Benzen

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

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ruensteen Walsrode and Bismarck memorial.

Ruensteen Walsrode

Stone

Photo: RogerWiki, CC0.

Ruensteen Walsrode is a stone.

Hollige railway station

Railway station

Photo: Operations, Public domain.

Hollige railway station is situated 2½ km southwest of Benzen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Düshorn and Altenboitzen.

Düshorn

Village

Photo: Losch, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Düshorn is a village, which is situated 3½ km east of Benzen.

Altenboitzen is a village and today a village within the borough of Walsrode in Heidekreis district in the German state of Lower Saxony. Formerly an independent municipality, it is part of Walsrode since 1974. Altenboitzen is situated 4½ km southwest of Benzen.

Bockhorn

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Bockhorn is a parish in the borough of Walsrode in the Heidekreis district in the Lüneburg Heath in the north German state of Lower Saxony. About 290 people live in this heath parish which has an area of 9.0 km². Bockhorn is situated 6 km east of Benzen.

Benzen

Type: Village with 240 residents
Description: human settlement in Germany
Categories: Ortsteil and locality
Location: Walsrode, Heidekreis, Lüneburg Heath, Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

52.83434° or 52° 50′ 4″ north

Longitude

9.57695° or 9° 34′ 37″ east

Population

240

Elevation

38 metres (125 feet)

Open location code

9F4FRHMG+PQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1050319382

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2950923

Wikidata ID

Q818462

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Satellite Map

Discover Benzen from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Russian—“Benzen” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Benzen”
Dutch: “Benzen”
French: “Benzen”
German: “Benzen”
Irish: “Benzen”
Italian: “Benzen”
Persian: “بنتسن (والزروده)”
Persian: “بنتسن”
Russian: “Бенцен”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Freiwillige Feuerwehr Benzen and Lehmkuhle.

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