The Teufelsbäder ("Devil's Baths") is the name of a moor landscape near Osterode am Harz in the Harz Mountains of central Germany. It lies within the nature reserve of the same name southeast of Augustental on the B 243 federal road.
5-610: The ponds and marshy depressions in the nature reserve, which covers an area of roughly 84 hectares (210 acres), are fed by the Teufelsloch , a karst spring in the highland forest. They are the remains of an intensive deposition of Werra anhydrites and a representative part of the gypsum karst landscape of the South Harz. The Großes and Kleines Teufelsbad ("Large and Small Devil's Bath") were formed by embankments and have become silted up fishing ponds. Their runoff empties into
10-533: A nature reserve since 1984, is a habitat for rare plant species and a breeding ground for numerous birds typical of such features. Walkers are not permitted to leave the Karst Trail that runs past the Teufelsbäder. 51°42′31″N 10°16′43″E / 51.708503°N 10.278686°E / 51.708503; 10.278686 Teufelsloch (Teufelsb%C3%A4der) The Teufelsloch ("Devil's Hole")
15-568: Is a karst spring near Osterode am Harz in the German state of Lower Saxony . The Teufelsloch is located southeast of Augustental in mature forest near the Karst Trail . It is a circular sinkhole with lustrous blue-green water. The stream that drains it feeds the Teufelsbäder moor to the west, and then flows through the Apenke to the river Söse . After heavy rain, other springs rise in
20-493: The Apenke stream after flowing for just a few metres. in 1980 the Lower Saxon State Office of Soil Science drilled 145 metres into the karst cavities below the anhydrite. In the hole, a steel pipe was installed from which about 1.5 litres of karst water flowed per second. With the help of contrast water testing unsuccessful attempts were made to determine the origin of the water. The area, which has been
25-537: The area around its banks that give the karst water in the Teufelsloch a brownish colour. The Teufelsloch lies within the Nature Reserve. In earlier times, the Teufelsloch was perceived as something rather threatening. The origin of its shimmering blue waters rising from eerie depths could not be explained by the people. They talked of will-o'-the-wisps of human size, who would lure wanderers at night over
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