Benniehausen is a village in the Gemeinde Gleichen

Gleichen, Lower Saxony

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 in southern Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

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The village of 371 residents (in 2005) is located in the Wiesental {valley} on the old trade route between Göttingen

Göttingen

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 and Duderstadt

Duderstadt

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, lying some eight kilometers south-west of the former city. Construction of the village's half-timbered church began in 1779. The community has a prize-winning volunteer fire department. Community organizations include a senior citizens club (Altenclub Benniehausen).

Benniehausen and the surrounding area have been inhabited since the Paleolithic . In nearby Niedeck, there is the ruin of an ancient fort, which was excavated in the 1990s

The mayor is Manfred Putz.