Brocken

E79319

mountain natural geographic feature

Brocken is a prominent mountain in central Germany’s Harz range, known for its harsh climate, folklore, and role in literature and cultural history.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Brocken canonical	16
Brocken massif	2
Brocken mountain	2
Brocken summit	2
Brocken summit station	2
Brocken weather station	2
Brocken hotel	1
Brocken peak	1
Brocken summit area	1
Brocken viewing platforms	1
Der Brocken	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain ⓘ natural geographic feature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Blocksberg ⓘ
associatedWith	German folklore ⓘ Walpurgis Night ⓘ witches' sabbath legends ⓘ
averageAnnualPrecipitation	over 1600 mm ⓘ
averageAnnualTemperature	around 2.9 °C ⓘ
climate	subalpine climate ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
culturalSignificance	symbolic mountain in German Romanticism ⓘ
elevation	1141.1 metres ⓘ 3743 feet ⓘ
feature	granite massif ⓘ
firstRecordedAs	Brackenberg ⓘ
hasBuilding	Brocken self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Brocken hotel Brocken museum ⓘ
hasObservation	weather station on summit ⓘ
hasPhenomenon	Brocken spectre ⓘ optical atmospheric effects ⓘ
hasStructure	Brocken railway terminus ⓘ Brocken self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Brocken summit station telecommunication towers ⓘ
highestPointOf	Harz ⓘ surface form: Harz mountains Northern Germany ⓘ surface form: northern Germany
historicalRole	Cold War listening post ⓘ
locatedIn	Harz ⓘ surface form: Harz mountains Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ central Germany ⓘ
mentionedIn	Faust, Part One ⓘ surface form: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Faust"
mountainRange	Harz ⓘ
nearbyTown	Schierke ⓘ Wernigerode ⓘ
notableFor	frequent fog ⓘ harsh weather conditions ⓘ long snow cover ⓘ strong winds ⓘ
openToPublicSince	1990 ⓘ
partOf	Harz National Park ⓘ
protectedAreaStatus	within Harz National Park ⓘ
railwayType	narrow-gauge steam railway ⓘ
servedBy	Brocken railway terminus ⓘ surface form: Brocken Railway
tourism	popular hiking destination ⓘ viewpoint over northern Germany ⓘ
usedAs	military restricted area ⓘ
usedBy	Nationale Volksarmee ⓘ surface form: East German military Soviet armed forces ⓘ surface form: Soviet military
vegetationZone	subalpine heath and bogs ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harz → highestPoint → Brocken ⓘ

Brocken spectre → isAssociatedWith → Brocken ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brocken mountain

Brocken → hasStructure → Brocken self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brocken summit station

Brocken → hasBuilding → Brocken self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brocken hotel

Oberharz am Brocken → locatedNear → Brocken ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brocken peak

Walpurgis Night → majorLocation → Brocken ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brocken mountain

Harz Narrow Gauge Railways → connectsTo → Brocken ⓘ

Harz Narrow Gauge Railways → highestPoint → Brocken ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brocken summit station

Altenau → locatedNear → Brocken ⓘ

Blocksberg → legendaryNameFor → Brocken ⓘ

Blocksberg → hasAlternativeName → Brocken ⓘ

this entity surface form: Der Brocken

Brocken railway terminus → locatedIn → Brocken ⓘ

Brocken railway terminus → hasNearbyFeature → Brocken ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brocken weather station

Brocken railway terminus → hasNearbyFeature → Brocken ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brocken viewing platforms

Brocken museum → locatedIn → Brocken ⓘ

subject surface form: Brocken Museum

Brocken museum → nearbyAttraction → Brocken ⓘ

subject surface form: Brocken Museum

this entity surface form: Brocken summit

Brocken museum → nearbyAttraction → Brocken ⓘ

subject surface form: Brocken Museum

this entity surface form: Brocken weather station

Schierke → locatedNear → Brocken ⓘ

Harz National Park → highestPoint → Brocken ⓘ

Harz National Park → contains → Brocken ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brocken summit area

Elbingerode (Harz) → locatedNear → Brocken ⓘ

Sorge → locatedNear → Brocken ⓘ

Stiege → locatedNear → Brocken ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brocken massif

Brackenberg → refersTo → Brocken ⓘ

Brackenberg → historicalNameOf → Brocken ⓘ

Brackenberg → modernName → Brocken ⓘ

Wurmberg → hasViewOf → Brocken ⓘ

Upper Bode → sourceRegion → Brocken ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brocken massif

HSB → terminus → Brocken ⓘ

subject surface form: Harzer Schmalspurbahnen

HSB → connectsTo → Brocken ⓘ

subject surface form: Harzer Schmalspurbahnen

this entity surface form: Brocken summit