{"id":16797,"date":"2016-02-18T11:07:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T10:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/stamping-points\/overview-map\/stamp-point-209-moltkewarte-observation-tower\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T14:26:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T13:26:36","slug":"stamp-point-209-moltkewarte-observation-tower","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/stamping-points\/overview-map\/stamp-point-209-moltkewarte-observation-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Stamp point 209 \/ Moltkewarte (observation tower)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Moltkewarte is located on the Schl\u00f6\u00dfchenkopf (310&nbsp;m&nbsp;above sea level) south of the Lengefeld district of Sangerhausen.<\/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=\"989\" height=\"745\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Moltkewarte-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Moltkewarte-1.jpg 989w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Moltkewarte-1-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Moltkewarte-1-768x579.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Moltkewarte-1-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Moltkewarte-1-624x470.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px\"><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>The obser\u00adva\u00adtion tow\u00ader was built in 1903 on the ini\u00adtia\u00adtive of the Sanger\u00adhausen branch of the Harzk\u00adlub in mem\u00ado\u00adry of Hel\u00admuth von Moltke (1800 \u2014 1891). Count von Moltke, also known as \u201cthe Great Silent One\u201d, was a&nbsp;Pruss\u00adian field mar\u00adshal and, as Chief of the Gen\u00ader\u00adal Staff, played a&nbsp;major role in the Ger\u00adman vic\u00adto\u00adries in the Ger\u00adman-Dan\u00adish War, the Pruss\u00adian-Aus\u00adtri\u00adan War and the Fran\u00adco-Pruss\u00adian&nbsp;War.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Since 2007, memo\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal meet\u00adings for his great-grand\u00adnephew, the Ger\u00adman resis\u00adtance fight\u00ader Hel\u00admuth James Graf von Moltke (1907\u20131945), have been held at the con\u00adtrol room on 11 March.<br>The Rogen\u00adstein build\u00ading mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal used here is geo\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly remark\u00adable. It is around 250 mil\u00adlion years old and was formed in the tur\u00adbu\u00adlent waters of an over\u00adsalt\u00aded sea. Small lime\u00adstone balls were formed in it by the move\u00adments, which out\u00adward\u00adly resem\u00adble fish roe.<br>Rogen\u00adstein was quar\u00adried in sev\u00ader\u00adal small quar\u00adries in the vicin\u00adi\u00adty of the view\u00ading tow\u00ader. If you fol\u00adlow the signs, you can still vis\u00adit one of these quarries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>From a&nbsp;park\u00ading lot at the \u201cEngels\u00adburg\u201d for\u00adest area above Lenge\u00adfeld, you can reach the Moltke\u00adwarte on a&nbsp;bar\u00adri\u00ader-free hik\u00ading&nbsp;trail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Moltke\u00adwarte is locat\u00aded on the Schl\u00f6\u00dfchenkopf (310&nbsp;m&nbsp;above sea lev\u00adel) south of the Lenge\u00adfeld dis\u00adtrict of Sanger\u00adhausen. The obser\u00adva\u00adtion tow\u00ader was built in 1903 on the ini\u00adtia\u00adtive of the Sanger\u00adhausen branch of the Harzk\u00adlub in mem\u00ado\u00adry of Hel\u00admuth von Moltke (1800 \u2014 1891). Count von Moltke, also known as \u201cthe Great Silent One\u201d, was a&nbsp;Prussian&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":12213,"parent":16744,"menu_order":10209,"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-16797","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16797","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=16797"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17724,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16797\/revisions\/17724"}],"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\/12213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"hf_cat_page","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hf_cat_page?post=16797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}