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Echo Cave

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Echo Cave

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

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    February 28, 2022

    Hiking

    The sound cave is an approx. 20m long tunnel from 1760 located directly on the Bode. The Thaler gardener Heinrich Recklen sold his "water of life" there after it was forbidden to amuse the guests with cannon shots:

    "Whoever comes to me does not come in vain,
    I bring you the source of life.
    And no one died who drank from it,
    as long as he swung that cup! "


    In 1875, Recleben was run over by a beer carriage, the cave was then closed and is now used as a retreat for bats.
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    As one calls into the forest, it echoes out. How one
    calls into this cave, it does not echo out - but-
    louder! The one that was built in 1760 …
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    June 24, 2022

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    The bridge on the Katerstieg allows a great crossing
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    View of the Bode River – Bodekessel loop from Thale Musestieg

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    Elevation 250 m

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

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