List of rock formations in the Harz

This is a list of rock formations in the Harz. They are known as the Harzklippen (literally "Harz crags" or "Harz cliffs") in German, which is the collective name for the, mainly, granite rock outcrops, crags and tors in the Harz mountains of Germany. Most of them have the status of a natural monument.

The following list contains an alphabetically-sorted selection of rock formations in the Harz with - where known - their height in metres (m) above sea level, referenced to Normalnull (NN): Achtermannstor (max. c. 900 m), on the Achtermannshöhe, near Braunlage, Lower Saxony Ackertklippe, near Königshütte, Saxony-Anhalt Adlerklippen (max. c. 340 m), in the valley of the Oker, near Goslar-Oker, Lower Saxony Adlersklippen (see below: Teufelsmauer) Ahrentsklint (Ahrentsklintklippe; max. 822.4 m), on the Erdbeerkopf, near Schierke, Saxony-Anhalt Altarklippen (max. c. 490 m), on the Heimberg, near Lautenthal, Lower Saxony Anhaltinischer Saalstein (max. c. 393 m), in the valley of the Kältetalbach, near Bad Suderode, Saxony-Anhalt Bärenklippe (near c. 870 m), part of the Hohneklippen of the Hohnekamm, between Wernigerode and Schierke, Saxony-Anhalt Bäumlersklippe (near c. 350 m), on the Meineberg, near Ilsenburg, Saxony-Anhalt Bielsteinsklippe (near c. 385 m), on the Bielstein, near Hüttenrode, Saxony-Anhalt Böser Kleef, near Altenbrak, Saxony-Anhalt Bremer Klippe (near c. 550 m), on the Jagdkopf, near Wieda, Lower Saxony Breitesteinklippen (near. c. 840 m), on the Achtermannshöhe, near Torfhaus, Lower Saxony Brockenkinderklippe (near c. 905 m), on the Renneckenberg, between Wernigerode and Schierke, Saxony-Anhalt Brockentor (max. 1,039.5 m), on the Heinrichshöhe, between Wernigerode and Schierke, Saxony-Anhalt Dreibrodesteine (near c. 641 m), near Sankt Andreasberg, Lower Saxony Dühringsklippe, on the Netzberg, near Netzkater, Thuringia Elfenstein (max. c. 420 m), on the Elfenstein, near Bad Harzburg, Lower Saxony Elversstein (max. c. 499 m), on the Steinberg, near Hasserode, Saxony-Anhalt Ettersklippe (near c. 440 m), on the Ettersberg, near Bad Harzburg, Lower Saxony Falkenklippe (max. 405.2 m), in the Bodetal, between Altenbrak and Treseburg, Saxony-Anhalt Feigenbaumklippe (auch: Feigenbaumkanzel; near c. 540 m), on the Huthberg, between Oker and Schulenberg, Lower Saxony Ferdinandsstein (near c. 639 m), near Ilsenburg, Saxony-Anhalt Feuersteinklippe (near c. 710 m), near Schierke station, Saxony-Anhalt Geroldsklippen (max. c. 390 m), in the valley of the Wurmbach, near Stecklenberg, Saxony-Anhalt Gewitterklippen (max. c. 410 m), in the Bodetal, between Thale and Treseburg, Saxony-Anhalt Gipfelklippe (max. 1,033.5 m), on the Königsberg, between Ilsenburg and Schierke, Saxony-Anhalt Glückaufklippen (max. c. 670 m), on the Kuppe, near Sankt Andreasberg, Lower Saxony Goldenkerklippe (max. c. 840 m), Auf dem Acker, Lower Saxony Grenzklippe (near c. 886 m), part of the Hohneklippen of the Hohnekamm, between Wernigerode and Schierke, Saxony-Anhalt Große Teufelsmühle (max. c. 581 m), on the Viktorshöhe, near Friedrichsbrunn, Saxony-Anhalt Große Wurmbergklippe (auch: Große Klippe; max. 823.8 m) (see below: Wurmbergklippen) Große Zeterklippe (Obere Zeterklippe; max. 929.7 m), see below: Zeterklippen Hahnenkleeklippen (max. c. 750 m), east of the Odertals, near Braunlage, Lower Saxony Hohnekammsteinklippen (max. c. 780 m), Auf dem Acker, Lower Saxony Hanskühnenburgfelsen (near c. 815 m), on the Hanskühnenburg, Auf dem Acker, Lower Saxony Hanskühnenburgklippe (near c. 818 m), near the Hanskühnenburg, Auf dem Acker, Lower Saxony Harschenhöllenklippe (near / max. 411 m, on the Halberstädter Berg, near Oehrenfeld, Saxony-Anhalt Hausmannsklippen (max. c. 480 m), on the Kaltetalskopf, near Bad Harzburg, Lower Saxony Hexenküche (near c. 570 m), on the Huthberg, between Oker and Schulenberg, Lower Saxony Hirschhornklippen (near 1,023.2 m), on the Königsberg, between Wernigerode and Schierke, Saxony-Anhalt Hohe Klippen (max. c. 770 m), west of the Odertals, near Sankt Andreasberg, Lower Saxony Hoher Kleef (max. c. 306 m), near Rübeland, Saxony-Anhalt Hopfensäcke (max. c. 875 m), on the Quitschenberg, near Torfhaus, Lower Saxony Ifenkopfer Klippe (max. c. 620 m), on the Ifenkopf, between Altenau and Kon theschlacken, Lower Saxony Ilsestein (max. 473.2 m), near Ilsenburg, Saxony-Anhalt Jungfernklippe (max. c. 390 m), on the Kleiner Staufenberg, near Zorge, Lower Saxony Kästeklippen (max. c. 602 m), on the Huthberg, between Oker and Schulenberg, Lower Saxony Kahle Klippe (max. 1,011.5 m), on the Westhang of the Brockens, Saxony-Anhalt Kanapeeklippe (max. c. 750 m), Auf dem Acker, Lower Saxony Kanzelklippe (max. c. 950 m), on the Königsberg, between Wernigerode and Schierke, Saxony-Anhalt Kapellenklippe (near c. 910 m), on the Renneckenberg (on the Pferdekopf), between Wernigerode and Schierke, Saxony-Anhalt Kattnäse (near c. 580 m), on the Mittelberg, near Bad Harzburg, Lower Saxony Kesselklippe (max. c. 975 m), on the Königsberg, between Wernigerode and Schierke, Saxony-Anhalt Kleine Teufelsmühle (near c. 577 m), on the Viktorshöhe, near Friedrichsbrunn, Saxony-Anhalt Kleine Wurmbergklippe (auch: Kleine Klippe; near c. 690 m) (see below: Wurmbergklippen) Kleine Zeterklippe (Untere Zeterklippe; max. c. 827 m), see below: Zeterklippen Leistenklippe (near c. 880 m), part of the Hohneklippen of the Hohnekamm, between Wernigerode and Schierke, Saxony-Anhalt Luisenklippe (see below: Quitschenbergklippen) Margaretenklippen (max. c. 400 m), on the Glockenberg, near Goslar, Lower Saxony Mäuseklippe (near c. 660 m), on the Barenberg, near Elend and Schierke, Saxony-Anhalt Mausefalle (near c. 550 m), on the Huthberg, between Oker and Schulenberg, Lower Saxony Mittlere Zeterklippe (max. c. 866 m), see below: Zeterklippen Mönchskappenklippe (max. c. 680 m), Auf dem Acker, Lower Saxony Muxklippe (max. c. 550 m), on the Hasselkopf, near Bad Harzburg, Lower Saxony Ohrenklippen (max. c. 710 m), on the Hohe Wand, near Wernigerode-Hasserode, Saxony-Anhalt Ottofels (max. c. 620 m), between Wernigerode and the Hohnekamm, Saxony-Anhalt Paternosterklippe (max. c. 522 m), near the Plessenburg, near Ilsenburg, Saxony-Anhalt Pferdediebsklippe (near c. 550 m), on the Hasselkopf, near Bad Harzburg, Lower Saxony Präzeptorklippe, in the Rappbode Reservoir, not far from Hasselfelde, Saxony-Anhalt Preußischer Saalstein (max. c. 405 m), in the valley of the Kältetalbach, near Bad Suderode, Saxony-Anhalt Quitschenbergklippen (max. c. 860 m; including the Luisenklippe), on the Quitschenberg, near Torfhaus, Lower Saxony Rabenklippe (max. c. 550 m), on the Kaltetalskopf, near Bad Harzburg, Lower Saxony Rabenklippe (max. c. 975 m), on the Königsberg, between Wernigerode and Schierke, Saxony-Anhalt Rabenklippen (Große