page_title: Scharfenstein (Ilsenburg)
section_title: Geographical location
hierarchical_section_title: Scharfenstein (Ilsenburg) / Geographical location
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Blick vom Scharfenstein auf die Eckertalsperre, Ende Oktober 2005
context_page_description: The Scharfenstein is a mountain, 697.6 m above sea level high, in the Harz Mountains of Germany, near Ilsenburg in the district of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt. It is part of the Harz National Park.
context_section_description: The Scharfenstein lies southwest of Ilsenburg, southeast of the Lower Saxony town of Bad Harzburg, north of the Kleiner Brocken mountain and east of the Ecker Reservoir, which lies on the Ecker River, straddling the border between the states of Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony. The mountain is topped by a tor, the Scharfensteinklippe; which has particularly good views of the Brocken, and in the direction of Torfhaus and the Ecker Reservoir. Below the summit is the Scharfenstein ranger station of the national park with a self-service cafe.
caption: View from the Scharfensteinklippe of the Ecker Reservoir
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