Trautenstein

Trautenstein
Ortsteil of Oberharz am Brocken
View of Trautenstein church
Trautenstein
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
District Harz
Town Oberharz am Brocken
Basic statistics
Area 1.928 km2 (0.744 sq mi)
Elevation 460 m  (1509 ft)
Population 493  (1 January 2010)
 - Density 256 /km2 (662 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal code 38899
Area code 039459

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 (1-1-2010).

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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 ("Bear Heights"), 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 (in Lower Saxony) as well as Blankenburg, Wernigerode and Hasselfelde (in Saxony-Anhalt). The most important link road is the B 242 from Hasselfelde to Braunlage which passes through Trautenstein.

Personalities

See also

Oberharz am Brocken, Benneckenstein, Elbingerode, Elend, Hasselfelde, Königshütte, Rübeland, Sorge, Stiege, Tanne

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