South Harz Nature Park

The South Harz Nature Park (German: Naturpark Südharz) is located in the county of Nordhausen in north Thuringia, Germany.

The nature park covers parts of the southern foothills of the Lower Harz, the gypsum karst landscape of the adjacent Zechstein belt and the transition region with the North Thuringian bunter sandstone country.

Within the nature park there are ponors, karst springs, subsidence lakes and dolines as well as steep gypsum cliffs.

Thanks to the many caves, numerous species of bat - including the barbastelle - live in the beech woods, where they find suitable places to roost.

The highest point in the South Harz Nature Park is the Großer Ehrenberg (635.5 m above sea level (NN)).