# Benzingerode

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**Benzingerode** has been a village incorporated into the borough of [Wernigerode](/source/Wernigerode) since 1 April 1993.[1] It is located in the district of [Harz](/source/Landkreis_Harz) in the German state of [Saxony-Anhalt](/source/Saxony-Anhalt). [Situated](/source/Situated) on the [northeastern](/source/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](/source/Heinrich_I_of_Regenstein).[2]

## Location

Benzingerode lies in the [North Harz](/source/North_Harz) about 7 kilometres east of Wernigerode, on the old [B 6 federal road](/source/Bundesstra%C3%9Fe_6) that runs through the middle of the village and branches off to [Silstedt](/source/Silstedt) at the eastern exit. Southwest of Benzingerode liest the [Stapenberg](/source/Stapenberg). A low ridge, the [Ziegenberge](/source/Ziegenberge) runs eastwards towards [Heimburg](/source/Heimburg) on which is the site of an old [hillfort](/source/Hillfort), the [Struvenburg](/source/Struvenburg).[3]

## Transport and infrastructure

In 2024, [geotechnical](/source/Geotechnical) [drilling](/source/Drilling) began for the planned Fenstermacherberg Tunnel, a major infrastructure project intended to divert heavy traffic from the [B 244](/source/B_244) away from [Wernigerode](/source/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](/source/Upper_Harz) region directly with the [A 36](/source/Bundesautobahn_36) motorway. The drilling work, carried out by the Landesstraßenbaubehörde [Sachsen-Anhalt](/source/Sachsen-Anhalt), aims to assess [geological](/source/Geological) conditions along the Harznordrand fault zone before detailed planning can proceed.[4]

## See also

- [Harz](/source/Harz_(district))
- [Upper Harz](/source/Upper_Harz)
- [Wernigerode](/source/Wernigerode)

## References

1. Statistisches Bundesamt (ed.) (1995), *Gemeinden 1994 und ihre Veränderungen seit 01.01.1948 in den neuen Ländern* (in German), Stuttgart: Metzler-Poeschel, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7

1. ["Benzingerode – Stadt Wernigerode"](https://www.wernigerode.de/Stadtleben/Die-Stadt/Ortschaften/Benzingerode/) (in German). Stadt Wernigerode. Retrieved 15 February 2026.

1. ["Benzingerode – Harz Holiday"](https://www.harz-holiday.eu/gastgeber/orte/benzingerode/benzingerode.htm). Harz Holiday. Retrieved 15 February 2026.

1. ["Tiefenbohrungen für Ortsumgehung laufen"](https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/sachsen-anhalt/magdeburg/harz/wernigerode-tunnel-bohrungen-100.html) (in German). MDR Sachsen-Anhalt. 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2026.

## External links

- [Benzingerode in 40 photos](http://www.raymond-faure.com/Benzingerode/benzingerode.htm) (dual: German/French)
- [Official website of the town of Wernigerode](https://www.wernigerode.de/)

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