Brocken Garden
The Brocken Garden is an alpine botanical garden on the summit of the Brocken, the highest peak in the Harz mountains of Germany. It lies within the Harz National Park near Wernigerode in the state of Saxony-Anhalt and has a stock of around 1,600 types of plant.Photo: Wusel007, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Garden
- Description: botanical garden
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brocken and Brockenuhr.
Brocken
Brockenuhr
Photo: Kaschkawalturist, GPL.
Brockenuhr is situated 170 metres northwest of Brocken Garden.
Brocken House
Museum
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Brocken House is a building on the summit of the Mount Brocken in the Harz Mountains in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It serves as a visitor center of the Harz National Park and museum. Brocken House is situated 280 metres northwest of Brocken Garden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Knochenbrecherkurve and Quitschenhai.
Quitschenhai
Locality
Schierke
Photo: Gottfried Hoffmann -…, CC BY 3.0.
Schierke is a small spa town, at 600 metres altitude, in the Harz Mountains. It is a popular tourist destination, not least as a base for walks up the Brocken, the highest mountain in the region.
Brocken Garden
- Categories: botanical garden, tourism, recreation area, and tourist attraction
- Location: Wernigerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.79825° or 51° 47′ 54″ northLongitude
10.61753° or 10° 37′ 3″ eastOpen location code
9F3GQJX9+82OpenStreetMap ID
way 60363622OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=gardenOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q923683
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“Brocken Garden” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Brockengarten”
- French: “Brockengarten”
- German: “Brockengarten”
- Italian: “Orto botanico di Brocken”
- Japanese: “ブロッケンガルテン”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wetterstation Brocken and Teufelskanzel und Hexenaltar.
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