Sankt Andreasberg is a former independent city in the district of Goslar , in Lower Saxony , Germany. Since 1 November 2011, it has formed part of the town Braunlage . It is situated in the Harz , approximately 7 km (4.3 mi) west of Braunlage proper, and 20 km (12 mi) east of Osterode am Harz .
15-538: The Koboltstaler Köpfe ("Kobolt Valley Peaks") are a group of three mountains, that rise southwest of Sankt Andreasberg and east of Sieber in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony . The highest of the three peaks is 673 metres high. The other two summits lie roughly 350 metres east and south of the main peak respectively and are ony a few metres lower. The Koboltstaler Köpfe are mainly covered by pine forest and accessible on all sides by forest roads. To
30-602: A rope tow on the Sonnenberg for Alpine sports. For cross-country skiers the Sonnenberg Langlauf Network ( Loipennetz Sonnenberg ) offers a direct link to the trails around Sankt Andreasberg. In addition there is a connexion to the Ackerloipe and a link trail to Oderbrück , that runs past Oderteich . For tobogganists there is a separate toboggan piste. Medical support is provided by a first aid station operated by
45-475: A heartless woman who would not help a starving miner. With the words Meine drei Brote sollen lieber zu Steinen werden ("I'd rather my three loaves became stones") she spurned the miner, whereupon the loaves grew into giant stones and squashed the woman into the mossy earth. The granite blocks were considered a warning against heartlessness. At the Dreibrodesteine is checkpoint no. 154 ( Dreibrodestein ) in
60-586: Is an Alpine Ski Centre of the Harz , with three T-bar lifts on the Sonnenberg as well as two double chairlifts and three T-bars at the Matthias Schmidt Mountain Centre. In the Teichtal there is the first snow tubing track in the Harz. The cross-country skiing trail network around Sankt Andreasberg has 40 km (25 mi) of tracks and is linked from the Sonnenberg to Oderbrück / Torfhaus and to
75-506: Is open to swimmers in the summer. Coming from Torfhaus and Oderteich , the Brocken bypass section of the nearly 100 km (62 mi) long Harzer Hexenstieg hiking trail passes through the town and heads for Braunlage and Thale . Mountain rescue services are provided by the local Harz Mountain Rescue Club. Several Sankt Andreasberg sports clubs enjoy a long tradition. These include
90-658: The Harzer Wandernadel hiking system and a memorial to the foresters and officials of the Andreasberg Forestry Office who fell in the two world wars . Other natural monuments are a group of chestnuts on the market square (ND GS 42) and the diabase deposit in the village of Silberhütte (ND GS 45). Johann Wolfgang von Goethe researched in 1783 the Hohe Klippen rocks (ND GS 146) on the Rehberg mountain above
105-667: The Upper Harz surrounded by the Harz National Park . The settlement of the same name located there is part of the borough of Sankt Andreasberg . About a kilometre southeast of the Großer Sonnenberg is the Kleiner Sonnenberg which is only 40 cm lower. The L 519 state road runs over the 830 m high saddle between the two mountains and between the village of Sonnenberg and the main town of Sankt Andreasberg. Following
120-567: The Ackerloipe / Altenau networks. On Matthias Schmidt Mountain a summer toboggan is open during the summer. Nordic walking , hiking, mountain biking and trekking are popular summer activities in the peaceful surroundings of the Sankt Andreasberg mountain town. In the spa park there is a ropes course and climbing park. The southern part of the Oderteich reservoir in the Harz National Park
135-656: The Sankt Andreasberg Shooting Club (1522) and the Sankt Andreasberg Gymnastics and Sports Club (1861). Following the success of the 1st Winterfest in 1896 the Upper Harz Ski Club was founded on the Brocken; it is now called the St. Andreasberg Ski Club 1896. [REDACTED] Media related to Sankt Andreasberg at Wikimedia Commons Sonnenberg (Harz) The Sonnenberg is a ski resort in
150-424: The line of the crest further to the southeast for a further kilometre and beyond another saddle, 833 m high, one reaches the 892 m high Rehberg . On the eastern slope of the Großer Sonnenberg is a triangulation station at a height of 838 m; this is the height shown on most topographical maps and is frequently misinterpreted as the actual height of the Großer Sonnenberg. There are three T-bars and
165-418: The national park north-northwest of Sankt Andreasberg are the Dreibrodesteine (at ca. 641 m above NN ; 51°43′57″N 10°30′40″E / 51.73250°N 10.51111°E / 51.73250; 10.51111 ; ND GS 43), three outsize blocks of granite that have been formed by spheroidal weathering . According to legend they originated as the three loaves of bread of
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#1733085781230180-696: The present-day Goethe Place on the Rehberger Graben (ditch), because he believed he would find evidence there for his assumptions about the earth's history. The boundary between the geological platform made of greywacke hornfels and the underlying fine-grained granite from Brocken runs by the Hohe Klippen. The population of Sankt Andreasberg is mostly Protestant. As a result of their elevation, Sankt Andreasberg (520–720 m [1,710–2,360 ft]) and Sonnenberg (800–850 m [2,620–2,790 ft]) still have fairly guaranteed snow. Sankt Andreasberg
195-456: The right to mine from Counts Heinrich and Ernst von Hohenstein. It was proclaimed in Mansfelder Land and in the mining areas of Saxony and miners were invited to dig for silver and other metals. The area around Sankt Andreasberg is especially rich in habitats worthy of protection in within the Harz National Park , but also around the town in the form of Upper Harz mountain meadows. In
210-698: The southwest runs a mountain ridge, the Gödeckenkopf or Gödeckekopf , whose crest lies between 600 and 650 metres high. It is bounded to the west by the Mittleren Gödeckental and to the east by the Kleinen Gödeckental . To the southwest it falls away steeply towards the Großes Gödeckental valley. This Göttingen district location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sankt Andreasberg Sankt Andreasberg
225-547: Was founded in the 1480s. It was first mentioned in a letter from the Count Heinrich zu Stolberg to Dietrich von Witzlebenon on 3 November 1487. The establishment of the village took place around the market. The first silver mines are assumed to be the St. Andrews Cross Mine ( German : Grube St. Andreaskreuz ) at the foot of the Beerberg and the St. Andrews Mine ( Grube St. Andreas ) by the market. In 1521, St. Andreasberg received
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