Stamp point 186 / Anhaltinischer Saalstein

The „Anhaltinischer Saalstein“ is a rocky cliff and is located in the nature reserve of the same name approx. 3 km south of Bad Suderode.

The small natu­re reser­ve pro­tects a rock heath pine forest with pale hawk­weed and the very rare bear­ber­ry on the rocky cliffs and bould­er slo­pes, which is unty­pi­cal for the Harz Mountains.

Until 1918, the Anhalt Saal­stein and the bor­der trail, which is also part­ly desi­gna­ted as a „forest bota­ni­cal hiking trail“, mark­ed the sove­reign sta­te bor­der bet­ween the Duchy of Anhalt and the King­dom of Prus­sia. Oppo­si­te, on the other side of the „Cold Val­ley“, lies the „Prus­si­an Saal­stein“. The name „Saal­stei­ne“ is deri­ved from the late medieval Sal­bü­cher, which were a regis­ter of pro­per­ty and ser­vice rights. 

From the par­king lot below the sports field in Bad Suder­o­de, the trail leads past the rock cel­lar and the Les­sing Cave, an old mining tun­nel, to a cross­roads in the cold val­ley. From the­re, a sign­pos­ted path leads ste­adi­ly uphill to the stamp site.