Bennigsen

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Bennigsen
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Bennigsen coat of arms
Coordinates: 52 ° 14 ′ 20 ″  N , 9 ° 40 ′ 20 ″  E
Height : 85  (80-100)  m
Area : 11.83 km²
Residents : 4052  (June 30, 2019)
Population density : 343 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : March 1, 1974
Postal code : 31832
Area code : 05045
Bennigsen (Lower Saxony)
Bennigsen

Location of Bennigsen in Lower Saxony
Town view
Town view

Bennigsen is a village in the town of Springe in Lower Saxony .

geography

Bennigsen is in the northeast of the urban area of Springe , on the southern slope of the Süllberg , an eastern branch of the Deister . From there you have a view of the eastern Calenberg plain. The place is located in the historical landscape of the Calenberger Land and within the Calenberger Loessbörde with fertile arable soils.

history

Bennigsen was first mentioned around 980 as "Bennucheshusen" in a deed of gift. The place with about ten farms presumably existed before. In the same document, the neighboring town of Lüdersen is named as "Luidgereshem".

To the south of today's town lies the Medefeld desert , which is older than Bennigsen. Bennigsen itself was probably founded in the early Middle Ages .

On March 1, 1974 Bennigsen was incorporated into the town of Springe. The former Rudolf-von-Bennigsen-Eiche was named after the politician Rudolf von Bennigsen , who died in Bennigsen in 1902 .

politics

mayor

Jörg Niemetz (CDU) has been the local mayor since 2016.

coat of arms

In the horizontally divided shield, the coat of arms shows a brown, right-turned, slightly rising crossbow-wrench on a white background and below a white sugar beet with three green leaves on a blue background. The crossbow tensioner comes from the coat of arms of the von Bennigsen family . The sugar beet contributed to the economic development of the place in the 19th century.

The coat of arms is painted on the west gable of the station building above Rudolf-von-Bennigsen- Platz.

Culture and sights

Bennigsen has a primary school, the Süllberg sports hall, a teaching pool and a heated outdoor pool with a 50 m pool. Several supermarkets, retail stores and a gas station are available in town. The range of restaurants is diverse. A local beer, the "Bennexer", was brewed in one until 2015. The sports clubs cover a broad spectrum, the largest in terms of membership are the water sports club and the FC. The Bennigsen Beavers club was in the Bundesliga baseball from 2004 to 2005 .

  • In the region Hannover popular is the annually on the cobblestone held "Am Good" in the amount of ev. St. Martin Church on the second weekend of Advent Christmas market of the local clubs.
  • The Bennigsen manor in the village has been the headquarters of the Lower Saxon noble family von Bennigsen for more than 700 years .
  • Since 1995 the current landlord and cellist Roderic von Bennigsen has organized a series of concerts with renowned international artists every summer on his estate.
  • The state road 460 running through the village is developed as a half-avenue of Japanese pagoda trees west of the train station .
  • The remains of the Bennigser Burg lie in the Deister near the village .
  • Inline skating days have been taking place in Bennigsen for several years. Several German championships were held.

Churches

There are two churches in Bennigsen:

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Martin from 1907 is located on the estate, it was built because in 1905 its predecessor church burned down as a result of a lightning strike. Your parish Bennigsen-Lüdersen is part of the Laatzen-Springe parish.

The Catholic Church of Mary of Perpetual Help from 1961 is located on Thomaskircher Weg, today it belongs to the parish of Christ König in Springe. Before that, a Catholic service took place in the emergency chapel set up in a guest house.

  • Evangelical Church of St. Martin

  • Tower of the Church of St. Martin

  • Catholic Church

Architectural monuments

Economy and Infrastructure

Bennigsen has been a train station on the Hanover – Altenbeken railway since 1872 , and can now be reached from Hanover (airport) and Paderborn with the S 5 of the Hanover S-Bahn . The station is unusually central for a town of this size. The place can also be reached from Hanover with the Hanover tram and by changing to the bus.

The exit to Bennigsen is located on the multi-lane B 217 between Wennigsen-Holtensen and Völksen . The state road 460 continues to Hildesheim .

Personalities

literature

  • Tobias Gärtner and Martin Posselt: On the settlement of the Calenberger Börde in the Roman Empire and in the early Middle Ages. In: Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte , Vol. 77, P. 91–123, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2008.
  • Tobias Gärtner: Traces of the Roman Empire between Eldagsen and Bennigsen. In: Springer Yearbook 2009 for the city and the old district of Springe. Publisher: Friends of the town history of Springe e. V., Springe 2009. pp. 10-25.
  • Hans-Christian Rohde: We are Germans with a Jewish religion. History of the Jews in Eldagsen and Springe, Bennigsen, Gestorf, Völksen. Hallermunter writings 2. Museum in the Burghof e. V., Spring 1999.
  • Joachim Oesterle: Bennigsen manor. In: Springer Yearbook 2011 for the city and the old district of Springe. Support association for the town history of Springe e. V., Springe 2011, pp. 30–35: Ill., Farbtaf. on pp. 214-215.

Web links

Commons : Bennigsen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Official municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Final results after the census of September 13, 1950 (=  Statistics of the Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 33 ). W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Cologne 1952, p. 32 ( digital version [PDF; 27.1 MB ]).
  2. ^ Districts of the city of Springe. In: Website of the city of Springe. June 30, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2019 .
  3. ↑ bennigsen.de - (- Deister Springe) - History of Ortsrates Bennigsen homepage. Retrieved January 28, 2020 .
  4. ^ 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. 203 .
  5. ↑ www.bennigsen.de: Local council