\u00ader Graben\u201d, built in 1716, col\u00adlect\u00aded the moun\u00adtain water on its 8,980&nbsp;m&nbsp;long path from the south\u00adern slope of the Schalke to Hah\u00adnen\u00adklee and led it to the Hah\u00adnen\u00adklee mines via sev\u00ader\u00adal&nbsp;ponds.<\/p>\n\n<p>There were per\u00adfo\u00adrat\u00aded stones in all min\u00ading oper\u00ada\u00adtions in Ger\u00admany, but they are not usu\u00adal\u00adly locat\u00aded direct\u00adly on the road or on hik\u00ading trails.<\/p>\n\n<p>The per\u00adfo\u00adrat\u00aded stone is a&nbsp;mine field bound\u00adary stone, also known as a&nbsp;mark\u00ader stone, because it marks the \u201cMarkschei\u00adde\u201d and was set by a \u201cMarkschei\u00adder\u201d (sur\u00advey\u00ador in the mine). The inscrip\u00adtion&nbsp;reads:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><em>Alhi\u00ader turn the king Car\u00adler 6&nbsp;mea\u00adsures on the main course heir down it&nbsp;was<\/em><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Joachim Chris\u00adt\u00adian Behr V.O.B.M.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Georg Fritrich Gless\u00adner U.B.M.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Georg Niclaus Mers\u00admann GE.&nbsp;W.&nbsp;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>The best start\u00ading point is from the small set\u00adtle\u00adment of Fes\u00adten\u00adburg to the Lochstein. Fes\u00adten\u00adburg can be reached via the coun\u00adtry road from Schu\u00adlen\u00adberg to Clausthal-Zellerfeld.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>From the rus\u00adtic \u201cGr\u00fcne Tanne\u201d inn, the hik\u00ading trail begins in the direc\u00adtion of Bock\u00adswiese, which first cross\u00ades the Unter\u00ader Schalk\u00ader Graben and con\u00adtin\u00adues uphill to the Ober\u00ader Schalk\u00ader Graben. There you fol\u00adlow the ditch path to the left to the Lochstein.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>If you want to con\u00adtin\u00adue the hike to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/stamping-points\/overview-map\/stamp-point-125-schalker-turm\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1125\">Schalk\u00ader Turm HWN 125<\/a>, walk back a&nbsp;lit\u00adtle and then fol\u00adlow the steeply ascend\u00ading path towards Schalke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lochstein stamp\u00ading sta\u00adtion is locat\u00aded direct\u00adly on the Ober\u00ader Schalk\u00ader Graben between the set\u00adtle\u00adment of Fes\u00adten\u00adburg and Clausthal-Zeller\u00adfeld. The \u201cObere Schalk\u00ader Graben\u201d, built in 1716, col\u00adlect\u00aded the moun\u00adtain water on its 8,980&nbsp;m&nbsp;long path from the south\u00adern slope of the Schalke to Hah\u00adnen\u00adklee and led it to the Hah\u00adnen\u00adklee mines via sev\u00ader\u00adal&nbsp;ponds. 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