Schnarcherklippen
Encyclopedia
Schnarcherklippen is the name of a rock formation (up to 671 m above sea level) south of the village of Schierke
in the High Harz
mountains of Saxony-Anhalt
in central Germany. The name translates roughly to "snoring crags" or "snoring rocks".
massif of the Brocken and are a clear example of so-called "woolsack weathering
". Another feature of the Schnarcherklippen is that they deflect compass needles away from magnetic north due to the presence of magnetite
in the rock.
, the Brocken massif and the Wurmberg
. The Schnarcherklippen are checkpoint no. 14 in the Harzer Wandernadel
hiking trail network.
s of grades I to VIIIb (Saxon grading)
on the southwestern rocks and from IV to IXc on the northeastern rocks.
visited the Schnarcherklippen. They are mentioned in the Walpurgis Night scene of Faust I and in Faust II:
{|
!colspan=2|Faust II
|-
|Der Blocksberg bleibt ein gar bequem Lokal,
Wo man auch sei, man findet sich zumal.
Frau Ilse wacht für uns auf ihrem Stein,
Auf seiner Höh wird Heinrich munter sein,
Die Schnarcher schnauzen zwar das Elend an,
Doch alles ist für tausend Jahr getan.
|style="padding-left:2em;"|The Blocksberg's a convenient place to roam;
Wherever you are, you find yourself at home.
Dame Ilsa
watches for us on her Stone,
Wakeful is Henry on his lofty Throne;
The Snorers snort, in truth, in Elend's ears,
But all remains unchanged a thousand years.
Schnarcherklippen is the name of a rock formation (up to 671 m above sea level) south of the village of Schierke
in the High Harz
mountains of Saxony-Anhalt
in central Germany. The name translates roughly to "snoring crags" or "snoring rocks".
massif of the Brocken and are a clear example of so-called "woolsack weathering
". Another feature of the Schnarcherklippen is that they deflect compass needles away from magnetic north due to the presence of magnetite
in the rock.
, the Brocken massif and the Wurmberg
. The Schnarcherklippen are checkpoint no. 14 in the Harzer Wandernadel
hiking trail network.
s of grades I to VIIIb (Saxon grading)
on the southwestern rocks and from IV to IXc on the northeastern rocks.
visited the Schnarcherklippen. They are mentioned in the Walpurgis Night scene of Faust I and in Faust II:
{|
!colspan=2|Faust I
|-
|Seh die Bäume hinter Bäumen,
wie sie schnell vorüberrücken,
und die Klippen, die sich bücken,
und die langen Felsennasen,
wie sie schnarchen, wie sie blasen!
|style="padding-left:2em;"|See them swiftly changing places,
Trees on trees beside us trooping,
And the crags above us stooping,
And the rocky snouts, outgrowing,—
Hear them snoring, hear them blowing!Faust I: "XXI Walpurgis Night"; translated by Bayard Taylor
|}
{|
!colspan=2|Faust II
|-
|Der Blocksberg bleibt ein gar bequem Lokal,
Wo man auch sei, man findet sich zumal.
Frau Ilse wacht für uns auf ihrem Stein,
Auf seiner Höh wird Heinrich munter sein,
Die Schnarcher schnauzen zwar das Elend an,
Doch alles ist für tausend Jahr getan.
|style="padding-left:2em;"|The Blocksberg's a convenient place to roam;
Wherever you are, you find yourself at home.
Dame Ilsa
watches for us on her Stone,
Wakeful is Henry on his lofty Throne;
The Snorers snort, in truth, in Elend's ears,
But all remains unchanged a thousand years.
Schnarcherklippen is the name of a rock formation (up to 671 m above sea level) south of the village of Schierke
in the High Harz
mountains of Saxony-Anhalt
in central Germany. The name translates roughly to "snoring crags" or "snoring rocks".
massif of the Brocken and are a clear example of so-called "woolsack weathering
". Another feature of the Schnarcherklippen is that they deflect compass needles away from magnetic north due to the presence of magnetite
in the rock.
