Trautenstein is a village in the borough of

Oberharz am Brocken Oberharz am Brocken () is a town in the Harz (district), Harz District, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2010 by the merger of the town of Elbingerode with the municipalities of the former ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ("coll ...

in the district of

Harz The Harz (), also called the Harz Mountains, 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'' der ...

in the German state of

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...

. 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 in the eastern Harz, approximately 17 km south of Wernigerode. Since 1 January 2010 it has been part of the town of Oberharz am Brocken. Its population is 1,941 ( ...

in 2002, which was merged into Oberharz am Brocken in 2010. Its population is 390 (2021).

Geography

The small climatic health resort lies in the valley of the

Rappbode 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 east of ...

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 east of ...

. 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 a ...

'', 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 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 ...

Bad Lauterberg Bad Lauterberg is a town in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the southern Harz, approx. 15 km southwest of Braunlage, and 20 km southeast of Osterode am Harz. Bad Lauterberg is known ''inter alia ...

Bad Harzburg Bad Harzburg (; Eastphalian dialect, Eastphalian: ''Bad Harzborch'') is a spa town in central Germany, in the Goslar (district), Goslar district of Lower Saxony. It lies on the northern edge of the Harz mountains and is a recognised saltwater spa ...

(in Lower Saxony) as well as Blankenburg,

Wernigerode Wernigerode () is a town in the Harz (district), district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Until 2007, it was the capital of the Wernigerode (district), district of Wernigerode. Its population was 32,181 in 2020. Wernigerode is located southwes ...

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

hiking network. Another nearby checkpoint is the ''Oberharzblick am Buchenberg'' (Upper Harz view on the Buchenberg hill), which is further south and has a good view of Harz's two highest mountains:

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 Wur ...

and

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

.''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