Benzingerode has been a village incorporated into the borough of Wernigerode

Wernigerode

Wernigerode is a town in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Until 2007, it was the capital of the district of Wernigerode. Its population was 35,500 in 1999....

 since 1 April 1993. in the district of Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of...

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Location

Benzingerode lies in the North Harz about 7 kilometres east of Wernigerode, on the old B 6 federal road

Bundesstraße 6

The Bundesstraße 6 runs from the North Sea coast in a southeasterly direction through the states of Lower Saxony, Bremen, Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony to the Polish border.- History :...

 that runs through the middle of the village and branches off to Silstedt at the eastern exit. Southwest of Benzingerode liest the Stapenberg

Stapenberg

The Stapenberg is a 443 metre high hill in the northern part of the Harz mountains in central Germany, southwest of the village of Benzingerode in the borough of Wernigerode in Harz district....

. A low ridge, the Ziegenberge runs eastwards towards Heimburg

Heimburg

Heimburg is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Blankenburg am Harz....

 on which is the site of an old hillfort, the Struvenburg

Struvenburg

The Struvenburg was a medieval castle immediately east of Benzingerode, a village in the borough of Wernigerode in the district of Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Today only a few earthworks remain. Very little is known about this castle...

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External links

• Benzingerode in 40 photos (dual: German/French)