, the Brocken massif and the Wurmberg
. The Schnarcherklippen are checkpoint no. 14 in the Harzer Wandernadel
hiking trail network.
s of grades I to VIIIb (Saxon grading)
on the southwestern rocks and from IV to IXc on the northeastern rocks.
visited the Schnarcherklippen. They are mentioned in the Walpurgis Night scene of Faust I and in Faust II:
{|
!colspan=2|Faust I
|-
|Seh die Bäume hinter Bäumen,
wie sie schnell vorüberrücken,
und die Klippen, die sich bücken,
und die langen Felsennasen,
wie sie schnarchen, wie sie blasen!
|style="padding-left:2em;"|See them swiftly changing places,
Trees on trees beside us trooping,
And the crags above us stooping,
And the rocky snouts, outgrowing,—
Hear them snoring, hear them blowing!Faust I: "XXI Walpurgis Night"; translated by Bayard Taylor
|}
{|
!colspan=2|Faust II
|-
|Der Blocksberg bleibt ein gar bequem Lokal,
Wo man auch sei, man findet sich zumal.
Frau Ilse wacht für uns auf ihrem Stein,
Auf seiner Höh wird Heinrich munter sein,
Die Schnarcher schnauzen zwar das Elend an,
Doch alles ist für tausend Jahr getan.
|style="padding-left:2em;"|The Blocksberg's a convenient place to roam;
Wherever you are, you find yourself at home.
Dame Ilsa
watches for us on her Stone,
Wakeful is Henry on his lofty Throne;
The Snorers snort, in truth, in Elend's ears,
But all remains unchanged a thousand years.Faust II, act II: "Classical Walpurgis Night, Pharsalian
Fields"; translated by George Madison Priest
|}
Schierke
Schierke is a village and a former municipality in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Wernigerode.Schierke was first mentioned as Schiriken in a 1590 deed...
in the High Harz
Harz
The Harz is the highest mountain range in northern Germany and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The name Harz derives from the Middle High German word Hardt or Hart , latinized as Hercynia. The legendary Brocken is the highest summit in the Harz...
mountains of Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of...
in central Germany. The name translates roughly to "snoring crags" or "snoring rocks".
Geology
The two rock pinnacles, which stand about 20 metres (65.6 ft) apart and are some 25 metres (82 ft) high, are part of the graniteGranite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
massif of the Brocken and are a clear example of so-called "woolsack weathering
Weathering
Weathering is the breaking down of rocks, soils and minerals as well as artificial materials through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, biota and waters...
". Another feature of the Schnarcherklippen is that they deflect compass needles away from magnetic north due to the presence of magnetite
Magnetite
Magnetite is a ferrimagnetic mineral with chemical formula Fe3O4, one of several iron oxides and a member of the spinel group. The chemical IUPAC name is iron oxide and the common chemical name is ferrous-ferric oxide. The formula for magnetite may also be written as FeO·Fe2O3, which is one part...
in the rock.
Access
The shortest way to the Schnarcherklippen rocks is by footpath from the Schierke. From the top of the rocks there is a view over the whole of the surrounding area, including the Bärenkopf, the holiday resort of Schierke, the ErdbeerkopfErdbeerkopf
The Erdbeerkopf is a high mountain in the High Harz in central Germany, northeast of Schierke in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.To the north and east, the forested summit is bordered by the Wormsgraben, the valley of the Wormke. To the south runs the Brocken Railway along the slopes of the...
, the Brocken massif and the Wurmberg
Wurmberg (Harz)
At the Wurmberg is the second highest mountain in the Harz and the highest in Lower Saxony .- Geography :The Wurmberg lies north of Braunlage, in the district of Goslar, and west of Schierke. Its summit is located due south of the Brocken and roughly 400 m south of the state border with...
. The Schnarcherklippen are checkpoint no. 14 in the Harzer Wandernadel
Harzer Wandernadel
The Harzer Wandernadel is a network of checkpoints for walkers in the Harz mountains in North Germany. It includes a system whereby the hiker can earn badges at different levels by walking to the various checkpoints in the network and recording them...
hiking trail network.
