Der brocken ein berg im sperrgebiet
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Today is the 35th anniversary of the Berlin Wall and East German border opening in the autumn of 1989.
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In this riveting episode, inom speak with Dietmar Schultke, a member of the Grenztruppen, the East German Border Guards and delve into the life of those responsible for preventing escapes over the Berlin Wall and the East German Border.
Dietmar opens up about his life in the GDR, sharing personal stories of his recruitment into the border troops, the rigorous training he endured, and the psychological pressures he faced during his service.
Training in Eisenach prepared him for a potential third World War, with exercises in sharpshooting, combat, and gas mask drills. The psychological toll of such training was immense, as soldiers were constantly under surveillance, with one in ten being a Stasi informant.
The cultural impact of the time was not lost on Dietmar. He vividly recal
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Heinrichshöhe
| Heinrichshöhe | ||
|---|---|---|
Klippe Brockentor auf der Heinrichshöhe | ||
| Höhe | 1045 m ü. NHN[1] | |
| Lage | nahe Schierke; Landkreis Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt (Deutschland) | |
| Gebirge | Harz | |
| Dominanz | 0,45 km → Brocken | |
| Schartenhöhe | 20 m | |
| Koordinaten | 51° 47′ 22″ N, 10° 37′ 45″ O51.78944444444410.6291666666671045Koordinaten: 51° 47′ 22″ N, 10° 37′ 45″ O | |
| Gestein | Granit | |
| Erschließung | 1744 Torfwerk im Gipfelbereich angelegt | |
| Besonderheiten | Bis 1799 befand sich hier das Brockengasthaus. | |
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Die Heinrichshöhe ist eine Nebenkuppe des Brockens (1141,2 m ü. NHN) und mit ungefär 1045 m[1] Höhe die zweithöchste Kuppe im Harz. Sie liegt nahe Schierke im Stadtgebiet von Wernigerode im sachsen-anhaltischenLandkreis Harz.
Sie ist heute nur noch mit Genehmigung der Nationalparkverwaltung für Forschungszwecke
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Travel
This is part 5 of the series here on the German Blog, the German Nationalparks, a series on the 16 National Parks of Germany. Last week, we went to the natural glory of the forests of theEifel. The week before, I discussed Park Müritz, and before that park Berchtesgaden, and the mysterious Schwarzwald. Today, we will travel to one of the central, and most well-known parks: Der Harz!
The National Parks in Germany (Image by Lencer at Commons.wikimedia.org under license CC BY SA 3.0)
Der Nationalpark Harz
The Harz, including its Brocken, was part of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) or DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik) and from the 1960s until the 1990s it was closed off from tourists. This allowed nature to thrive here for all those decades. And after the Nationalpark Harz was established in the final days of the DDR, this natural protection was even guaranteed and promoted. Later, the Nationalpark Harz was also expanded to other