City of Benneckenstein (Harz)
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City of Benneckenstein (Harz)
City of Oberharz am Brocken
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| Height : | 510 (500-542) m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 23.65 km² |
| Residents : | 2159 (Dec. 31, 2008) |
| Population density : | 91 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 2010 |
| Postal code : | 38877 |
| Area code : | 039457 |
  Location of the town of Benneckenstein (Harz) in Oberharz am Brocken
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City of Benneckenstein (Harz) is a district of the city of Oberharz am Brocken in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt .
Geographical location
Benneckenstein is located in the Lower Harz in the Harz / Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park . It is located between the villages of Tanne in the north, Trautenstein in the east-northeast and Stiege in the east (all in Saxony-Anhalt), Rothesütte in the south (in Thuringia ), Hohegeiß in the west (in Lower Saxony ) and Sorge in the north-north-west (in Saxony-Anhalt) . The at about 500 to 542 m above sea level. NN located place is on the upper reaches of the Rappbode . Along the former inner-German border , the border with Lower Saxony runs in the west and that with Thuringia in the south; About 3.3 km southwest of the village is the triangle of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia , where the three-country stone is located.
Dialect border
Benneckenstein is located immediately south of the Benrath line and thus at the transition from the High German - more precisely: the East Central German dialects to the Low German language .
history
General
On February 14, 1741, the village of Benneckenstein received the rights of a Prussian city from King Friedrich II of Prussia . A division of the village that lasted 368 years came to an end (see Amt Benneckenstein ).
Between 1945 and 1952 Benneckenstein belonged to the state of Thuringia . Then it belonged to the district of Wernigerode , the southernmost district in the district of Magdeburg .
In 1972 the place celebrated its 650th anniversary.
On January 1, 2010, the town of Benneckenstein (Harz) merged with the communities of Elend , Sorge , Stiege and Tanne and the towns of Hasselfelde and Elbingerode (Harz) to form the town of Oberharz am Brocken.
On July 1, 2014, the new municipal constitutional law of the state of Saxony-Anhalt came into force. In its § 14 (2) the municipalities are given the opportunity to assign this designation to the districts that were towns before the incorporation. The city of Oberharz am Brocken made use of this regulation. The corresponding main statutes came into force on June 26, 2015.
Place name
According to legend, the name of the city goes back to the bite of local humor. Once a hunter wanted to take a breather on a boulder by the side of the road. But it immediately turned out that he had made himself comfortable on a sleeping old woman who had been traveling with her suitcase that had been placed next to it. Therefore, she is said to have murmured, "Benn eck en Stein ?!"
age structure
The age structure (as of December 31, 2008) is made up as follows: 10.2% under 16 years of age, 1.1% between the ages of 16-18, 7.5% between the ages of 18 and 25, 8.6% im Ages 25 to 35,
13.2% between the ages of 35 and 45, 27.1% between the ages of 45 and 60 and 32.3% over the age of 60. That makes 56.4% of the population in the age range 18–60 years.
politics
coat of arms
The coat of arms was awarded on December 10, 1932 by the Prussian State Ministry and confirmed on March 25, 1996 by the Magdeburg Regional Council.
Blazon : "Argent, a grooved red zweizinnige wall from which the with blue robe ( Kasel black) and silver with two paws crosses occupied stole dressed, golden haloed St. Lawrence grows, in his right hand a green palm branch in her left hand a lowered black rust holding. "
The coat of arms was designed by the Berlin heraldist Carl Busch .
Town twinning
Benneckenstein's partner community was Salzhemmendorf until 2010 .
Infrastructure and economy
traffic
In Benneckenstein, the state roads 97 (Hohegeiß – Trautenstein) and 98 (Tanne – Rothesütte) cross, which connect to federal road 4 ( Bad Harzburg - Braunlage - Nordhausen ) in the west and south .
The city lies on the Harzquerbahn route ( Wernigerode –Nordhausen) of the Harz narrow-gauge railways .
There are connections to Wernigerode, Blankenburg , Braunlage, Hohegeiss and Nordhausen via bus lines from the Harz Transport Authority and the Nordhausen Transport Authority .
Schools and kindergartens
The city has a primary school and a daycare center.
In addition, the state of Saxony-Anhalt operates a training and further education institute for the judiciary in Benneckenstein.
Industry, trade and commerce
On the outskirts in the direction of Trautenstein is the “An den Lehmkuhlen” industrial park. The industry is characterized by medium-sized companies.
In addition to two supermarkets, bakers, butchers and a small hardware store, there are also Sparkasse and Volksbank in the village . Other retailers are spread across the place.
Medical supplies
Pharmacy, doctor, dentist, physiotherapist and nursing home are available.
