{{Short description|Village in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Benzingerode | image_skyline = Benzingerode.jpg | image_caption = Benzingerode, seen from the Struvenberg | coordinates = {{coord|51|50|04|N|10|52|02|E|display=inline}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Germany | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Saxony-Anhalt | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Harz | subdivision_type3 = Town | subdivision_name3 = Wernigerode }}
thumb|Benzingerode, seen from the Austberg '''Benzingerode''' has been a village incorporated into the borough of Wernigerode since 1 April 1993.<ref>{{citation|editor-surname1=Statistisches Bundesamt|title=Gemeinden 1994 und ihre Veränderungen seit 01.01.1948 in den neuen Ländern |publisher=Metzler-Poeschel|publication-place=Stuttgart|isbn=3-8246-0321-7|date=1995|language=German}}</ref> It is located in the district of Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Situated on the northeastern edge of the Harz Mountains, the settlement can look back on a history of around 800 years and was first mentioned in 1212 in the feudal register of Count Heinrich I of Regenstein.<ref>{{cite web |title=Benzingerode – Stadt Wernigerode |url=https://www.wernigerode.de/Stadtleben/Die-Stadt/Ortschaften/Benzingerode/ |publisher=Stadt Wernigerode |language=de |access-date=15 February 2026 }}</ref>
== Location == Benzingerode lies in the North Harz about 7 kilometres east of Wernigerode, on the old B 6 federal road that runs through the middle of the village and branches off to Silstedt at the eastern exit. Southwest of Benzingerode liest the Stapenberg. A low ridge, the Ziegenberge runs eastwards towards Heimburg on which is the site of an old hillfort, the Struvenburg.<ref>{{cite web |title=Benzingerode – Harz Holiday |url=https://www.harz-holiday.eu/gastgeber/orte/benzingerode/benzingerode.htm |publisher=Harz Holiday |language=en |access-date=15 February 2026 }}</ref>
== Transport and infrastructure == In 2024, geotechnical drilling began for the planned Fenstermacherberg Tunnel, a major infrastructure project intended to divert heavy traffic from the B 244 away from Wernigerode and its surrounding districts, including Benzingerode. The tunnel, classified as a priority project in the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030, would connect the Upper Harz region directly with the A 36 motorway. The drilling work, carried out by the Landesstraßenbaubehörde Sachsen-Anhalt, aims to assess geological conditions along the Harznordrand fault zone before detailed planning can proceed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tiefenbohrungen für Ortsumgehung laufen |url=https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/sachsen-anhalt/magdeburg/harz/wernigerode-tunnel-bohrungen-100.html |publisher=MDR Sachsen-Anhalt |date=2024 |language=de |access-date=15 February 2026 }}</ref>
== See also == * Harz * Upper Harz * Wernigerode
== References == <references />
== External links == {{Commons category|Benzingerode}} * [http://www.raymond-faure.com/Benzingerode/benzingerode.htm Benzingerode in 40 photos] (dual: German/French) * [https://www.wernigerode.de/ Official website of the town of Wernigerode]
{{Coord|51.83458|N|10.86710|E|type:city_region:DE-ST|display=title|format=dms}} {{Borough of Wernigerode}}
{{Authority control}} Category:Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Category:Wernigerode Category:Duchy of Brunswick Category:Villages in Saxony-Anhalt Category:Harz