The Schadenbeeksköpfe are two summits on a southeastern outlier of the Aschentalshalbe

Aschentalshalbe

The Aschentalshalbe is a mountain ridge between the Gödeckekopf and Adlersberg and the Großer Knollen to the south. It lies south of the village of Sieber in the district of Osterode in the German state of Lower Saxony and comprises three peaks:...

 in the Harz Mountains of Germany, about 3.6 kilometres southeast of Sieber

Sieber (Herzberg am Harz)

Sieber is a village in the borough of Herzberg am Harz in the district of Osterode am Harz in South Lower Saxony .Sieber lies at a height of 340 m above sea level and has about 600 inhabitants . The settlement is spread out over a length of several kilometres in a narrow valley, running from...

 in the district of Osterode am Harz in 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...

. Their highest peak is 605 metres above sea level. In addition they separate the Schadenbeek

Schadenbeek

Schadenbeek is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany....

 stream, after which they were named, from the upper Krumme Lutter

Krumme Lutter

The Krumme Lutter is one of the two headstreams of the Lutter in the South Harz in central Germany, north of Bad Lauterberg in the district of Osterode am Harz in Lower Saxony. It rises below 620 m on the Aschentalshalbe and flows towards the south past the Wolkenhügel and Hoher Trost pits, before...

. About 1 kilometre east of the Schadenbeeksköpfe lies the Wolkenhügel Pit (Grube Wolkenhügel), in the valley of the Krumme Lutter, which closed in June 2007. A refuge hut not far from the Schadenbeeksköpfe is a checkpoint (no. 153) in the Harzer Wandernadel

Harzer Wandernadel

The Harzer Wandernadel is a network of checkpoints for walkers in the Harz mountains in North Germany. It includes a system whereby the hiker can earn badges at different levels by walking to the various checkpoints in the network and recording them...

hiking badge system.

Woods

Today the upper slopes of the Schadenbeeksköpfe are mainly covered by spruce whilst, lower down, deciduous woods also occur. In the year 1596 they were still completely covered by beech.