It provides excellent conditions for nearly extinct species of lynx, wildcats ect. The last russian soldier left 1990 and then the mountain has been re-naturalized for millions of euro’s.
#Brocken spectre 1990 tv#
The Stasi used the old tv tower until 1985, the whole mountain at this time was surrounded by a huge concrete wall 3.60 meters high. On the summit were to large and powerfull listening posts belonging to USSR and GDR respectively. After which it was extensively used for surveillance and espionage purposes.
It was bombed by the US airforce, and after the war the American gave it to USSR (after disabling the weather station and television tower). It is special microclimate in being the only mountain above tree line way north of the Alps. It hosted Germany’s first Alpine Garden (neo-alps). The Brocken hosted the highest railway station in Germany, the first television broadcast using mobile transmitter, the year after in 1936 the first television tower in the world was build here. Here Goethe’s mysticism asserts itself clearly. Goethe used these ledgents in his play Faust. A scene in Goethe’s Faust is called “Walpurgisnacht”, and one in the second part: “Classical Walpurgisnight”. Faust does not seek power through knowledge, but access to transcendent knowledge denied to the rational mind. The mountain has always played a role in legends and has been connected with witches and devils. So over the valleys our company floats, With witches a-farting on stinking old goats.Īltitude 1,141 metres, but due to microclimate resembling mountain above 2000. Now to the Brocken the witches ride The stubble is gold and the corn is green There is the carnival crew to be seen, And Squire Urianus will come to preside. Hence Walpurgisnacht offers an interesting connection between pagan ritual, christian saint, witchcraft and socialism. There is a similar tradition in the Schanzenviertel district of Hamburg, though in both cases, the situation has significantly calmed down in the past few years. In Berlin, traditional leftist May Day riots usually start at Walpurgis Night in the Mauerpark in Prenzlauer Berg.
In rural parts of southern Germany, it is part of popular youth culture to play pranks such as tampering with neighbours’ gardens, hiding possessions, or spraying graffiti on private property. In some parts of northern coastal regions of Germany, the custom of lighting huge fires is still kept alive to celebrate the coming of May, while most parts of Germany have a derived Christianized custom around Easter called “Easter fires”.
Brocken is the highest mountain of the Harz, and the only mountain above the treeline in the north. In the 17th century in German folklore witches were reputed to use this night to hold a large celebration on the Brocken mountain, and hold revels with their gods. Only the island of Texel celebrates ‘Meierblis’, generally thought to have evolved from Walpurgisnacht. It’s celebrated in most northern European countries, except in Holland where it is now replaced with Queensday. Walpurgisnacht is the celebration of mayday, on the night of 30th of april to 1st of may, mostly with bonfires and dancing, named after the English missionary Saint Walburga (ca 710-777).
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