Benkhausen

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Benkhausen
Diemelsee municipality
Coordinates: 51 ° 19 ′ 57 ″  N , 8 ° 47 ′ 17 ″  E
Height : 393 m above sea level NHN
Area : 5 km²  [LAGIS]
Residents : 147  (April 5, 2019)
Population density : 29 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 34519
Area code : 05633
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Location of Benkhausen in Northern Hesse
Location of Benkhausen, map from 1572
Location of Benkhausen, map from 1572

Benkhausen is a district of the Diemelsee community in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district in the north-west of northern Hesse .

geography

location

Benkhausen is located in the Upland in the Diemelsee nature park on the Rhene . State road 3076, the Aartalstraße, runs east of the village . Benkhausen lies between Dortmund and Kassel south of Paderborn , roughly in the middle of a triangle with the corner points Korbach , Brilon and Marsberg . The area allocated to the place is 500 hectares .

Natural structure

In terms of natural space , the location is assigned to the region “332 Ostsauerländer Gebirgsrand” and within it the Vorupländer Hügelland (332.61).

Linguistic geography

The development of local language usage is due to the border location between Hesse and Westphalia. The Benrath Line is a historical language border between North Hessian dialects and Westphalian dialects . The region is also influenced by the Sauerland plateau . The Dat-das-Line follows a similar course in this region. Small-scale linguistic geographical boundaries for the pronunciation of vowels were proven around Benkhausen up to the 20th century.

history

Benkhausen was first mentioned in 1072. The place has been named differently throughout history. The known documentary evidence can be found in the following overview:

  • Beigenchusun (1072) [Cop. around 1124/25 Bauermann, Grafschafter foundation documents, p. 12, Regesta of the Archbishops of Cologne 1, p. 298–299, no. 1014]
  • Beinchusen, de (1237) [Bredelar monastery documents, pp. 56–57, no. 31]
  • Beynchusen, in (1335) [documents from the Propstei Marsberg, p. 104, no. 149]
  • Benkhosen, in (1350) [Paul Wigand, individual contributions, in: Archive for history and antiquity of Westphalia 6 (1834), pp. 385–405, IV: The oldest Corveyer Lehnsregister, here p. 395, § 53]
  • Beyngenchusen, to (1383) [HStAM inventory document 85 No. 8528]
  • Beynchusen (1397) [Bredelar monastery documents, p. 225, no. 458]
  • Benckhusen (1537) [HStAM inventory 127 No. 3]
  • Benckhausen (1733) [HStAD inventory P 23 No. 56]

Incorporations

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , Benkhausen and twelve other municipalities formed the new municipality of Diemelsee on December 31, 1971.

Culture and sights

church

A chapel was built in Benkhausen around 1541, which was followed by a baroque church in 1687. The local half-timbered church from 1687 had to give way to a new building in 1967. In 1968 a new Protestant church was inaugurated. A 2-part concrete glass window from the construction period is located above the altar. Six more windows were created in 1993 by the glass painter Erhardt Jakobus Klonk. The parish belongs to the Protestant parish of Twiste-Eisenberg

Benkhausen on the cliff.jpg

Natural monuments

Benkhausen has a "cliff" that is registered as "ND 06 012 - Benkhausen - Felspartie" Die Heggel "". Other natural monuments of Benkhausen such as an old linden tree and other protected areas can be found in the list of natural monuments in Diemelsee (municipality) .

Awards and competitions

The group "Höpperjugend" from Benkhausen was honored for its commitment with the "Awarding of the Hessian Participation Prize 2017" by the Hessian Family Minister Stefan Grüttner . At the same time, an amount was given to promote local club life, to develop the infrastructure and for the benefit of the town twinning of the Diemelsee municipality with Den Ham .

Infrastructure

  • In Benkhausen there is a village community center , the Benkhausen volunteer fire brigade , a barbecue hut and a playground with a Kneipp pool.
  • The European long-distance hiking trail North Sea - Lake Constance - Mediterranean leads through Benkhausen.
  • The “Klippe” viewpoint is well worth seeing. To be reached via one of the 3 town entrances.

literature

Web links

Commons : Benkhausen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Status: April 5, 2019 in “Facts and Figures” on the Diemelsee municipality's website ( Memento from April 5, 2019 in the Internet Archive ).
  2. ↑ a b c Benkhausen, Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  3. ↑ As of: 30.06.2016 in "Facts and Figures" on the website of the Diemelsee municipality ( Memento from August 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ).
  4. ↑ State of Hesse: The natural areas of Hesse and their main units ( Memento from March 27, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Association for Low German Language Research, Yearbook 1903 , Diedr. Soltau's Verlag, 1903, p. 132, p. 135 online digitized version , accessed on May 28, 2019.
  6. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 408 f .
  7. ↑ Evangelical Church District Twiste-Eisenberg: Benkhausen ( Memento from May 28, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ ND 06 012 - Benkhausen - Felspartie "Die Heggel" ( Memento from May 28, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Hessian Ministry for Social Affairs and Integration : Awarding of the Hessian Participation Prize 2017 ( Memento from May 28, 2019 in the Internet Archive )