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Landkreis Harz

Witches' Bridge (Bodetal)

Landkreis Harz

Witches' Bridge (Bodetal)

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Witches' Bridge (Bodetal)

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Location: Thale, Landkreis Harz, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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Emu 🚵‍♂️🧗‍♀️🧘‍♂️🏋️‍♂️(Das Original)

June 1, 2020

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The valley of the Warm Bode and the Cold Bode in the Harz Mountains is called the Bode Valley. In a narrower sense, the term Bode Valley refers only to …

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Thomas

July 10, 2022

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The devil himself has not been seen at the bridge named after him for a long time. According to legend, this could only be built with the support of this prince of darkness. In return, the devil asked for the soul of the first person to cross the structure. Normally this was the master builder himself. But he saw through the horse-footed man's plan and devised a ruse. When he inaugurated the bridge, the master builder drove a goat in front of him. So the devil - once again - got nothing.

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October 4, 2020

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To be found on the Harzer Hexenstieg.

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Elevation 260 m

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Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

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Location: Thale, Landkreis Harz, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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