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behind the Rabenklippe is part of a project to reintroduce this shy wild cat to the wild again. There is a large wooden viewing platform and the lynx are often visible prowling around the hillside, sometimes at quite close quarters.
The former imperial castle, now ruined was built by Emperor Henry IV to guard trade routes and the lucrative mining region of the Harz. It was slighted during wars with the Saxons. Today the ruins are accessible to the public and there are information boards, a small cafe in the summer and a viewing point with the Canossa Column with great views over the town to the North German Plain
there is a restaurant and a children's railway integrated into the landscape.
medieval spring