Climbing
The northeastern pinnacle may be ascended using an iron ladder, but the southwestern rocks are only accessible to climbers. There are various climbing routeClimbing route
A climbing route is a path by which a climber reaches the top of a mountain, rock, or ice wall. Routes can vary dramatically in difficulty and, once committed to that ascent, can be difficult to stop or return. Choice of route can be critically important...
s of grades I to VIIIb (Saxon grading)
Grade (climbing)
In rock climbing, mountaineering and other climbing disciplines, climbers give a climbing grade to a route that concisely describes the difficulty and danger of climbing the route...
on the southwestern rocks and from IV to IXc on the northeastern rocks.
Name
When the wind blows from the southeast the rocks make a strange sound which was the inspiration for its name (schnarchen = "snoring").Goethe and the crags
On his third journey to the Harz in September 1784 Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long...
visited the Schnarcherklippen. They are mentioned in the Walpurgis Night scene of Faust I and in Faust II:
| Faust I | |
|---|---|
wie sie schnell vorüberrücken, und die Klippen, die sich bücken, und die langen Felsennasen, wie sie schnarchen, wie sie blasen! |
Trees on trees beside us trooping, And the crags above us stooping, And the rocky snouts, outgrowing,— Hear them snoring, hear them blowing! |
{|
!colspan=2|Faust II
|-
|
Wo man auch sei, man findet sich zumal.
Frau Ilse wacht für uns auf ihrem Stein,
Auf seiner Höh wird Heinrich munter sein,
Die Schnarcher schnauzen zwar das Elend an,
Doch alles ist für tausend Jahr getan.
|style="padding-left:2em;"|
Wherever you are, you find yourself at home.
Dame Ilsa
Ilsenburg
Ilsenburg is a town in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. It is situated under the north foot of the Harz Mountains, at the entrance to the Ilsetal valley of the small Ilse river, a tributary of the Oker, about six north-west of the town of Wernigerode. It received town privileges...
watches for us on her Stone,
Wakeful is Henry on his lofty Throne;
The Snorers snort, in truth, in Elend's ears,
But all remains unchanged a thousand years.
Schnarcherklippen is the name of a rock formation (up to 671 m above sea level) south of the village of Schierke
Schierke
Schierke is a village and a former municipality in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Wernigerode.Schierke was first mentioned as Schiriken in a 1590 deed...
in the High Harz
Harz
The Harz is the highest mountain range in northern Germany and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The name Harz derives from the Middle High German word Hardt or Hart , latinized as Hercynia. The legendary Brocken is the highest summit in the Harz...
mountains of Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of...
in central Germany. The name translates roughly to "snoring crags" or "snoring rocks".
Geology
The two rock pinnacles, which stand about 20 metres (65.6 ft) apart and are some 25 metres (82 ft) high, are part of the graniteGranite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
massif of the Brocken and are a clear example of so-called "woolsack weathering
Weathering
Weathering is the breaking down of rocks, soils and minerals as well as artificial materials through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, biota and waters...
". Another feature of the Schnarcherklippen is that they deflect compass needles away from magnetic north due to the presence of magnetite
Magnetite
Magnetite is a ferrimagnetic mineral with chemical formula Fe3O4, one of several iron oxides and a member of the spinel group. The chemical IUPAC name is iron oxide and the common chemical name is ferrous-ferric oxide. The formula for magnetite may also be written as FeO·Fe2O3, which is one part...
in the rock.
Access
The shortest way to the Schnarcherklippen rocks is by footpath from the Schierke. From the top of the rocks there is a view over the whole of the surrounding area, including the Bärenkopf, the holiday resort of Schierke, the ErdbeerkopfErdbeerkopf
The Erdbeerkopf is a high mountain in the High Harz in central Germany, northeast of Schierke in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.To the north and east, the forested summit is bordered by the Wormsgraben, the valley of the Wormke. To the south runs the Brocken Railway along the slopes of the...
