Benneckenstein is a town in the district of Wernigerode, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated in the eastern Harz, approx. 10 km southeast of Braunlage, and 20 km south of Wernigerode. It is part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") Brocken-Hochharz. Wernigerode is a district (Kreis) in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ... With an area of 20,447 km² and a population of 2. ... The Harz is a mountain range in northern Germany. ... Braunlage is a health resort in the Goslar district in Lower Saxony in Germany. ... Wernigerode Castle Wernigerode is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ... An Amt (plural Ämter) is an administrative unit, which is unique to the German Bundesländer (federal states) of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg. ...

Coordinates: 51°40′N 10°43′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...