Benitz

Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Rostock
Office :	Swaan
Height :	13 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.72 km 2
Residents:	390 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	40 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	18258
Area code :	03844
License plate :	LRO, BÜZ, DBR, GÜ, ROS, TET
Community key :	13 0 72 011
LOCODE :	DE B8M
Office administration address:	Horse market 2 ; 18258 Schwaan
Website :	www.amt-schwaan.de
Mayor :	Rainer Mohsakowski
Location of the municipality of Benitz in the Rostock district

Benitz is a municipality in the Rostock district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany). The municipality is administered by the Schwaan Office , based in the city of the same name .

geography

The municipality of Benitz is located on the west bank of the lower Warnow , the place Benitz is about 1 kilometer from the river. The town of Schwaan borders the municipality to the south of Benitz, and the port city of Rostock is 12 km to the north . The highest point is on the east bank of Brooksee near Brookhusen at 37 meters above sea level, the terrain falls to around 0.2 meters above sea level as far as the Warnow. There is no large forest in the municipality.

The Brookhusen district belongs to Benitz.

politics

Community representation

The municipal council consists of 6 members. The election to the local council on June 7, 2009 had the following results:

Party / applicant	percent	Seats
Groups of voters	88.2	5
CDU	11.8	1

history

Benitz Manor

Building with a pointed barrel roof

Remnants of the gravel loading systems

Benitz was first mentioned in a document in 1270. The manor house, which is now used as a residential building, was built between 1815 and 1816 and converted into a two-story building at the end of the 19th century through renovations and additions. The former servants' part of the building has a vaulted cellar and today houses the community center and is the seat of the Benitz volunteer fire department . At the beginning of the 20th century Dutch guest workers came to Benitz in the course of gravel mining and built several pointed barrel roof houses. These are unique in Mecklenburg and are under monument protection. The Benitzer gravel pit is located southeast of the village not far from the Warnow bank. The mining ended in the 1960s. Remains of the loading dock are still visible in the Warnow.

Attractions

traffic

Benitz is conveniently located for the A 20 . The Rostock-Südstadt junction is five kilometers north of the town . The Rostock – Schwaan railway runs through the community with a stop in Huckstorf; the distance there is around two kilometers.