Brocken
Brocken, 1,141 m above sea level is the highest summit in the Harz mountains and in the northern part of Germany. Brocken is the German word for boulder and when you see the mountain you realise where the name comes from, as the mountain rises like a cake above the landscape.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,141 metres
- Description: highest mountain of the Harz Mountains in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
- Also known as: “Blocksbergi mägi”, “Blocksbierg”, “Blokksberg”, “Blokmonto”, “Bloksberg”, “Brocken Mountain”, “Brockenberg”, “Brokenas”, “mons Bructerus”, “Mont Blocksberg”, “Mont Brocken”, “Monte Blocksberg”, “Monte Brocken”, “The Brocken”, and “Блоксберг”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Brocken Garden and Königsberg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Knochenbrecherkurve and Quitschenhai.
Brocken
- Categories: mountain, main peak, one-thousander, highest point, and landform
- Location: Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.7991° or 51° 47′ 57″ north
Longitude
10.6156° or 10° 36′ 56″ east
Elevation
1,141 metres (3,743 feet)
Open location code
9F3GQJX8+M7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Brocken” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Brocken”
- Arabic: “جبل بروكن”
- Aragonese: “Brocken”
- Armenian: “Բրոկեն”
- Basque: “Brocken”
- Belarusian: “Брокен”
- Catalan: “Brocken”
- Cebuano: “Brocken (tumoy sa bukid)”
- Cebuano: “Brocken”
- Chinese: “布罗肯峰”
- Chinese: “布羅肯峰”
- Czech: “Brocken”
- Danish: “Bloksbjerg”
- Dutch: “Brocken”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بروكن”
- Esperanto: “Brocken”
- Estonian: “Brocken”
- French: “Brocken”
- German: “Blocksberg”
- German: “Brocken”
- Hebrew: “ברוקן”
- Hungarian: “Brocken”
- Icelandic: “Blokksbjarg”
- Interlingue: “Brocken”
- Italian: “Brocken”
- Japanese: “ブロッケン山”
- Ladin: “Brocken”
- Latin: “Mons ruptus”
- Lithuanian: “Brokeno kalnas”
- Lombard: “Brocken”
- Low German: “Brocken”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Brocken”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brocken”
- Norwegian: “Brocken”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Brocken”
- Persian: “بروکن (کوه)”
- Persian: “بروکن”
- Polish: “Brocken”
- Portuguese: “Brocken”
- Russian: “Брокен”
- Russian: “Броккен”
- Slovak: “Brocken”
- Slovenian: “Brocken”
- Spanish: “Brocken”
- Swahili: “Blocksberg”
- Swedish: “Brocken”
- Ukrainian: “Брокен”
- Upper Sorbian: “Brocken”
- Venetian: “Brocken”
- Welsh: “Brocken”
- “Brocken”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Brockenkuppe and Brockenplateau.
Saxony-Anhalt: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Magdeburg and Halle.
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