- Elevation
- 1,141 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- ERF Erfurt-Weimar Airport94 km
- KSF Kassel Airport95 km
About The Brocken
The Brocken is a mountain. Location: Wernigerode, Landkreis Harz. Elevation: 1,141 m. The nearest airport is Erfurt-Weimar Airport (94 km). Nearby sights include Kleiner Brocken and Königsberg.
Photos of The Brocken
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Wurmberg User Steffen Mokosch on de.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Quitschenberg Atu60 · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Meineberg Leonhard Lenz · CC0 -
Lerchenköpfe ArtMechanic · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Königsberg Tomihahndorf at de.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Climate of The Brocken
This month · November
A wet month
Day 1° · Night -4° · Rain 134 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 16°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -7°)
- Wettest month
- December (160 mm)
- Driest month
- May (79 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | -2° | -2° | 1° | 5° | 11° | 13° | 15° | 16° | 11° | 7° | 1° | -1° |
| Average low (°C) | -7° | -7° | -5° | -3° | 2° | 5° | 7° | 7° | 4° | 0° | -4° | -6° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 141 | 101 | 129 | 89 | 79 | 111 | 106 | 97 | 101 | 115 | 134 | 160 |
How to get to The Brocken
The nearest airport is Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF), 94 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Salzgitter, 42 km to the north.
Airports
- Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF) Erfurt 94 kmsouth
- Kassel Airport (KSF) Calden 95 kmsouthwest
- Hannover Airport (HAJ) Hannover 97 kmnorthwest
Nearby large cities
- Salzgitter Population: 105K 42 kmnorth
- Braunschweig Population: 244.7K 52 kmnorth
- Göttingen Population: 122.1K 56 kmsouthwest
- Wolfsburg Population: 123.1K 70 kmnorth
- Magdeburg Population: 244.3K 79 kmnortheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from The Brocken
Within 100 km: 486 historic and cultural sites, 3,832 natural sites, 789 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km585 places
- Schalk River 13 kmW
- Aue River 24 kmNE
- Zillerbachtalsperre Lake 11 kmE
- Talsperre Wendefurth Lake 21 kmE
25–60 km1,713 places
- Sarre River 56 kmNE
- Bere River 30 kmS
- Aue River 30 kmNE
- Tietal Lake 46 kmE
60–100 km2,809 places
- Buchenwald concentration camp Historic site 97 kmSE
- Wiehe River 88 kmN
- Ohe River 75 kmNW
- Frieda River 76 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Brockenhaus Village, Wernigerode0.1 km NE
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Schierke Village, Wernigerode5.1 km SE -
Braunlage Village, Landkreis Goslar7.3 km S
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Ilsenburg (Harz) Village, Landkreis Harz8.9 km NE
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Elend Village, Oberharz am Brocken7.8 km SE -
Bad Harzburg Village, Landkreis Goslar12 km N
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Kleiner Brocken Mountain, Wernigerode1.2 km NW -
Königsberg Mountain, Wernigerode1.7 km SW
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Heinrichshöhe Mountain, Wernigerode1.4 km SE
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Sendeturm Brocken Landmark, Wernigerode0.1 km NW
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Quitschenberg Mountain, Lower Saxony2.6 km W
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Renneckenberg Mountain, Ilsenburg (Harz)2.4 km E
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Forst Schierke Natural site, Germany1.8 km S
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Eckernloch Natural site, Saxony-Anhalt1.8 km S
More nature in Germany
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Großer Winterberg Mountain, Wernigerode4.3 km S -
Hohnekamm Mountain, Wernigerode5.7 km E -
Gitterkopf Mountain, Wernigerode3 km NW
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Ohrenklippen Mountain, Wernigerode3.3 km E
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Schluftkopf Mountain, Wernigerode3.6 km S
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Großer Jägerkopf Mountain, Wernigerode3.9 km NE
Sources & licences
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