Benneckenstein () is a town in the district of Harz, in

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 th ...

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. Since 1 January 2010, it has been part of the town of Oberharz am Brocken. Benneckenstein is in the eastern

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 ...

, 14 km southeast of

Braunlage Braunlage () is a town and health resort in the Goslar district of Lower Saxony in Germany. Situated within the Harz mountain range, south of the Brocken massif, Braunlage's main business is tourism, particularly skiing. Nearby ski resorts inclu ...

, and 24 km south of

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 ...

Location

Benneckenstein lies in the Lower Harz within the Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park. It is located between the villages of Tanne to the north, Trautenstein to the east-northeast and Stiege to the east (all in Saxony-Anhalt), Rothesütte to the south (in

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), Hohegeiß to the west (in

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) and Sorge to the north-northwest (in Saxony-Anhalt). The village lies at a height of about 500 to Sachsen-Anhalt-Viewer
/ref> on the upper reaches of the Rappbode. Following the former Inner German Border to the west is the border with

and to the south that with

; about 3.3 km south-southwest of the village is the

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for the three states which is marked by the '' Drei-Länder-Stein''. The organist, composer and music theorist Andreas Werckmeister was born in Benneckenstein in 1645.

Leisure

The secluded forest village of ''Grüntal'' (515 m), with its

forester's lodge A forester's lodge, forester's house or forester's hut is the residence of a forester, usually one who is in charge of a forest district. History Woodcutters' huts are as old as forestry itself. To begin with, temporary accommodation was usually ...

and a few holiday homes, is located by a clearing northeast of Benneckenstein and is also checkpoint 49 in the

Harzer Wandernadel The Harzer Wandernadel is a system of hiking awards in the Harz mountains in central Germany. The hiker (or mountain biker) can earn awards at different levels of challenge by walking to the various checkpoints in the network and stamping his or ...

hiking network.''Stempelstelle 49 / Grüntal''
at www.harzer-wandernadel.de. Retrieved 1 Nov 2017.

References

Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Oberharz am Brocken Towns in the Harz {{Harz-geo-stub