Discover Güntersberge
Accommodation in Güntersberge
Güntersberge reveals its distinctive character through a variety of themes: at the “Alte Schule” experience centre, a model railway depicts routes in the region; the name and history of the mountain lake’s use date back to the 18th century. There are also insights into what school life used to be like, unusual collections, and a nature trail with puzzles and games. When planning your holiday, this raises a practical question: are you particularly interested in cultural history, nature, or both?
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Model railway, school museum and unusual collections
Since 2003, the “Alte Schule” experience centre has served the Güntersberge Friends Association (Förderkreis Güntersberge e.V.) as a museum and clubhouse. Its H0-scale model railway covers more than 40 square metres and depicts routes in the region. Visitors can operate parts of the layout themselves. The centre thus combines depictions of regional railway routes with an interactive model world.
The school museum in Güntersberge focuses on something different. Visitors can write on a slate with a slate pencil; photo albums and old pupils’ work illustrate everyday life at school and in the after-school programme. Rather than miniature railway routes, the focus here is on memorabilia and learning in the past. If you are weighing up different themes for your stay, you can think of technology and school history as distinct areas of interest.
The Mouse Trap and Curiosities Museum displays all kinds of mouse traps, old and rare kitchen utensils, and other curiosities. The museum also includes the “Gallery of Quiet Places”, a picture gallery on the subject that is considered unique in Germany. The collection adds a distinctive feature alongside the models and memorabilia at the school museum.
Church history and traces by the water
The present-day St. Martini Church also preserves a piece of the town’s earlier history. After the town fire of 1856, the Baroque north portal and the gravestone of the last Catholic parish priest before the Reformation survived from the previous church. Both are now housed in the present-day church. The architecture and gravestone point to different aspects of history: a surviving architectural feature and a person who held a special place in church history.
The Güntersberge nature trail starts at the Selke bridge and is about 3.5 kilometres long. Its stops feature puzzles and games. The trail explains connections between the area and its flora and fauna, and also covers forestry, landscape management and nature conservation. Other topics include the geological “Teichdamm outcrop” at the mountain lake, also known as Mühlteich, and the “Güntersburg” archaeological monument. Nature, landscape management and history offer different perspectives on the surrounding area here.
The bodies of water also have their own history. The mountain lake, also called Mühlenteich, was created in 1752 as a mining pond. Until the end of the 1970s, it was also used to power a watermill. Katzsohlteich is a reservoir on the outskirts of Güntersberge, slightly above Mühlteich, also known as the mountain lake. The names therefore refer to different bodies of water: the mountain lake is notable for its historical use, while Katzsohlteich is described by its type and location.
When choosing a holiday apartment in Güntersberge, you can put your own interests first: school history, technology and unusual collections offer different themes from the nature trail and the history of the waterways.
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For the broader travel overview: Harz.
