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  • Legendary mountain wilderness
    Legendary mountain wilderness Photo: Jens Bachmann, CC BY-SA, Nationalpark Harz
  • Forest in transition to wilderness in Harz National Park
    Forest in transition to wilderness in Harz National Park

Harz

The Harz National Park is a legally protected area of international importance. As usual in national parks around the world, also here nature is allowed to develop largely free of human influence. Our motto is: “Let nature be nature”, a privilege that applies to less than 1% of the German territory. Beech and spruce forests, sub-alpine dwarf shrub heaths, bogs and rock biotopes offer retreats for over 10,000 animal and plant species including rare or even threatened ones. The lynx also feels at home again in this legendary mountain wilderness. Also you can help protect these special habitats by following the rules of the park.

Year of establishment: 1990
Area: 247.44 km²
open today
Entering the area is only allowed within Designated paths/places
Rules adopted from Digitize the Planet e.V.
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Attractions on the Harz National Park


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Maps and trails
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 11 km
Duration 2:55 h
Ascent 165 m
Descent 165 m

Circular route around the Ecker reservoir with absolute tranquility and romantically wild sections

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Hiking Trail · Harz
Oderteich circular route
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 4.4 km
Duration 1:05 h
Ascent 18 m
Descent 18 m

A short but very scenic hike around the Oderteich - suitable for the whole family. 

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recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 5.9 km
Duration 1:30 h
Ascent 67 m
Descent 67 m

Interesting circular tour with botanical and faunistic highlights.

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Thematic Trail · Harz
Brocken circular route
recommended route Difficulty easy Open
Distance 2 km
Duration 0:30 h
Ascent 37 m
Descent 14 m

The Brocken circular route is an easy-to-walk path that ends either at Brocken station or at the highest point.

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Perimeter: Bundesamt für Naturschutz
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Forest in transition to wilderness in Harz National Park The look of the forests in the Harz Mountains has changed considerably in recent years. The grey silhouettes of dead spruce trees in the National Park tower into the sky or lie scattered across each other on the ground and by the roadsides. At first sight this seems strange to many people. But even though many dead trees are visible, this forest is as vibrant and dynamic as it has not been for a long time. Initiated by storms and a small insect benefitting from climate change – the European spruce bark beetle – a new wilderness is developing here: more species-rich, more versatile, and more robust. True to the National Park motto “Let nature be nature”, the flora and fauna in large parts of the National Park can develop freely, and we have a unique opportunity to observe it on its way from a former commercial forest to a wild natural forest.

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Our National Park facilities

Our National Park Visitor Centers and National Park Houses provide information about the National Park and the region. Start your visit to the National Park in one of our National Park Visitor Centers or National Park Houses. Here you will receive information about the national park, tips on possible hikes or events from our nature experience program, and exhibitions with different main themes await you in our houses, so that a visit to several houses is also worthwhile. The offer is rounded off by various film screenings that illuminate the national park from different angles and subject areas. Our eight houses look forward to your visit.nationalpark-harz.de/en/visitor-centers

The unique and species-rich low mountain range landscape of the Harz National Park offers numerous opportunities to experience nature: Legendary for friends of mysterious stories. Exciting for fans of thrilling stories. Relaxing for the stressed and irritated. Active and passive, stimulating and exciting, offers to join in and let go.start on a discovery, reflection or hiking tour in the national park and experience the newly emerging wilderness with all its facets. nationalpark-harz.de/en/nature-experience

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Unsere zertifizierten Nationalpark-Guides begleiten Gäste auf spannenden Touren durch das Schutzgebiet – ob zu Fuß, mit der Kamera oder bei thematischen Wanderungen. Mit viel Fachwissen, Leidenschaft ...

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Activities on the Harz National Park


Rules and Regulations

Water activities
Swimming is only allowed within Designated paths/places
Mountain activities
Climbing is only allowed within Designated paths/places
Stay activities
Camping is strictly forbidden Total area of the territory
Camping and bivouacking is strictly forbidden Total area of the territory
General behavior
Fire is strictly forbidden Total area of the territory Im gesamten Nationalpark-Gebiet und dementsprechend auch auf der Brockenkuppe gilt zudem ganzjährig ein Verbot, Feuerwerkskörper zu zünden.
Noise (tape recorders, players) is strictly forbidden Total area of the territory
Drones and model aircraft is strictly forbidden Total area of the territory
Disposing of waste is strictly forbidden Total area of the territory
Collecting plants is strictly forbidden Total area of the territory
Smoking is strictly forbidden in/on Total area of the territory from 15. Feb to 31. Oct Die Regelung gilt für das Rauchen im niedersächsischen Teil des Nationalparks. Rauch-Verbot in Sachsen-Anhalt ab Waldbrandstufe 2
Dogs on a leash is only allowed within Total area of the territory
Mushroom collecting is allowed in/on Designated paths/places from 01. Jul to 15. Oct
Rules adopted from Digitize the Planet e.V.

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