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Sports facilities
- Football field
- gym
- Tennis hall
- Ski jump
- Ski and toboggan lift
tourism
Benneckenstein is primarily known as a recreational and winter sports town. For this reason, the tourist offer of the Harzstadt is very diverse. This ranges from hiking, cross golf and dog sledding to tank rides. In addition to restaurants, the place also offers hotels, guest houses and especially holiday apartments. Because of its central location, Benneckenstein is a popular starting point for Harz tours.
The tourist information is located at the train station.
Attractions
- St. Lawrence Church
- Home parlor in the guest's house
- Boxing room
- East German Vehicle and Industry Museum
- Max-Schmeling- Platz with a monument
- Harz narrow-gauge railway
- Wilhelm Schmidt memorial
- Werckmeister monument
- Kurpark with gondola pond
- Harz mountain meadows
- School camp at Waldschlößchen
Benneckenstein station
St. Lawrence Church
Max Schmeling memorial
Wilhelm Schmidt Monument
Werckmeister memorial
Benneckenstein town hall
Gondola pond
Events
- The traditional finch maneuver ( intangible world cultural heritage ) takes place annually on Whit Monday on the so-called forest aisle at the Waldschlößchen .
- The THEATERNATURE - Festival of the Performing Arts has been taking place on the Benneckenstein Waldbühne every year since summer 2015.
- The Laurentiade, as a church and city festival, has been celebrated on the 1st Sunday in September since 1990. Organizers are the city's associations and the parish.
- Upper Harz border race (on the 3rd weekend in February; organized by the Benneckenstein winter sports club, founded in 1909)
- Annual large classic car meeting at the East German Vehicle Museum on Wernigeröder Strasse
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- Max Schmeling , From 1934 Benneckenstein was the training camp for the national teams in boxing, wrestling and weightlifting. On the occasion of the success of the German boxers at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Schmeling was granted honorary citizenship of the city of Benneckenstein on November 28, 1936 after defeating Joe Louis at the top of his fame. For years there was a friendly relationship between the Harz city and the box idol. After 1991 it was revitalized, and at Whitsun 1993 Max Schmeling visited Benneckenstein again.
- Wilhelm Schmidt (1858–1924), building officer, humanist and inventor (approx. 1400 patents), lived in Benneckenstein since 1908. He brought the development of superheated steam technology for the steam engine to a breakthrough and received honorary citizenship in February 1917. Today a memorial in town commemorates him.
Sons and daughters of the place
- Andreas Werckmeister (1645–1706), organist and music theorist
- Friedrich Kallmeyer (1804–1868), painter
- Christian Georg Kohlrausch (1851–1934), gymnastics teacher, rediscoverer of discus throwing
- Karl Wenschow (1884–1947), engraver, sculptor and cartographer
- Wilhelm Mückenheim (1887-1922), poacher
- Werner Haase (1934–2014), cross-country skier, Olympic participant in 1960
- Hans-Dieter Riechel (1934–2014), biathlete, Olympic participant in 1964
- Dieter Bokeloh (* 1942), ski jumper, Olympic fourth in 1964
- Rainer Berger (* 1944), track and field athlete, Olympic participant 1964, European Championship participant 1966
People related to the place
- Berthold C. Haferland (1934–2011), lawyer and home clerk, head of the University of Applied Sciences for Justice
- Wolfgang Vogler (1948–1974), lost his life in 1974 as a result of an attempt to escape
- Hans Wölpert (1898–1957), weightlifter, set a world record for pressing the featherweight in 1936 in preparation for the Olympic Games in Benneckenstein
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saxony-Anhalt Viewer
- ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
- ↑ Local constitution law of the state in the version of July 1, 2014
- ^ Main statute of the city of Oberharz am Brocken in the version of June 26, 2015
- ↑ Adventure World Vol. 8–9, 1943, p. 102
- ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt: Page no longer available , search in web archives: Benneckenstein (Harz) (as of September 1, 2009), accessed on February 3, 2010
- ↑ Benneckenstein - UP IN THE HARZ. Retrieved February 12, 2020 .
- ↑ East German Vehicle and Technology Museum
- ↑ REVIEW 2017 - Theaternatur.de. Accessed December 16, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Olympic Athletes Born in Benneckenstein, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Web links
Localities and districts: City of Benneckenstein (Harz) | City of Elbingerode (Harz) | Misery | City of Hasselfelde (with Rotacker ) | Königshütte (Harz) | Rübeland cave site (with Neuwerk and Susenburg ) | Concern | Stairs | Fir tree | Trautenstein
Other locations: Büchenberg and Eggeröder Brunnen (to the city of Elbingerode) | Almond wood and Wietfeld (on misery) | Lüdershof and Neue Hütte (to Königshütte) | Kaltes Tal and Kreuztal (to Rübeland caves)