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.[1] 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 Dirk Otter.
References[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
- Static Site(in German) Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
