Elversstein

The Elversstein in the Harz Mountains of Germany is a granite rock formation with a maximum elevation of 499 m above sea level (NN)[1] on the Steinberg (ca.

The Elversstein is named after Rudolph Elvers (1825–1891), a German lawyer and civil servant who, amongst other things, acted as the Landrat of the county of Wernigerode in the Prussian Province of Saxony.

The Elversstein lies within the Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park about 2 km south-southwest of the village of Hasserode in the borough of Wernigerode, the latter town adjoining Hasselrode to the northeast.

It is located on the northwest flank of the Steinberg east and above the Drängetal, through which the Drängetalwasser, a tributary of the Braunes Wasser, flows.

On the forest track above it walkers can make their way back past the Steinbergskopf (478.5 m above NN).

Steam train on the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways seen from the Elversstein