, the Brocken massif and the Wurmberg
Wurmberg (Harz)
At the Wurmberg is the second highest mountain in the Harz and the highest in Lower Saxony .- Geography :The Wurmberg lies north of Braunlage, in the district of Goslar, and west of Schierke. Its summit is located due south of the Brocken and roughly 400 m south of the state border with...
. The Schnarcherklippen are checkpoint no. 14 in the Harzer Wandernadel
Harzer Wandernadel
The Harzer Wandernadel is a network of checkpoints for walkers in the Harz mountains in North Germany. It includes a system whereby the hiker can earn badges at different levels by walking to the various checkpoints in the network and recording them...
hiking trail network.
Climbing
The northeastern pinnacle may be ascended using an iron ladder, but the southwestern rocks are only accessible to climbers. There are various climbing routeClimbing route
A climbing route is a path by which a climber reaches the top of a mountain, rock, or ice wall. Routes can vary dramatically in difficulty and, once committed to that ascent, can be difficult to stop or return. Choice of route can be critically important...
s of grades I to VIIIb (Saxon grading)
Grade (climbing)
In rock climbing, mountaineering and other climbing disciplines, climbers give a climbing grade to a route that concisely describes the difficulty and danger of climbing the route...
on the southwestern rocks and from IV to IXc on the northeastern rocks.
Name
When the wind blows from the southeast the rocks make a strange sound which was the inspiration for its name (schnarchen = "snoring").Goethe and the crags
On his third journey to the Harz in September 1784 Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long...
visited the Schnarcherklippen. They are mentioned in the Walpurgis Night scene of Faust I and in Faust II:
{|
!colspan=2|Faust I
|-
|
wie sie schnell vorüberrücken,
und die Klippen, die sich bücken,
und die langen Felsennasen,
wie sie schnarchen, wie sie blasen!
|style="padding-left:2em;"|
Trees on trees beside us trooping,
And the crags above us stooping,
And the rocky snouts, outgrowing,—
Hear them snoring, hear them blowing!Faust I: "XXI Walpurgis Night"; translated by Bayard Taylor
Bayard Taylor
Bayard Taylor was an American poet, literary critic, translator, and travel author.-Life and work:...
|}
{|
!colspan=2|Faust II
|-
|
Wo man auch sei, man findet sich zumal.
Frau Ilse wacht für uns auf ihrem Stein,
Auf seiner Höh wird Heinrich munter sein,
Die Schnarcher schnauzen zwar das Elend an,
Doch alles ist für tausend Jahr getan.
|style="padding-left:2em;"|
Wherever you are, you find yourself at home.
Dame Ilsa
Ilsenburg
Ilsenburg is a town in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. It is situated under the north foot of the Harz Mountains, at the entrance to the Ilsetal valley of the small Ilse river, a tributary of the Oker, about six north-west of the town of Wernigerode. It received town privileges...
watches for us on her Stone,
Wakeful is Henry on his lofty Throne;
The Snorers snort, in truth, in Elend's ears,
But all remains unchanged a thousand years.
Schnarcherklippen is the name of a rock formation (up to 671 m above sea level) south of the village of Schierke
Schierke
Schierke is a village and a former municipality in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Wernigerode.Schierke was first mentioned as Schiriken in a 1590 deed...
in the High Harz
Harz
The Harz is the highest mountain range in northern Germany and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The name Harz derives from the Middle High German word Hardt or Hart , latinized as Hercynia. The legendary Brocken is the highest summit in the Harz...
mountains of Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of...
in central Germany. The name translates roughly to "snoring crags" or "snoring rocks".
Geology
The two rock pinnacles, which stand about 20 metres (65.6 ft) apart and are some 25 metres (82 ft) high, are part of the graniteGranite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
massif of the Brocken and are a clear example of so-called "woolsack weathering
Weathering
Weathering is the breaking down of rocks, soils and minerals as well as artificial materials through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, biota and waters...
". Another feature of the Schnarcherklippen is that they deflect compass needles away from magnetic north due to the presence of magnetite
Magnetite
Magnetite is a ferrimagnetic mineral with chemical formula Fe3O4, one of several iron oxides and a member of the spinel group. The chemical IUPAC name is iron oxide and the common chemical name is ferrous-ferric oxide. The formula for magnetite may also be written as FeO·Fe2O3, which is one part...
in the rock.
