{"id":16518,"date":"2016-02-18T12:22:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T11:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/stamp-point-76-grandfather-rock\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T14:42:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:42:40","slug":"stamp-point-76-grandfather-rock","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/stamping-points\/overview-map\/stamp-point-76-grandfather-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"Stamp point 76 \/ Grandfather rock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The \u201cGro\u00dfvaterfelsen\u201d (317&nbsp;m&nbsp;above sea level), together with the \u201cGro\u00dfmutter\u201d, forms the western end of the Teufelsmauer and is located on the eastern edge of Blankenburg.<\/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=\"825\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Gro\u00dfvaterfelsen.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Gro\u00dfvaterfelsen.jpg 825w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Gro\u00dfvaterfelsen-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Gro\u00dfvaterfelsen-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Gro\u00dfvaterfelsen-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\"><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>It is one of the most impos\u00ading and high\u00adest cliffs of the Teufels\u00admauer and a&nbsp;land\u00admark of Blanken\u00adburg. The cliff can be climbed with some skill via rock steps and iron stairs. The sum\u00admit with its weath\u00ader vane from 1998 offers a&nbsp;won\u00adder\u00adful view of Blanken\u00adburg and the baroque gar\u00adden with the Great and Small Cas\u00adtles. It is assumed that the name \u201cGrand\u00adfa\u00adther Rock\u201d dates back to the time of the Ger\u00adman\u00adic tribes, who paid homage to their god Wotan here at the Great Father.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>A spe\u00adcial attrac\u00adtion is the so-called L\u00f6bbeck\u00adestieg, which leads to the right of the Gro\u00df\u00advater\u00adfelsen to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/stamping-points\/overview-map\/stamp-point-74-hamburg-coat-of-arms-teufelsmauer\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ham\u00adburg\u00ader Wap\u00adpen HWN 74<\/a> to Tim\u00admen\u00adrode. This ridge path was cre\u00adat\u00aded in 1853 at the insti\u00adga\u00adtion of Blanken\u00adburg may\u00ador Carl L\u00f6bbecke and offers a&nbsp;num\u00adber of view\u00adpoints of the sur\u00adround\u00ading coun\u00adtry\u00adside due to its loca\u00adtion. The nar\u00adrow path is part\u00adly carved into the rock and requires some surefootedness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The rock rib of the Teufels\u00admauer (Dev\u00adil\u2019s Wall) emerges in three places over a&nbsp;length of 20&nbsp;km between Bal\u00adlen\u00adst\u00adedt in the south-east and Blanken\u00adburg (Harz) in the north-west. It begins with the Gegen\u00adsteinen north\u00adwest of Bal\u00adlen\u00adst\u00adedt. It con\u00adtin\u00adues south of Wed\u00adder\u00adsleben, where the K\u00f6nig\u00adstein, the Mit\u00adtel\u00adsteine and the Papen\u00adsteine are lined up from south-east to north-west over a&nbsp;length of two kilo\u00adme\u00adters. To the north\u00adwest, the rocky moun\u00adtain range con\u00adtin\u00adues between Tim\u00admen\u00adrode and Blanken\u00adburg with the Ham\u00adburg\u00ader Wap\u00adpen, the Gewit\u00adter\u00adgrotte, the Froschfelsen, the Hei\u00addel\u00adberg (331&nbsp;m&nbsp;above sea lev\u00adel) and the Gro\u00df\u00advater\u00adfelsen (317&nbsp;m&nbsp;above sea lev\u00adel) with the Gro\u00dfmutter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The best park\u00ading option is the guest park\u00ading lot of the town of Blanken\u00adburg (Harz) above the Small Cas\u00adtle. The ser\u00advice office of the Harz Hik\u00ading Nee\u00addle is also locat\u00aded in the Small Cas\u00adtle. From there you cross Has\u00adselfelder Stra\u00dfe (B81) and reach the Gro\u00df\u00advater\u00adfelsen via Gro\u00df\u00advater\u00adweg. The stamp box is locat\u00aded direct\u00adly on the nar\u00adrow path that leads up to the&nbsp;rock.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blankenburg-tourismus.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tourist infor\u00adma\u00adtion Blankenburg&nbsp;\u201d<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/harzer-bergwald.de\/index.php\/wandertouren\/abenteuertouren\/29-abenteuer-auf-der-teufelsmauer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tour tip Harz moun\u00adtain forest&nbsp;\u201d<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cGro\u00df\u00advater\u00adfelsen\u201d (317&nbsp;m&nbsp;above sea lev\u00adel), togeth\u00ader with the \u201cGro\u00df\u00admut\u00adter\u201d, forms the west\u00adern end of the Teufels\u00admauer and is locat\u00aded on the east\u00adern edge of Blanken\u00adburg. It is one of the most impos\u00ading and high\u00adest cliffs of the Teufels\u00admauer and a&nbsp;land\u00admark of Blanken\u00adburg. The cliff can be climbed with some skill via rock steps and&nbsp;iron&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":11745,"parent":16744,"menu_order":10076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"hf_cat_page":[120],"class_list":["post-16518","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16518"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24827,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16518\/revisions\/24827"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"hf_cat_page","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hf_cat_page?post=16518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}