Benstorf

Benstorf Patches Salzhemmendorf
Coordinates: 52 ° 5 ′ 36 ″  N , 9 ° 39 ′ 1 ″  E
Height :	95 m
Residents :	630  (June 30, 2016)
Incorporation :	1st January 1973
Postal code :	31020
Area code :	05153
Location of Benstorf in Lower Saxony

Benstorf is a district of the Salzhemmendorf patch in the Hameln-Pyrmont district in Lower Saxony .

location

The place is northeast of the core town of Salzhemmendorf on the B 1 . It is grouped around the church and the historic Thie-Linde. The village community center can also be found here , which has been renovated in a special way by volunteers. The Quanthof area also belongs to the area of ​​this district. In between, the Rasti-Land theme park has been created over the past 30 years . With more and more new attractions, it has become a popular excursion destination in a large area.

history

Rasti-Land in Benstorf / Quanthof

The place is first mentioned in 1022 in the Saalechronik. On December 6, 1241 the parish church “St. Johannes "mentioned in a document, in 1588 the school is noted in a document.

In 1635 Benstorf was merged with the Lauenstein Office, after the place had belonged to the Poppenburg Office since 1389. Seven years later the parish was connected to Oldendorf as the " mater combinata ". In 1724 a new church was built. The half-timbered houses, which today form the closed town center, were also rebuilt around 1800. The church was rebuilt in 1818, and a new organ was bought in 1855. In the same year , a coal mine was driven into the Osterwald in today's Glückauf district , two kilometers east of Benstorf. Around a hundred years later, in 1957, the church was completely renovated and repainted. In 1960 a new cemetery with a chapel was laid out.

In 1964, 25 men and women founded the tennis club at Gasthof Hampe. In 1976 the well-known leisure area "Rasti-Land" was created on the site of an exploited gravel pit. Five years later, in 1981, the barbecue area with a hut and an artificial pond was created.

politics

Local council

Benstorf has a five-member local council.

Local mayor of Benstorf is Günther Rathing (voter group "Active Citizens in Flecken Salzhemmendorf eV").

coat of arms

On a white background a blue ribbon with three white roses from top right to bottom left. The coat of arms of the district was taken from the family coat of arms of the von Benstorpe families.

Web links

• Homepage of the town of Salzhemmendorf

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Municipal election 2011 Bensdorf ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Flyer Politics in Flecken Salzhemmendorf (PDF)