Benzingen

Benzingen Winterlingen municipality
Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 7 ″  N , 9 ° 8 ′ 36 ″  E
Height :	780 m above sea level NN
Area :	17.09 km²
Residents :	963  (1976)
Population density :	56 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Area code :	07577

Benzingen is a district of the municipality of Winterlingen in the Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg ( Germany ). The place is southeast of Winterlingen.

Parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Benzingen

history

Benzingen is first handed down in 1220. The place belonged in the 12./13. Century the Count of Gammertingen and came after various changes of ownership to the County of Veringen .

In 1850 Benzingen became Prussian with the Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen .

Around 1930 the hamlet of Blättringen was incorporated into Benzingen.

On January 1, 1975 Benzingen was incorporated into Winterlingen.

Attractions

• Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul with a Romanesque choir
• Water tower

literature

• Erhard Lazi (Ed.): The Zollernalbkreis . Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-8062-0205-2 , p. 310.

Web links

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

• Benzingen at LEO-BW

Individual evidence

1. ^ 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. 540 .