Brocken

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


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
surface form: "Brocken hotel"

Brocken museum
hasObservation weather station on summit
hasPhenomenon Brocken spectre
optical atmospheric effects
hasStructure Brocken railway terminus
Brocken
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 NERFINISHED
central Germany
mentionedIn Faust, Part One
surface form: "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Faust""
mountainRange Harz
nearbyTown Schierke
Wernigerode NERFINISHED
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 (9)

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

Brocken hasBuilding Brocken
this entity surface form: "Brocken hotel"
Brocken hasStructure Brocken
this entity surface form: "Brocken summit station"
Harz highestPoint Brocken
this entity surface form: "Brocken summit station"
this entity surface form: "Brocken mountain"
this entity surface form: "Brocken peak"
this entity surface form: "Brocken mountain"