Wurmberg (Harz)

At the Wurmberg is the second highest mountain in the Harz and the highest in Lower Saxony (Germany).GeographyThe Wurmberg lies north of Braunlage, in the district of Goslar, and west of Schierke. Its summit is located due south of the Brocken and roughly 400 m (as the crow flies) south of the state border with Saxony-Anhalt. The two mountains are separated by the valley of the Kalte Bode, which in this area is about.Wurmberg nature reserveUntil October 2006, the Wurmberg lay within the Upper Harz Nature Reserve . Since then only two areas totalling 183 hectares in area on the west and southwest slopes have been designated as the Wurmberg Nature Reserve.