Benniehausen

Benniehausen is a village in the Gemeinde Gleichen in southern Lower Saxony.

The village of 349 residents (in 2010) is located in the Gartetal {valley} on the old trade route between Göttingen and Duderstadt, lying some eight kilometers south-west of the former city.

The community has a prize-winning volunteer fire department.

[1] Community organizations include a senior citizens club (Altenclub Benniehausen).

[2] In nearby Niedeck, there is the ruin of an ancient fort, which was excavated in the 1990s [3] The mayor is Dirk Otter.