Köte

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title: "Köte" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["vernacular-architecture", "buildings-and-structures-in-the-harz", "charcoal"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Köte" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Köhler_JH-Wende.JPG" caption="A ''Köte'' and ''Kohlenmeiler'' with charcoal burners at their work (turn of the 19th/20th century)"] ::

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A Köte (also Köthe) is the term used in the Harz Mountains of central Germany for a charcoal burner's hut (Köhlerhütte). A Köte was occupied by a charcoal burner in order to look after a nearby wood pile (Kohlenmeiler). The charcoal burner prepared the necessary charcoal for the smelting of ores.

Today, Köten are used for tourism purposes as shelters and rest stops for hikers.

Examples

There are replicas of Köten in the Harz, for example at these places:

  • Köte am Heidenstieg (), in the Schulenberg Forest northwest of and above Schulenberg im Oberharz between the Großer () and Kleiner Wiesenberg () at about on the Heidenstieg; as No. 124 in the system of checkpoints in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking network
  • Köte am Schindelkopf (), in the Osterode Municipal Forest east of Osterode am Harz on the northwestern slopes of the Schindelkopf (ca. ) at about on the Nassen Weg; as No. 143 in the system of checkpoints of the Harzer Wandernadel

Gallery

Harzköte.jpg|Typical Köte in the Harz Meiler 11.JPG|Completed Meiler with wind break, charcoal hut and fireplace

References

References

  1. Informationstafel [http://jensunterwegs.de/b_stempel/000_stempel/stempel_124_koete_heidestieg.php?id=5#3 ''Eine Köte…''] (Foto), auf jensunterwegs.de
  2. ''Köte am Heidenstieg'':
    – [[Topographische Karte]] mit [http://www.natur-erleben.niedersachsen.de/karte/link-karte-3598164-5746163-14-17.html Wegabzweig bei der Köte am Heidenstieg] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-04-20 [südöstlich unterhalb eines [[Wasserbehälter (Wasserwirtschaft)). Wasserbehälters]] ''(Wbh)''; ungefähre Höhenlage der Köte laut [[Höhenlinie]]/n in AK 5/2,5], auf natur-erleben.niedersachsen.de
    – Harzer Wandernadel: [https://www.harzer-wandernadel.de/stempelstellen/uebersichtskarte/stempelstelle-124-koete-am-%20heidenstieg/ ''Stempelstelle 124 / Köte am Heidenstieg''], auf harzer-wandernadel.de
  3. ''Köte am Schindelkopf'':
    – Topographische Karte mit [http://www.natur-erleben.niedersachsen.de/karte/link-karte-3592483-5732937-14-17.html zwei Wegabzweigen bei der Köte am Schindelkopf] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-04-20 [auf dem Bergnordwesthang; ungefähre Höhenlage der Köte laut Höhenlinie/n in AK 5/2,5], auf natur-erleben.niedersachsen.de
    – Harzer Wandernadel: [https://www.harzer-wandernadel.de/stempelstellen/uebersichtskarte/stempelstelle-143-koete-%20schindelkopf/ ''Stempelstelle 143 / Köte Schindelkopf''], auf harzer-wandernadel.de)

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