Benzen is a village and Ortschaft in the town of Walsrode in the Heidekreis district, Lower Saxony, north Germany.

Benzen
Ortschaft of Walsrode
Location of Benzen
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Coordinates: 52°50′0.67″N 9°34′35.31″E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Heidekreis
Town	Walsrode
Area
• Total	8.1 km2 (3.1 sq mi)
Elevation	38 m (125 ft)
Population
• Total	240
• Density	30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	29664
Dialling codes	05161

Location

The village lies south of the town of Walsrode on the River Böhme in the Lüneburg Heath. Benzen is only separated from Walsrode by a wood. Northeast of the village runs at a distance of 1 km the B 27 motorway, to the east is the L 190, also 1 km away.

History

The name of the village probably comes from the Old German word Bendeffen, which means Burg or castle. Near the village is the magistrate's stone (Gerichtsstein). At this spot there was a thingstead, at which a court (Holting) met on 17 June 1491 to determine forest rights. The village of Bensenville, Illinois, in the United States, is named after the village.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Benzen at www.stadt-walsrode.de (in German)
• Street maps of Walsrode parishes (in German)

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