Benniehausen
Benniehausen is a village in the Gemeinde Gleichen in southern Lower Saxony.
The village of 349 residents (in 2010) is located in the Gartetal {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 volunteer fire department. Community organizations include a senior citizens club (Altenclub Benniehausen).
Benniehausen and the surrounding area have been inhabited since the Paleolithic. In nearby Niedeck, there is the ruin of an ancient fort, which was excavated in the 1990s
The mayor is Dirk Otter.
References
- ^ Kreis 2006feuerwehr-gleichen.de. (in German) Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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.
External links
- Static Site(in German) Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine