Brocken-Hochharz

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Brocken-Hochharz is a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") in the district of Wernigerode, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated in the Harz mountains, southwest of Wernigerode. It is named after the highest peak of the Harz: Brocken. The seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft is in Hasselfelde.

The Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Brocken-Hochharz consists of the following municipalities (population in 2005 between brackets):

  • Allrode (715)
  • Altenbrak (386)
  • Benneckenstein (Harz) (2.236)
  • Elend (544)
  • Hasselfelde * (3.148)
  • Schierke (733)
  • Sorge (132)
  • Stiege (1.199)
  • Tanne (717)
  • Treseburg (99)
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