{"id":16785,"date":"2016-02-18T10:48:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T09:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/stamping-points\/overview-map\/stamping-point-215-josephshoehe-auerberg\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T14:47:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T13:47:42","slug":"stamping-point-215-josephshoehe-auerberg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/stamping-points\/overview-map\/stamping-point-215-josephshoehe-auerberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Stamping point 215 \/ Josephsh\u00f6he (Auerberg)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On the \u201cJosephsh\u00f6he\u201d, the southern summit of the Gro\u00dfer Auerberg (580&nbsp;m&nbsp;above sea level), today\u2019s 38&nbsp;m&nbsp;high Joseph\u2019s Cross was erected in 1896 as a&nbsp;steel truss construction.<\/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=\"528\" height=\"635\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Josephskreuz3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Josephskreuz3.jpg 528w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Josephskreuz3-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Josephskreuz3-250x301.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\"><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>A wood\u00aden half-tim\u00adbered look\u00adout tow\u00ader stood on the Auer\u00adberg as ear\u00adly as the 17th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, but had to be demol\u00adished in the 18th cen\u00adtu\u00adry due to dilapidation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>In 1832, Count Joseph zu Stol\u00adberg-Stol\u00adberg com\u00admis\u00adsioned the famous Berlin archi\u00adtect Karl Friedrich Schinkel to design a&nbsp;new tow\u00ader. Schinkel designed a&nbsp;wood\u00aden tow\u00ader in the form of a&nbsp;dou\u00adble cross, which was cer\u00ade\u00admo\u00adni\u00adal\u00adly inau\u00adgu\u00adrat\u00aded in 1834 and named \u201cJoseph\u2019s Cross\u201d after its com\u00admis\u00adsion\u00ader. The tow\u00ader had no stairs and could only be climbed using lad\u00adders. In June 1880, the struc\u00adture was so bad\u00adly dam\u00adaged in a&nbsp;thun\u00adder\u00adstorm that it was demolished.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The desire to rebuild the Joseph\u2019s Cross found a&nbsp;fer\u00advent sup\u00adport\u00ader in the Harzk\u00adlubzweigvere\u00adin Stol\u00adberg, which was found\u00aded in 1886. In 1896, con\u00adstruc\u00adtion of the new Joseph\u2019s Cross began and ref\u00ader\u00adence was made to the dou\u00adble cross shape designed by Schinkel. How\u00adev\u00ader, the tow\u00ader was mod\u00adeled on the Eif\u00adfel Tow\u00ader in Paris as a&nbsp;steel lat\u00adtice con\u00adstruc\u00adtion and com\u00adpo\u00adnents of the Eif\u00adfel Tow\u00ader, such as the round arch between the legs, were even copied. The costs of 50,000 marks were shared by the Prince\u00adly House of Stol\u00adberg and the Harzk\u00adlub Zweigvere\u00adin Stolberg.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>After exten\u00adsive ren\u00ado\u00adva\u00adtions dur\u00ading the reuni\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion peri\u00adod and in 2003, you can enjoy a&nbsp;mag\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcent view over the Harz Moun\u00adtains and across to the Kyffh\u00e4user from the view\u00ading plat\u00adform, which can be reached via 200&nbsp;steps.<\/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:\/\/www.bergstuebl-josephskreuz.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">St. Joseph\u2019s Cross<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>From the park\u00ading lot at the foot of the Auer\u00adberg, you can hike up to the Joseph\u00adskreuz via the sign\u00adpost\u00aded hik\u00ading trails. From the Schin\u00addel\u00adbruch nature resort, the \u201cRoad of Songs\u201d, with 16 text pan\u00adels of Ger\u00adman folk songs, leads up to Josephsh\u00f6he.&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=\"https:\/\/www.schindelbruch.de\/de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shin\u00adgle quarry<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the \u201cJosephsh\u00f6he\u201d, the south\u00adern sum\u00admit of the Gro\u00dfer Auer\u00adberg (580&nbsp;m&nbsp;above sea lev\u00adel), today\u2019s 38&nbsp;m&nbsp;high Joseph\u2019s Cross was erect\u00aded in 1896 as a&nbsp;steel truss con\u00adstruc\u00adtion. A&nbsp;wood\u00aden half-tim\u00adbered look\u00adout tow\u00ader stood on the Auer\u00adberg as ear\u00adly as the 17th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, but had to be demol\u00adished in the 18th cen\u00adtu\u00adry due to dilap\u00adi\u00adda\u00adtion.&nbsp; In 1832,&nbsp;Count&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":12249,"parent":16744,"menu_order":10215,"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":2,"footnotes":""},"hf_cat_page":[120],"class_list":["post-16785","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16785","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=16785"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17741,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16785\/revisions\/17741"}],"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\/12249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"hf_cat_page","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hf_cat_page?post=16785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}