{{more citations needed|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox German location |type = Stadtteil |Town = Oberharz am Brocken |image_photo = BenneckensteinLaurentiusKirche.jpg |image_caption = Saint Lawrence Church |image_coa = Wappen Benneckenstein.svg |coordinates = {{coord|51|40|N|10|43|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |state = Sachsen-Anhalt |district = Harz |elevation = 526 |area = 23.65 |population = 1698 |Stand = 2021-12-31 |postal_code = 38877 |area_code = 039457 |licence = HZ |website = [https://stadtoberharz.de/gemeinden/gemeinde-benneckenstein/ stadtoberharz.de] }}
'''Benneckenstein''' ({{IPA|de|ˈbɛnəkn̩ʃtaɪn|-|De-Benneckenstein.ogg}}) is a town in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it has been part of the town of Oberharz am Brocken. Benneckenstein is in the eastern Harz, 14 km southeast of Braunlage, and 24 km south of Wernigerode. Its population is 1,698 (2021).<ref>[https://www.volksstimme.de/lokal/wernigerode/im-oberharz-wachst-nur-elend-3326512 Immer weniger Einwohner im Oberharz - nur ein Ort verzeichnet ein Plus], ''Volksstimme'', 26 January 2022.</ref>
== Location == Benneckenstein lies in the Lower Harz within the Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park. It is located between the villages of Tanne to the north, Trautenstein to the east-northeast and Stiege to the east (all in Saxony-Anhalt), Rothesütte to the south (in Thuringia), Hohegeiß to the west (in Lower Saxony) and Sorge to the north-northwest (in Saxony-Anhalt). The village lies at a height of about 500 to {{Höhe|542|DE-NN}}<ref name="STviewer">[https://archive.today/20121204161706/http://www.lvermgeo.sachsen-anhalt.de/de/geoservice/viewer/htmlviewer/htmlviewer.htm Sachsen-Anhalt-Viewer]</ref> on the upper reaches of the Rappbode. Following the former Inner German Border to the west is the border with Lower Saxony and to the south that with Thuringia; about 3.3 km south-southwest of the village is the tripoint for the three states which is marked by the ''Drei-Länder-Stein''.
The organist, composer and music theorist Andreas Werckmeister was born in Benneckenstein in 1645.
== Leisure == The secluded forest village of ''Grüntal'' (515 m), with its forester's lodge and a few holiday homes, is located by a clearing northeast of Benneckenstein and is also checkpoint 49 in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking network.<ref>[http://www.harzer-wandernadel.de/stempelstellen/uebersichtskarte/stempelstelle-49-%20gruental/ ''Stempelstelle 49 / Grüntal''] at www.harzer-wandernadel.de. Retrieved 1 Nov 2017.</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Oberharz am Brocken}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Category:Oberharz am Brocken Category:Towns in the Harz
{{Harz-geo-stub}}