The top cable car station at Burgberg, above Bad Harzburg.
It was a nice ride, and I do trust German engineering, but I was glad to get out at the top! The car swung as it rode over the support pylon half way up, and that was the only time I hung on for dear life. The Burgberg Cable Car was built in 1929, and has a length of 481 metres. It is driven by a 39 hp engine at the summit station. Two cabins carry up to 18 passengers in each.
The cable car is named after the Burgberg mountain, the site of the historic Harzburg Castle, built in 1068 for Emperor Henry V1. The upper terminus was erected within the Castle ruins, and the cable cars and both stations are preserved in their original 1920s condition.
Before the cable car was built, visitors to the former hotel at the summit had to travel up on donkeys. A lovely statue of a lady riding side-saddle in a donkey stands in Bad Harzburg town centre.
The new cafe within the ruins of the Castle.
Last time I visited in 2013, this cafe was just a building site. Fortunately it is now finished, and we enjoyed tea and cake in the lovely gardens. The new building stands on the site of a former hotel and pleasure garden.
Ralph looking out towards Braunschweig from the viewing Point at the summit.
A lynx and hare, two creatures found in the Harz, stare at one another in Bad Harzburg.
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