Bennigsen

Bennigsen
Bennigsen
Village of Springe
	Coat of arms
	Location of Bennigsen
	Bennigsen Bennigsen
	Coordinates: 52°14′20″N 9°40′10″E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hanover
Town	Springe
Elevation	80 m (260 ft)
Population (2019)
• Total	4,052
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	31832
Dialling codes	05045

Bennigsen is a village near Springe in the district of Hanover in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1974 it has been administered by the municipality of Springe.

The Hanover–Altenbeken railway runs through the village with the local railstation being served by the S5 line of the Hanover S-Bahn network. Former Premier Baseball League team Bennigsen Beavers is based there. Famous people of Bennigsen include 19th century national liberal politician Rudolf von Bennigsen, a member of the eponymous noble family.[1] In 2016, Voice of Germany winner Jamie-Lee Kriewitz from Bennigsen was selected to represent Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest.[2]

References

Hans Herzfeld (1955). "Bennigsen, Karl Wilhelm Rudolf von". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 2 (Behaim–Bürkel). pp. 50–52.
"Jamie-Lee singt für Deutschland". Neue Presse (in German). 25 February 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.

External links

Official website (in German)

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[1] Hans Herzfeld (1955). "Bennigsen, Karl Wilhelm Rudolf von". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 2 (Behaim–Bürkel). pp. 50–52.

[2] "Jamie-Lee singt für Deutschland". Neue Presse (in German). 25 February 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.