Trautenstein


Trautenstein is a village in the borough of Oberharz am Brocken in the district of Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Trautenstein has 493 inhabitants.

Geography

The small climatic health resort lies in the valley of the Rappbode and at the southwestern end of the Rappbode Reservoir. South of the village is the Bärenhöhe, also known as the Carlshaushöhe, 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 as well as Blankenburg, Wernigerode and Hasselfelde. 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, which is checkpoint 50 in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking network. Another nearby checkpoint is the Oberharzblick am Buchenberg, which is further south and has good views looking towards the two highest mountains of the Harz: the Wurmberg and the Brocken.

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