Rosstrappe Harz used badge stocknagel hiking medallion G3561

Description

Rosstrappe Harz Boidesprung - Germany
This is constructed of either tin or aluminum and is an
used
medallion/stocknagel.
From the largest single collection of stocknagel/medallions that I have obtained from Europe to this day. This is from a group of items that have been collected over the last 45 years. The ages of each individual item can not be determined unless they are date stamped.
This stocknagel is to be mounted on a walking stick with two nails to show the places that they had visited. These are called either pins, mounts, shields, stocknagel, medallions, placckette/scudetti or badges and do the same thing as lapel or hat pins, they tell everyone where you have been and what you have seen.
The
Roßtrappe
is a 403 m high granite crag in the Harz mountains of central Germany.
The
Roßtrappe
rises high over the Bode Gorge in the Harz. It may be reached from Thale by road, on foot or on a chair lift. On the rocks is a mountain hotel with an observation terrace as well as the upper station for the chair lift. Nearby is the
Winzenburg
, a refuge castle 25 hectares (62 acres) in area with a 500 m long rampart made of stone blocks and earth, which has been used since the New Stone Age as a refuge for up to 100 people. In 1860 the Winzenburg Tower was built there; an observation tower which is now closed.
From the Rosstrappe there is a view of the rocks on the
Hexentanzplatz
, ("Witches Dance Floor") the
Steinerne Kirche
("Stone Church"), the Bode Gorge, the Harz Foreland, the town of Thale and the highest peak in the Harz, the Brocken.
According to legend, a giant by the name of
Bodo
once followed the king’s beautiful daughter,
Brunhilde
, whom he wanted to marry against her will.
Brunhilde
escaped on a white stallion (German:
Ross
), but was suddenly confronted by a deep ravine. Her horse leapt in one bound to the rocks on the other side, but her pursuer fell into the depths below. The impression of the horse’s hoof may still be seen today. The giant
Bodo
gave his name to the small river, the Bode.
Scientists suspect that this imprint in the rock is the weathered remains of a Germanic altar basin.
From the
Roßtrappe
visitors can climb down into the Bode Gorge on the Schurre, a path laid in zigzags. The President’s Way (
Präsidentenweg
), about 4 km, is the recommended path to climb from the gorge to the rock outcrop.
The Roßtrappe is no. 71 in the system of check points on the
Harzer Wandernadel
walking trail network.
Since the middle of the 19th century there has been a mountain hotel with the same name at the entrance to the
Roßtrappe
.
Thank you all for your interest. Please check my ebay store for many
hundreds of
additional German walking stick pins.
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