{"id":16721,"date":"2016-02-17T13:04:55","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T12:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/stamping-point-48-stierbergsteich\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T14:42:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:42:24","slug":"stamping-point-48-stierbergsteich","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/stamping-points\/overview-map\/stamping-point-48-stierbergsteich\/","title":{"rendered":"Stamping point 48 \/ Stierbergsteich"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Stierbergsteich (550&nbsp;m&nbsp;above sea level) is located between Sophienhof, Rothes\u00fctte and Benneckenstein.<\/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=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/HWN-Stierbergsteich-Horst-M\u00fcller.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Green forest landscape with pond and meadow\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/HWN-Stierbergsteich-Horst-M\u00fcller.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/HWN-Stierbergsteich-Horst-M\u00fcller-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/HWN-Stierbergsteich-Horst-M\u00fcller-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/HWN-Stierbergsteich-Horst-M\u00fcller-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/HWN-Stierbergsteich-Horst-M\u00fcller-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>Like most ponds in the Harz Moun\u00adtains, this one is not of nat\u00adur\u00adal ori\u00adgin. It was cre\u00adat\u00aded arti\u00adfi\u00adcial\u00adly to dam up the impact water for the water\u00adwheel locat\u00aded down\u00adstream of the pond. It was used to oper\u00adate the pumps that lift\u00aded the mine water from the shafts. Min\u00ading around Ben\u00adneck\u00aden\u00adstein was pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly for red iron&nbsp;ore.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The bor\u00adder between Sax\u00adony-Anhalt and Thuringia runs through the idyl\u00adlic pond. The stamp box is locat\u00aded in the refuge.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>We rec\u00adom\u00admend com\u00adbin\u00ading the tour with a&nbsp;vis\u00adit to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/stamping-points\/overview-map\/stamp-point-97-ziegenalm-sophienhof\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1067\">Ziege\u00adnalm HWN 97<\/a> and tak\u00ading the 3.5&nbsp;km hike from Sophien\u00adhof to the Stier\u00adberg\u00adste\u00adich&nbsp;pond.<\/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=\"https:\/\/harzer-bergwald.de\/index.php\/wandertouren\/abenteuertouren\/40-unterwegs-zwischen-sophienhof-und-trautenstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tour tip Harz moun\u00adtain forest&nbsp;\u201d<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Stier\u00adberg\u00adste\u00adich (550&nbsp;m&nbsp;above sea lev\u00adel) is locat\u00aded between Sophien\u00adhof, Rothes\u00fctte and Ben\u00adneck\u00aden\u00adstein. Like most ponds in the Harz Moun\u00adtains, this one is not of nat\u00adur\u00adal ori\u00adgin. It was cre\u00adat\u00aded arti\u00adfi\u00adcial\u00adly to dam up the impact water for the water\u00adwheel locat\u00aded down\u00adstream of the pond. It was used to oper\u00adate the pumps that lift\u00aded the&nbsp;mine&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":12531,"parent":16744,"menu_order":10048,"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-16721","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16721","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=16721"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24757,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16721\/revisions\/24757"}],"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\/12531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"hf_cat_page","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hf_cat_page?post=16721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}