Braakberg

Braakberg
Braakberg West and north of Lonau in Osterode am Harz district in Lower Saxony, Germany
Highest point
Elevation	645.5 m (2,118 ft)
Prominence	18.6 m → Auf dem Acker
Isolation	0.4 km → Auf dem Acker
Coordinates
Geography
Location	West and north of Lonau in Osterode am Harz district in Lower Saxony, Germany
Parent range	Harz Mountains

The Braakberg is a 645.5 metre high mountain in the Harz in central Germany that lies in the unincorporated area of Harz in the district of Osterode am Harz in the state of Lower Saxony.

Geography

Location

The Braakberg lies in the South Harz within the Harz National Park about 2.4 km north of Lonau. To the north it transitions into the ridge known as Auf dem Acker. The Braakberg forms the watershed between the streams of Große Steinau to the west and Kleine Lonau to the east.

Subpeak

The Kargeskopf and the Franzosenkopf are southern foothills of the Braakberg. In a wider sense the ridge running away to the southwest is also known as the Braakberg, especially its southern foothills west of Lonau which have a 512.1 m high sub-peak of the same name.: (Coordinates: )

Crags and rock formations

In the transition zone from the Braakberg to the Haspelkopf (ca. 749 m above NN), a high point in the southwestern area of the Auf dem Acker ridge, around 500 m north-northwest of the summit lie the crags of the Sophienklippe (max. ca. 650 m above NN; ) and about 700 m northwest is the Spießerklippe (max. ca. 640 m above NN; ).

Vegetation

The upper slopes of the mountain are covered in spruce, the very lowest with beech trees. It lies entirely within the Harz National Park.

The southwestern, eponymous subpeak (left) of the Braakberg west of the village of Lonau and the Großer Mittelberg (right)

The southwestern, eponymous subpeak (left) of the Braakberg west of the village of Lonau and the Großer Mittelberg (right)

Sources

• Topographische Karte 1:25000, No. 4228 Riefensbeek
• Topographische Karte 1:25000, No. 4328 Bad Lauterberg im Harz