Benningbroek

{{Infobox settlement | name = Benningbroek | settlement_type = Village | other_name =  | native_name =  | native_name_lang = nl | image_skyline = File:Exterieur - Benningbroek - 20030606 - RCE.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Dutch Reformed church | image_flag = | image_shield = | nickname = | motto =  | pushpin_map = Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland | pushpin_label_position = top | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Netherlands | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = North Holland | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = Medemblik | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_party = | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 1654EG |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 1 May 2022 |archive-date = 26 December 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181226031342/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool%0A |url-status = dead }}</ref> | elevation_m = -0.6 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | area_footnotes = <ref name="stat"/> | area_total_km2 = 5,67 | established_title = | established_date = | population_footnotes = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=1 May 2022}}</ref> | population_total = 735 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_demonym = | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 1654<ref name="stat"/> | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = 0229 | website = | coordinates = {{coord|52|42|11|N|5|0|35|E|region:NL_type:city(1350)|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = }} '''Benningbroek''' is a village in the northwest Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Medemblik, North Holland about 40 km north of Amsterdam. On the western side, Benningbroek has merged with Sijbekarspel.

The village was first mentioned around 1338 as Bennenbroech, and means "swampy land of the people of Benne (person)".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/benningbroek |title=Benningbroek - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=1 May 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Bennebroek developed in the 11th century as a peat excavation settlement.<ref name="monument">{{cite news|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu11_01/sten009monu11_01_0032.php |title=Benningbroek |author=Ronald Stenvert & Saskia van Ginkel-Meester |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |year=2006 |language=nl |access-date=1 May 2022}}</ref>

The Dutch Reformed church is a single aisled church with a tall spire from the 16th century. The choir was demolished at the end of the 18th century.<ref name="monument"/>

Benningbroek was home to 461 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/benningbroek |title=Benningbroek |website=Plaasengids |access-date=1 May 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> In 1887, a joint railway station with Sijbekarspel opened on the Hoorn to Medemblik railway line. The line closed in 1941.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stationsweb.nl/station.asp?station=benningbroeksijbekarspel&vraag=benningbroek |title=station Benningbroek- Sijbekarspel |website=Stationsweb |access-date=1 May 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

== Gallery == <gallery> File:Voorgevel en linker zijgevel van stolpboerderij met een houten middentopgevel met een omlijste deur met snijlicht - Benningbroek - 20406555 - RCE.jpg|Farm in Benningbroek File:Station Benningbroek-Sijbekarspel.jpg|Former railway station Benningbroek-Sijbekarspel File:Dr. de Vriesstraat 10, Benningbroek 02.JPG|Farm in Benningbroek </gallery>

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Category:Populated places in North Holland Category:Medemblik