 The 7th Border Company of the 20th Border Regiment guarded the stretch of border from the Brocken plateau via former Goetheweg station and the Dreieckiger Pfahl border stone (checkpoint no.168 in the Harzer Wandernadel) to the Großer Winterberg.Each troop was stationed for a week at a time in the present-day station building on the peak of the Brocken.