Access
The shortest way to the Schnarcherklippen rocks is by footpath from the Schierke. From the top of the rocks there is a view over the whole of the surrounding area, including the Bärenkopf, the holiday resort of Schierke, the ErdbeerkopfErdbeerkopf
The Erdbeerkopf is a high mountain in the High Harz in central Germany, northeast of Schierke in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.To the north and east, the forested summit is bordered by the Wormsgraben, the valley of the Wormke. To the south runs the Brocken Railway along the slopes of the...
, the Brocken massif and the Wurmberg
Wurmberg (Harz)
At the Wurmberg is the second highest mountain in the Harz and the highest in Lower Saxony .- Geography :The Wurmberg lies north of Braunlage, in the district of Goslar, and west of Schierke. Its summit is located due south of the Brocken and roughly 400 m south of the state border with...
. The Schnarcherklippen are checkpoint no. 14 in the Harzer Wandernadel
Harzer Wandernadel
The Harzer Wandernadel is a network of checkpoints for walkers in the Harz mountains in North Germany. It includes a system whereby the hiker can earn badges at different levels by walking to the various checkpoints in the network and recording them...
hiking trail network.
Climbing
The northeastern pinnacle may be ascended using an iron ladder, but the southwestern rocks are only accessible to climbers. There are various climbing routeClimbing route
A climbing route is a path by which a climber reaches the top of a mountain, rock, or ice wall. Routes can vary dramatically in difficulty and, once committed to that ascent, can be difficult to stop or return. Choice of route can be critically important...
s of grades I to VIIIb (Saxon grading)
Grade (climbing)
In rock climbing, mountaineering and other climbing disciplines, climbers give a climbing grade to a route that concisely describes the difficulty and danger of climbing the route...
on the southwestern rocks and from IV to IXc on the northeastern rocks.
Name
When the wind blows from the southeast the rocks make a strange sound which was the inspiration for its name (schnarchen = "snoring").Goethe and the crags
On his third journey to the Harz in September 1784 Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long...
visited the Schnarcherklippen. They are mentioned in the Walpurgis Night scene of Faust I and in Faust II:
{|
!colspan=2|Faust I
|-
|
wie sie schnell vorüberrücken,
und die Klippen, die sich bücken,
und die langen Felsennasen,
wie sie schnarchen, wie sie blasen!
|style="padding-left:2em;"|
Trees on trees beside us trooping,
And the crags above us stooping,
And the rocky snouts, outgrowing,—
Hear them snoring, hear them blowing!Faust I: "XXI Walpurgis Night"; translated by Bayard Taylor
Bayard Taylor
Bayard Taylor was an American poet, literary critic, translator, and travel author.-Life and work:...
|}
{|
!colspan=2|Faust II
|-
|
Wo man auch sei, man findet sich zumal.
Frau Ilse wacht für uns auf ihrem Stein,
Auf seiner Höh wird Heinrich munter sein,
Die Schnarcher schnauzen zwar das Elend an,
Doch alles ist für tausend Jahr getan.
|style="padding-left:2em;"|
Wherever you are, you find yourself at home.
Dame Ilsa
Ilsenburg
Ilsenburg is a town in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. It is situated under the north foot of the Harz Mountains, at the entrance to the Ilsetal valley of the small Ilse river, a tributary of the Oker, about six north-west of the town of Wernigerode. It received town privileges...
watches for us on her Stone,
Wakeful is Henry on his lofty Throne;
The Snorers snort, in truth, in Elend's ears,
But all remains unchanged a thousand years.Faust II, act II: "Classical Walpurgis Night, Pharsalian
Farsala
Farsala , known in Antiquity as Φάρσαλος, Pharsalos or Pharsalus, is a city in southern Thessaly, in Greece. Farsala is located in the southern part of Larissa regional unit, and is one of its largest towns. The city is linked with GR-3, the old highway linking Larissa and Lamia and is also...
Fields"; translated by George Madison Priest
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