The Muxklippe is a granite

Granite

Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...

 rock formation in the Harz National Park

Harz National Park

The Harz National Park is a nature reserve in the German federal states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. It comprises large portions of the western Harz mountain range, extending from Herzberg and Bad Lauterberg at the southern edge to Bad Harzburg and Ilsenburg on the northern slopes...

 in Germany

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Geographical location

The Muxklippe is located in the Harz mountains in Germany, southeast of Bad Harzburg

Bad Harzburg

Bad Harzburg is a town in central Germany, in the Goslar district of Lower Saxony. It lies on the northern edge of the Harz mountains and is a recognised saltwater spa and climatic health resort.- Location :...

, above the Ecker

Ecker

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 valley on the Kaiser Way footpath, a few hundred metres away from the border between Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

 and Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt

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. The upper section of the crag is accessible on foot. From there, in good weather, there are views of the Ecker Reservoir and the Brocken, the highest mountain in the Harz.

History

Immediately next to the Muxklippe a war memorial

War memorial

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 was erected by Brunswick foresters in memory of the foresters who had fallen.

See also: Rock formations in the Harz