Bensen (Hessisch Oldendorf)

Bensen City of Hessisch Oldendorf Coordinates: 52 ° 10 ′ 25 ″ N , 9 ° 19 ′ 42 ″ E
Height :	130 m above sea level NN
Area :	8.72 km²
Residents :	376 (2008)
Population density :	43 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1973
Incorporated into:	Fischbeck
Postal code :	31840
Area code :	05152

Bensen is a district of the city of Hessisch Oldendorf in the Weser Uplands in the Hameln-Pyrmont district .

geography

View from Osterberg to the village of Bensen

Bensen is located directly on the Süntel and is 6.8 km from the center of Hessisch Oldendorf (train station) and 11.4 km from the district town of Hameln . Together with the districts of Haddessen, Höfingen and Pötzen , it also forms the village named after the Süntel.

history

Clearance and settlement of the area probably go back to the early Middle Ages. The written tradition begins with the year 955. A Manse zu Benneshusun (Benno's house) was part of Otto I's founding equipment for Fischbeck Abbey . In 1244, Countess Adelheid donated two Bennenhusen farms to her daughter of the same name, the wife of Count Ludwig .

In 1957 the new school building was put into operation. The cemetery chapel was consecrated in 1972. The school was closed in 1976, since then the building has been used as a village community center.

In 1964 (5th place), 1968 (4th place) and 1991 Bensen took part in the competition Our village should become more beautiful .

Population development

year	1550	1795	1858	1910	1935	1950	2002
Residents	150	268	409	393	299	604 *)	388

*) Population increase due to displaced persons and refugees

Club life

The men's choir was founded in 1898. The volunteer fire brigade was founded in 1927.

Web links

Bensen - Information from the city of Hessisch Oldendorf

Individual evidence

↑ Theodor Sickel (Ed.): Diplomata 12: The documents Konrad I., Heinrich I. and Otto I. (Conradi I., Heinrici I. et Ottonis I. Diplomata). Hanover 1879, pp. 255–256 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
↑ Peter von Kobbe : The oldest history of the Duchy of Lauenburg, Göttingen 1821, pp. 340–341 note 37 ( scan from Google Books )

[1] Theodor Sickel (Ed.): Diplomata 12: The documents Konrad I., Heinrich I. and Otto I. (Conradi I., Heinrici I. et Ottonis I. Diplomata). Hanover 1879, pp. 255–256 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )

[2] Peter von Kobbe : The oldest history of the Duchy of Lauenburg, Göttingen 1821, pp. 340–341 note 37 ( scan from Google Books )