and Kleine Rabenklippe), on the Rappbode Reservoir near Hasselfelde, Saxony-Anhalt Ravensklippen (max. c. 490 m), on the Dietrichsberg, near Schulenberg, Saxony-Anhalt Roßtrappe (max. 403.0 m), near Thale on the Roßtrappenberg (Bodetal), Saxony-Anhalt Rudolfklippe (max. c. 570 m), on the Winterberg, near Bad Harzburg, Lower Saxony Sachsenstein (near c. 500 m), on the Sachsenberg, near Bad Harzburg, Lower Saxony Sachsensteinsklippen (max. c. 320 m), on the Sachsenstein, between Bad Sachsa and Neuhof, Lower Saxony Scharfensteinklippe (max. 697.6 m), on the Scharfenstein (Ilsenburg), near Ilsenburg, Saxony-Anhalt Scharfensteinklippe (max. 462.4 m), on the Scharfenstein (Wernigerode), near Wernigerode, Saxony-Anhalt Scherstorklippen (max. c. 694 m), on the Barenberg, near Elend and Schierke, Saxony-Anhalt Schluftkopfklippe (near c. 805 m), on the Königsberg, between Wernigerode and Schierke, Saxony-Anhalt Schnarcherklippen (max. c. 671 m), on the Barenberg, near Elend and Schierke, Saxony-Anhalt Seilerklippe (near c. 760 m), Auf dem Acker, Lower Saxony Sergeantenklippe (max. c. 680 m), on the Großen Breitenberg, near Riefensbeek, Lower Saxony Siebenwochenklippe (max. c. 520 m), on the Ifenkopf, between Altenau and Kon theschlacken, Lower Saxony Sösestein (max. c. 730 m), Auf dem Acker, Lower Saxony Sommerklippen (max. c. 410 m), in the valley of the Wurmbach, near Stecklenberg, Saxony-Anhalt Sophienklippe (max. c. 650 m), Auf dem Acker, Lower Saxony Spießerklippe (max. c. 640 m), Auf dem Acker, Lower Saxony Stangenklippe (near c. 820 m), on the Königsberg, between Wernigerode and Schierke, Saxony-Anhalt Steile Wand (max. c. 780 m), on the Bruchberg, in Richtung Torfhaus, Lower Saxony Stollenklippe (max. c. 690 m), Auf dem Acker, Lower Saxony Taubenklippe (max. 560.3 m), in the valley of the Ecker, near Ilsenburg, on the Frankenberg, Saxony-Anhalt Teufelsmauer (part of the Adlersklippen; max. 331.5 m), on the Heidelberg between Blankenburg and Ballenstedt, Saxony-Anhalt Teufelsmühle (siehe oben: Große Teufelsmühle and Kleine Teufelsmühle) Tofana (Harz), part of the Adlerklippen near Goslar-Oker in the Okertal, Lower Saxony Treppenstein (max. c. 511 m), in the Okertal, on the Huthberg, between Oker and Schulenberg, Lower Saxony Trudenstein (near c. 735 m), near Schierke, on the Hohnekopf of the Hohnekamm, Saxony-Anhalt Uhlenstein (max 469.1 m), in the valley of the Uhlenbach, Friedrichsbrunn, Saxony-Anhalt Uhuklippen (max. c. 390 m), near Goslar-Oker in the Okertal, Lower Saxony Viktorsklippen, in the valley of the Kältetalbach, near Bad Suderode, Saxony-Anhalt Winterklippen (max. c. 420 m), in the valley of the Wurmbach, near Stecklenberg, Saxony-Anhalt Woldsbergklippen (near c. 560 m), on the Woldsberg, near Bad Harzburg, Lower Saxony Wolfsklippen (max. c. 640 m), on the Wolfskopf, near Kon theschlacken, Lower Saxony Wolfsklippen (c. 710 m), between Drei Annen Hohne and the Plessenburg, Saxony-Anhalt Wurmbergklippen (Große and Kleine Wurmbergklippe), on the Wurmberg, near Braunlage, Saxony-Anhalt Zeterklippen (max. 929.7 m), on the Renneckenberg, between Wernigerode and Schierke, Saxony-Anhalt

See also List of mountains of the Harz Gegensteine, a pair of rock outcrops on the Teufelsmauer in the North Harz Foreland Hamburger Wappen, a pair rock outcrop on the Teufelsmauer in the North Harz Foreland

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