page_title: Ilfeld
section_title: Natural monuments
hierarchical_section_title: Ilfeld / History / Natural monuments
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: „Entenschnabel“ (auch „Gänseschnabel“ genannt) im Ilfelder Tal nahe Ilfeld, Harz, Deutschland.
context_page_description: Ilfeld is a village and a former municipality in the district of Nordhausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated at the south foot of the Harz, at the entrance to the Bährethal, 8 miles north from Nordhausen by the railway to Wernigerode. Since 1 January 2012, it has been part of the municipality of Harztor.
context_section_description: The Lange Wand is at the southern approach to the village on the steep bank of the Behre. The geological outcrop which is explained on an information board sheds light on the history of the formation of the Harz Mountains and the Harz Foreland.
  Well-known natural monuments and walking destinations in the immediate vicinity of Ilfeld are the Gänseschnabel, the Nadelöhr and the Mönch.
caption: The Gänseschnabel (a porphyritic rock), c. 1900[1]
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