Trautenstein is a village in the borough of Oberharz am Brocken in the district of Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Formerly an independent municipality, it was merged into the town Hasselfelde in 2002, which was merged into Oberharz am Brocken in 2010. Its population is 390 (2021).^[1]

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Trautenstein
Ortsteil of Oberharz am Brocken
View of Trautenstein church
Coat of arms
Location of Trautenstein
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Coordinates: 51°41′07″N 10°47′10″E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Harz
Town	Oberharz am Brocken
Area
• Total	1.928 km2 (0.744 sq mi)
Elevation	460 m (1,510 ft)
Population  (2021-12-31)
• Total	390
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	38899
Dialling codes	039459

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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.

South of Trautenstein in the forest is a refuge hut, the Walzenhütte (521 m), which is checkpoint 50 in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking network.^[2] Another nearby checkpoint is the Oberharzblick am Buchenberg (Upper Harz view on the Buchenberg hill), which is further south and has good views looking towards the two highest mountains of the Harz: the Wurmberg and the Brocken.^[3]

• Albert Schneider (1838–1910), surveyor and railway director
• Karl Gronau (1889-1950), high school teacher