The Schindelkopf (629 m above sea level (NN)[1]) in the Harz Mountains of central Germany is a southwestern outlier of the mountain ridge known as Auf dem Acker (865.1 m).

It rises between the southwestern end of the main Acker crest in the east and the town of Osterode am Harz in the west.

Towards the north-northeast the countryside falls away through the valley of Schachttal to the eastern end of the Söse Reservoir with its pre-basin.

On its northwestern flank stands a Köte (ca.

550 m above NN;[2] 51°43′22.97″N 10°20′10.95″E / 51.7230472°N 10.3363750°E / 51.7230472; 10.3363750 (Lage: Schutzhütte am Schindelkopf)), which is checkpoint no.