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Schierke is a municipality in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") Brocken-Hochharz.
Schierke was first mentioned as Schiriken in a 1590 deed. Situated within the Harz mountain range in the valley of the Bode River, at the rim of the Harz National Park, it is mainly a tourist resort, especially for hiking and all kinds of winter sport. Since 1898 Schierke station is served by the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen narrow gauge railway. In 1914 and 1934 it was the site of the German Skeleton Championships. Nevertheless, due to its location next to the former inner German border, visits to Schierke required an extra permission by East German authorities between 1952 and 1989.
Today Schierke again is a popular place to start or finish a walk to the Brocken mountain via the Goetheweg or the Glashüttenweg. It has bus service and access to the Brockenbahn railway, whose station is located about 100 metres above the village. A popular attaction in the area is the "Brocken Coaster", a local roller coaster ride. Schierke also provides the region with a popular resort for skiing destinations such as the slope of the Wurmberg mountain, the second highest of the Harz. Another winter activity in the area involves hiring or obtaining a sled and riding it down the "bob bahn" - a local tobogganing track.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited Schierke in 1784. The Walpurgis Night scene in Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy is set in the "District of Schierke and Elend".
Schierker Feuerstein is a herbal liqueur and digestif (35% abv), patented in 1924 by the local druggist Willy Drube. The red-brown beverage is named after the red granite of the Feuersteinklippen, a rock formation nearby. After World War II the production at first continued in Bad Lauterberg on the western side of the inner German border, but was also resumed in Schierke from 1972 on as Volkseigener Betrieb. After reunification the enterprises merged while the Feuerstein is still bottled at both locations.
Source: CIA Factbook, Wikipedia
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