Trautenstein is a village in the borough of Oberharz am Brocken in the district of

Harz The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German w ...

in the German state of

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

. Trautenstein has 493 inhabitants . Formerly an independent municipality, it was merged into the town

Hasselfelde Hasselfelde is a town in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated in the eastern Harz, approximately 17 km south of Wernigerode. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Oberharz am Brocken. Hasselfelde has 2,390 ...

in 2002, which was merged into Oberharz am Brocken in 2010.

Geography

The small climatic health resort lies in the valley of the Rappbode and at the southwestern end of the

Rappbode Reservoir The Rappbode is a right-hand, southwestern tributary of the River Bode in the Harz mountains in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. In its lower reaches it is impounded by the Rappbode Dam, the largest dam in the Harz. The Rappbode rises eas ...

. South of the village is the ''Bärenhöhe'' ("Bear Heights"), also known as the ''

Carlshaushöhe The Carlshaushöhe (or Karlshaushöhe) is a mountain, 626.3 m, in the Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Geographical location It is located southwest of Hasselfelde between Trautenstein to the north, Benneckenstein to the west and ...

'', which is 626 metres high. On the summit is the popular Carlshaus Tower, a telecommunication and observation tower of the Harz Narrow Gauge Railway. Larger towns and villages in the vicinity include Braunlage, Bad Lauterberg, Bad Harzburg (in Lower Saxony) as well as Blankenburg,

Wernigerode Wernigerode () is a town in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Until 2007, it was the capital of the district of Wernigerode. Its population was 35,041 in 2012. Wernigerode is located southwest of Halberstadt, and is picturesquely s ...

and

(in Saxony-Anhalt). The most important link road is the B 242 from Hasselfelde to Braunlage which passes through Trautenstein.

South of Trautenstein in the forest is a refuge hut, the ''Walzenhütte'' (521 m), which is checkpoint 50 in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking network. Another nearby checkpoint is the ''Oberharzblick am Buchenberg'' (Upper Harz view on the Buchenberg hill), which is further south and has good views looking towards the two highest mountains of the Harz: the

Wurmberg Wurmberg is a municipality in the district of Enz in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Geography Wurmberg is located on the so-called Platte, a Karst mountain range in the northern Black Forest (Schwarzwald). Municipality The municipality ...

and the

Brocken The Brocken, also sometimes referred to as the Blocksberg, is the highest peak in the Harz mountain range and also the highest peak in Northern Germany; it is near Schierke in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt between the rivers Weser and Elb ...

.''Stempelstelle 47 / Oberharzblick am Buchenberg''
at www.harzer-wandernadel.de. Retrieved 1 Nov 2017.

Personalities

* Albert Schneider (1838–1910), surveyor and railway director * Karl Gronau (1889-1950), high school teacher

References

External links

www.trautenstein.de
{{authority control Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Oberharz am Brocken Villages in the Harz Duchy of Brunswick