Benniehausen
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Benniehausen is a village in the Gemeinde Gleichen in southern Lower Saxony.
The village of 371 residents (in 2005) is located in the Wiesental {valley} on the old trade route between Göttingen and Duderstadt, lying some eight kilometers south-west of the former city. Construction of the village's half-timbered church began in 1779. The community has a prize-winning [1] volunteer fire department. Community organizations include a senior citizens club (Altenclub Benniehausen).
Benniehausen and the surrounding area have been inhabited since the Paleolithic [2]. In nearby Niedeck, there is the ruin of an ancient fort, which was excavated in the 1990s [3]
The mayor is Manfred Putz.
[edit] External links
- http://www.gleichen.de/benniehausen/home.htm (in German)
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.feuerwehr-gleichen.de/aktiv/2006/kreisw2006.pdf
- ^ Raddatz, Klaus, 1966, "Altsteinzeitliche Fundplätze im Gartetal bei Benniehausen, Kreis Göttingen", Göttinger Jahrbuch : 31ff.
- ^ Grote, Klaus "Die Hünsche Burg im Gartetal bei Niedeck," Göttinger Jahrbuch 41:318-320.
