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The Molkenhaus is a historic house near Wernigerode, Harz, Germany, located on the Jägerkopf hill above the Steinerne Renne waterfall and the source region of the Holtemme river. The timber-framed building, which was built by order of the Senior Master Hunter (Oberjägermeister) of the counts of Stolberg, von Meseberg, at the beginning of the 18th century, belonged to the Ilsenburger Marienhof and was used for hunting purposes and the production of butter. Nowadays it is used by the Harz National Park.
The Molkenhaus may refer to:
- Molkenhaus (Bad Harzburg), a popular destination in the Harz Mountains of Germany near Bad Harzburg
- Molkenhaus (Wernigerode), a historic building near Wernigerode belonging to the Harz National Park Authority
- The first factory of Carl Friedrich Schinkel in Bärwinkel (Neuhardenberg)
The Molkenhaus near Bad Harzburg is a wooden house, built in 1822, where cattle from the hillside pastures used to be milked without having to be driven miles to the surrounding farms. The house was owned by the manor (Domäne or Rittergut) of Bündheim-Bad Harzburg and, today, has been extended into a popular restaurant for day trippers and hikers. The property lies on the shores of the Hasselteich pond, about south of Bad Harzburg east of the Rudolfklippe crags on a valley water meadow.
Its predecessor was built in 1665 by the Amtmann, Johann Heinrich von Uslar, on the eastern slopes of the Seilenberg hill.
The house is checkpoint no. 169 in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking trail network.