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.
Aliases (4)
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.
this entity surface form: "Brocken hotel"
this entity surface form: "Brocken summit station"
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"