Stamping point 196 / Bremer Teich

The Bremer Teich is located southwest of Gernrode, between the Sternhaus and the Viktorshöhe.

The pond was built by the counts of Anhalt, who com­mis­sio­ned the engi­neer Bre­mer to con­s­truct a reser­voir in 1796. This pond was inten­ded to faci­li­ta­te deer hun­ting, which is why it was initi­al­ly given the name „Hirsch­teich“ (deer pond). The pond and stream were later ren­a­med „Bre­mer Pond“ and „Bre­mer Ditch“ in memo­ry of the builder. 

The Bre­mer Teich has been used for tou­rism sin­ce 1956 when a youth hos­tel was built. Sin­ce then, the Bre­mer Teich has deve­lo­ped into a popu­lar local recrea­ti­on area.
Sin­ce 1990, the Bre­mer Teich has deve­lo­ped into the inter­na­tio­nal camp­si­te „Harz-Camp“ with a capa­ci­ty of 160 cam­pers, 15 rusti­cal­ly fur­nis­hed vaca­ti­on homes and a guard­ed 4‑hectare bathing area. 

Access to the camp­si­te is from the for­mer Hafer­feld fores­ter’s lodge, which is loca­ted on the coun­try road bet­ween Gern­ro­de and Mäg­de­sprung. From the stam­ping point at the dam of the Bre­mer Teich pond, you can take a nice cir­cu­lar walk to the bear monu­ment HWN 184, con­ti­nue along the Bär­weg trail to the Berg­rat Mül­ler pond HWN 190 and from the­re via the Gro­ße Teu­fels-Müh­le mill HWN 189 back to the Bre­mer Teich pond.