Bennstedt

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Location of Bennstedt in Salzatal

View from the north on Bennstedt

Bennstedt is a place of unity in the community Salzatal Saale district, in Saxony -Anhalt ( Germany ).

• 4.1 traffic
• 4.2 Education

Geography

Bennstedt is located about ten kilometers west of Halle ( Saale) and about nine kilometers east of Seeburg.

History

Already around the year 800 people have settled in the area Bennstedts. In a resulting 881-899 Directory of tithing of Hersfeld Monastery ( Hersfeld tithe directory) is first mentioned as requiring a tenth place Bannungestät documented in the frieze field Bennstedt.

From 1829 began with the underground lignite mining in the pit Sophie, who had built the estate owners cook. In the 20th century coal was mined in the open pit, which rest holes testify.

Currently, we are busy with the backup of the existing wells to reduce the existing risk potential.

Until the formation of the unified community Salzatal on 1 January 2010 Bennstedt was an independent municipality in the administrative community Western Saalkreis.

Mayor

Coat of arms

Blazon: " The coat of arms of the municipality Bennstedt shows a downcast to the right black anchor on a gold and blue split background. " In the chronicle of the community, it was found that Bennstedt had once been a water village. For this reason is in the arms of the municipality an anchor.

Village Church

The local church was first mentioned in 1298. It is a single nave, erected mainly of boulders in the first half of the 13th century religious building with a square tower choir. The choir has been added in the 14th century. The tower sound arcades are from the 13th century, on the south side of the ship a late Gothic portal. The north side of the tower is characterized by an annex with the Patronatsloge. To the west, joins the nave to the crypt cultivation. This is passable, it includes two magnificent stone sarcophagi and five grave stones of the family of Bieberstein and six grave plates of Bennstedter landowner family cooking.

The nave was rebuilt after a fire in 1681 the following year in the Baroque style.

The interior is dominated by a powerful altarpiece in the chancel of the superimposed images of the Last Supper, the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ shows. On the horseshoe-shaped gallery, there is a built in 1775 by organ builder Johann Christoph Zuber beer organ.

In 2003, a development association was founded with the goal of restoration of the church.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Bennstedt is affected by the four -lane federal highway 80, which runs from Hall about Eisleben to Sangerhausen. The place was at the newly built within the framework of German Unity Transport Projects A 143 (also called Western Bypass Hall ) connected end of 2004.

Education

In Bennstedt there is a primary school and a daycare center.