{"id":16610,"date":"2016-02-19T14:42:53","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T13:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/stamp-point-159-stoeberhai\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T14:07:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T13:07:32","slug":"stamp-point-159-stoeberhai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/stamping-points\/overview-map\/stamp-point-159-stoeberhai\/","title":{"rendered":"Stamp point 159 \/ St\u00f6berhai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The St\u00f6berhai (720&nbsp;m&nbsp;above sea level) is the highest mountain in the southern Harz and is located between Wieda and the Oder&nbsp;dam.<\/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=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/St\u00f6berhai.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Signpost on meadow with trees and hut\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/St\u00f6berhai.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/St\u00f6berhai-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/St\u00f6berhai-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/St\u00f6berhai-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/St\u00f6berhai-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/St\u00f6berhai-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>In 1872, the first sin\u00adgle-storey inn was built on the hill\u00adtop, for which sev\u00aden acres of for\u00adest were cleared. The first land\u00adlord was Karl Mast from the fam\u00adi\u00adly of the lat\u00ader J\u00e4ger\u00admeis\u00adter dynasty.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>After fire dam\u00adage, the \u201cBergho\u00adtel St\u00f6ber\u00adhai\u201d was built in 1889 with a&nbsp;look\u00adout tow\u00ader as the high\u00adest hotel in the Harz after the Brock\u00aden. The obser\u00adva\u00adtion tow\u00ader, whose plat\u00adform had room for 60 peo\u00adple, offered a&nbsp;panoram\u00adic view of all parts of the Harz as far as the Kyffh\u00e4user and Thuringian For\u00adest. In 1922, the hote\u00adlier intro\u00adduced the cel\u00ade\u00adbra\u00adtion of Walpur\u00adgis Night on the St\u00f6ber\u00adhai, fol\u00adlow\u00ading the exam\u00adple of the Brocken.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>After the war, the hotel came under eco\u00adnom\u00adic pres\u00adsure as the pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly numer\u00adous guests from Sax\u00adony, Thuringia and Berlin stayed away.<\/p>\n\n<p>In the fall of 1951, an inter-zone bus oper\u00ada\u00adtor from Berlin acquired the hotel, had it ren\u00ado\u00advat\u00aded and cre\u00adat\u00aded a&nbsp;small zoo with native ani\u00admals on the prop\u00ader\u00adty. The pur\u00adchas\u00ader set up a&nbsp;reg\u00adu\u00adlar shut\u00adtle bus ser\u00advice from Berlin to the St\u00f6ber\u00adhai with accom\u00admo\u00adda\u00adtion and meals in the moun\u00adtain hotel. When the nar\u00adrow-gauge rail\u00adroad Walken\u00adried-Braun\u00adlage\/\u00adTanne was built in 1899, the hotel own\u00ader arranged for the S\u00fcd\u00adharz-Eisen\u00adbahn-Gesellschaft (SHE) to set up a&nbsp;stop at St\u00f6ber\u00adhai sta\u00adtion in the mid\u00addle of the for\u00adest to facil\u00adi\u00adtate excur\u00adsions to the hotel. At his insis\u00adtence, the rail\u00adroad com\u00adpa\u00adny also opened a&nbsp;small sta\u00adtion build\u00ading there for excur\u00adsion guests in Octo\u00adber 1900. Although the rail\u00adroad sta\u00adtion in the Wein\u00adglastal val\u00adley was only around 1.3&nbsp;km away from the hotel at the time, there was still a&nbsp;dif\u00adfer\u00adence in alti\u00adtude of around 260&nbsp;m&nbsp;between it and the&nbsp;hotel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>After sev\u00ader\u00adal changes of own\u00ader\u00adship, the hotel ceased to be run in 1975 and fell vic\u00adtim to a&nbsp;major fire in&nbsp;1980.<\/p>\n\n<p>In 1967, the Bun\u00addeswehr erect\u00aded a&nbsp;75&nbsp;m&nbsp;high recon\u00adnais\u00adsance tow\u00ader on the St\u00f6ber\u00adhai, which con\u00adtained six\u00adteen floors and 750&nbsp;m\u00b2 of anten\u00adna masts, detec\u00adtion sta\u00adtions, oper\u00adat\u00ading rooms, offices, accom\u00admo\u00adda\u00adtion and a&nbsp;mess hall.<\/p>\n\n<p>The radio inter\u00adcep\u00adtion sta\u00adtion was used to lis\u00adten in on mil\u00adi\u00adtary radio traf\u00adfic in the GDR dur\u00ading the Cold War. Its facil\u00adi\u00adties are the coun\u00adter\u00adpart to the sta\u00adtion on the Brock\u00aden oper\u00adat\u00aded by the Min\u00adistry of State Secu\u00adri\u00adty of the GDR and the Sovi\u00adet&nbsp;Union.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>It was not until 2005, fif\u00adteen years after Ger\u00adman reuni\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion, that the tow\u00ader was brought down by con\u00adtrolled demo\u00adli\u00adtion. This was pre\u00adced\u00aded by a&nbsp;long dis\u00adpute over the cost of remov\u00ading the lis\u00adten\u00ading&nbsp;post.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The St\u00f6ber\u00adhai can be reached from Wie\u00adda, Bad Lauter\u00adberg, Bad Sach\u00adsa and the Oder\u00adtalsperre dam via sign\u00adpost\u00aded hik\u00ading trails. A&nbsp;good start\u00ading point is the man\u00adaged for\u00admer St\u00f6ber\u00adhai rail\u00adroad sta\u00adtion, which can be reached via the road between Wie\u00adda and Braunlage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St\u00f6ber\u00adhai (720&nbsp;m&nbsp;above sea lev\u00adel) is the high\u00adest moun\u00adtain in the south\u00adern Harz and is locat\u00aded between Wie\u00adda and the Oder&nbsp;dam. In 1872, the first sin\u00ad\u00adgle-storey inn was built on the hill\u00adtop, for which sev\u00aden acres of for\u00adest were cleared. 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