Benken (Wiesenburg / Mark)
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Benken
Wiesenburg / Mark municipality
Coordinates: 52 ° 9 ′ 59 ″ N , 12 ° 27 ′ 49 ″ E
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| Height : | 139 m |
| Residents : | 118 (Feb 14, 2018) |
| Postal code : | 14827 |
| Area code : | 033847 |
Benken is a district of the municipality of Wiesenburg / Mark in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district in Brandenburg .
geography
The place is north of the community center. It follows in a clockwise direction: Bad Belzig , Klein Glien , Schmerwitz , Schlamau and Görzke . Around two thirds of the district are used for agriculture; other large areas are forested.
history
Benken emerged as a street village and was first mentioned in a document in 1375. A late Romanesque stone church already existed at this time . For a few centuries the place was hardly inhabited and appeared in the 15th century as a “desert village to Bencken”. Only two farmers and their families have survived from 1542; In 1550 there were four of them. In 1555 a manor was established in the district, which, however, only developed slowly. In the 18th and 19th centuries there was a miller, a blacksmith, a linen weaver and a Kruger . Before the outbreak of the Second World War there were 26 farmers. In the time of the GDR they formed an LPG . In addition, there were new farmers who built five houses with outbuildings on Schlamauer Weg. In 2006 the place was connected to a new water supply.
Attractions
- The village church of Benken was built in the first half of the 13th century. Inside there is a pulpit from the second half of the 17th century and the children's tombstones of those von Thümen .
- The hunting seat in Am Spring 1 from 1901 is a listed building.
Culture
- Events take place regularly in the village community center with youth club. There is a playground and a festival area for other activities.
- The Benken volunteer fire brigade is active in the village. There is also an association of tractor friends, the Benkener chroniclers, a pensioner group, a local farmers' association and a hunting cooperative.
Economy and Infrastructure
In addition to several farms, there is a car repair shop and shoe shop. A non-profit organization operates a children's home in town. It is located in the Schrödershütte forester's lodge , which was built in 1820 and was used as a rehabilitation educational support facility from 1974 until the fall of the Berlin Wall . The young people housed there were placed in companies in Görzke and Bad Belzig from 1987 onwards.
The street Am Spring runs through the town in a west-east direction. In the center of the village, Werbiger Straße branches off to the north. The bus lines 559 and 593 of the VBB provide a connection with Bad Belzig, Hohenlobbese and Görzke.
literature
- Council of the community of Görzke with the support of the society for local history of the district Belzig: News from eight centuries of Görzk history , Märkische Volksstimme, Potsdam, 1989
Web links
- Benken , website of the municipality of Wiesenburg / Mark, accessed on March 26, 2018.
- Benken in the RBB program Landschleicher on October 4, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ Benken. In: wiesenburgmark.de. Wiesenburg / Mark municipality, accessed on May 21, 2017 .
- ↑ Community Wiesenburg / Mark - districts according to § 45 municipal constitution - inhabited districts - living spaces. In: service.brandenburg.de. Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs of the State of Brandenburg, accessed on March 22, 2018 .
- ^ Council of the community of Görzke with the support of the Society for Local History of the Belzig District: News from eight centuries of Görzk history , Märkische Volksstimme, Potsdam, 1989