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The Brocken, or Blocksberg, is the highest peak in the Harz Mountains in Germany and also the highest peak of northern Germany; it is located between the rivers Weser and Elbe.
Brocken spectre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Brocken spectre (German Brockengespenst), also called Brocken bow or mountain spectre is the apparently enormously magnified shadow of an observer, cast upon the upper surfaces ...
Brocken Spectre: Film TV Drama production Company
Brocken Spectre is a Scottish film and television production company focusing on the development and production of drama for television and film.

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Brocken, mountain peak, central Germany, highest of the Harz Mountains. It is 1,141 m (3,743 ft) high and is noted for the phenomenon called the Specter of the Brocken (Brockengespenst), an optical illusion in which a vast shadow of a specter is projected on the mists of the mountain under certain atmospheric conditions. Brocken is the legendary gathering place of witches on Walpurgis Night, made famous in a scene in Goethe's Faust.