page_title: Hexentanzplatz (Harz)
section_title: Tourism
hierarchical_section_title: Hexentanzplatz (Harz) / Tourism
caption_attribution_description: English: Gondola lift to Witches' Point in Thale, Germany Deutsch: Gondelbahn zum Hexentanzplatz in Thale, Deutschland Русский: Кабинная канатная дорога к «месту шабаша ведьм» в городе Тале, Германия
context_page_description: The Hexentanzplatz in the Harz mountains is a plateau that lies high above the Bode Gorge, opposite the Rosstrappe in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
context_section_description: Since the middle of the 19th century there has been a mountain hotel of the same name on the Hexentanzplatz.
  On the plateau is the Thale Mountain Theatre (Bergtheater Thale) one of the oldest open-air theatres in Germany with 1,350 seats, which was founded in 1903 by Ernst Wachler.
  In the Walpurgishalle Museum, built by painter Hermann Hendrich, the legends of the surrounding Harz mountains and scenes from Goethe’s Faust are brought to life. A sacrifice stone (Opferstein)  is also exhibited there, which recalls ancient fertility rites.
  A gondola lift runs from  Thale up to the Hexentanzplatz.
  Today, the Hexentanzplatz resembles a small theme park aimed at families, including a car park (charge: 5 euros), gondola lift and mini-coaster rides, small gift and craft shops and a zoo.  While there are relatively unspoiled forests nearby with plenty of hiking trails, the immediate area of the Hexentanzplatz has been fairly well commercialized.
  The Hexentanzplatz Wildlife Park illustrates the variety of the many different species of animal in the Harz region. There is also a  Sommerrodelbahn, the Harzbob; and the Homburg Watchtower lookout tower below the mountain theatre.
  There is a checkpoint (no. 167) in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking network at the viewing point of Ellricher Blick.
caption: The gondola lift to the Hexentanzplatz
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