Benneckenstein: Hotels and Accommodations

Winter activities in Benneckenstein include sledding, skiing, ski jumping, and cross-country skiing on trails around the town.

Winter

The Bergwiesen nature trail around Benneckenstein is a themed circular trail considered suitable for families and strollers. Along the trail, information stations provide details about mountain meadows, Harz plants, animals, and meadow herbs.

If you would like to stay overnight in Benneckenstein, you may be planning to find and book a hotel.

Geographical Location

Benneckenstein lies in the upper Rappbode Valley at an elevation of approximately 540 to 560 meters above sea level. The town is situated among meadows, valleys, and forests, and near the borders with Lower Saxony and Thuringia.

Landscape

The local hiking trail network includes nature and adventure trails, medicinal herb trails, and mountain meadow nature trails.

The surrounding area of Benneckenstein includes Kuckuck, Stöberhai, Hohnekamm, and Achtermannshöhe.

Culture

The slate-clad Protestant St. Laurentius Church stands in the center of Benneckenstein.

Exhibition venues in Benneckenstein display historic vehicles and everyday objects. They also present material on local customs, traditions, cultural history, community life, and traditional crafts.

In the immediate vicinity of Benneckenstein lies Benneckenstein, St. Laurentius. The surrounding area also contains the ruins of Königsburg, Hohenstein Castle, and Heinrichsburg.

Getting Around

Benneckenstein has a station of the Harz Narrow-Gauge Railways, with connections on the Harz Railway between Nordhausen and Wernigerode. The station is located approximately one kilometer north of the town center.

Steam train journeys can begin directly in Benneckenstein; destinations that can be reached include Brocken, Wernigerode, and Nordhausen.

Further local pages: Hasselfelde, Neuwerk, Elbingerode, Sorge, Elend, Rübeland, Stiege, Königshütte.

To the higher-level travel overview: Oberharz Am Brocken.