The "Devil's Pulpit" on the Brocken summit plateau in the early morning of 19.06.2013, a typical and completely natural spheroidal weathered rock formation for the area with a completely inaccurate

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Wurmberg and Devil's Pulpit in the glow of the early morning sun; view on 19.06.2013 from the summit circular trail of the Brocken looking south...

Torfhaus with its huge antennas in the early morning sun of 19.06.2013; view from the summit trail of the Brocken...

Deutschland / Sachsen-Anhalt / Harz

The "Devil's Pulpit" on the Brocken summit plateau in the early morning of 19.06.2013, a typical and completely natural spheroidal weathered rock formation for the area with a completely inaccurate name. Significantly, these witch and devil names in the Harz come from the Christians, e.g. the Christian Franks, who wanted to discredit the old places of worship of the Saxons and Celts in this way; and significantly, the lands with these names (e.g. the Devil's Wall) later belonged to the church...

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Königsberg, Wurmberg, Achtermannshöhe and Rehberg and mountain ranges of the Southwest Harz in the fog in the early morning sun of 19.06.2013; view from the summit circular trail of the

On the Brocken summit plateau in the early morning of 19.06.2013; behind the Hohneklippen, the Erdbeerkopf, and the Heinrichshöhe lies the East Harz under extensive fog banks in the backlight of

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Deutschland / Sachsen-Anhalt / Harz, Galerien / Stimmungsbilder / Abendstimmung

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