Brocken

The Brocken is the highest mountain in the picturesque Hartz chain, running through Hanover, being three hundred and thirty feet above the level of the sea.

Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Various 1880

Rittmeister von Brocken, the camp commandant, gave a short address to the prisoners and L.G. Beaumont, representing the Hall Control Committee, accepted the keys and opened the building.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

Do a google image search for “spectre of the Brocken”

The Glory - The Panda's Thumb 2010

Romanticism is filled with such uncanny encounters with otherness (think of how many times something like the Specter of the Brocken appears in Romantic literature).

Introduction 2008

When seen from mountaintops, the shadow of your body can be large enough to see, and is known as “the Spectre of the Brocken”

The Glory - The Panda's Thumb 2010

When I was in grad school at Kent we did a translation about the Brocken, so my interest has always been piqued by this holiday.

2009 April « Musings from an overworked translator 2009

In Germany the Brocken, the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, is considered the focal point of Walpurgisnacht.

Walpurgisnacht and May Day « Musings from an overworked translator 2009

In Germany the Brocken, the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, is considered the focal point of Walpurgisnacht.

2009 April « Musings from an overworked translator 2009

Because hovering over both stories like the spectre on Brocken is Hans Landa, the Jew Hunter Christolph Waltz, and through him the film revises and riffs on history, legend and evil.

Inglourious Basterds Movie Review: Ambitious, Exciting, Awkward and…Soulful? | /Film 2009

Heine visited the mines and the summit of the tallest peak, the Brocken.

Emancipation Michael Goldfarb 2009