Bennewitz is a municipality in the

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

district in

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History

Today Bennewitz is a cluster of several villages administered by Bennewitz village. The main village of Bennewitz is one of the oldest settlements in the

Mulde The Mulde () is a river in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Elbe and is long. The river is formed by the confluence, near Colditz, of the Zwickauer Mulde (running through Zwickau) and the Freiberger Mulde (wit ...

-valley. It is probably named after Bono or Bonislaw who settled here about 1200 years ago. The name is of Sorbian (see:

Wends Wends is a historical name for Slavs who inhabited present-day northeast Germany. It refers not to a homogeneous people, but to various people, tribes or groups depending on where and when it was used. In the modern day, communities identifying ...

) origin, as many geographical names in the area. Its old village core has the shape of a typical Sorbian (Wendish) '

Rundling A ''Rundling'' is a form of circular village, now found only in Northern Germany, typical of settlements in the Germanic peoples, Germanic-Slavic peoples, Slav contact zone in the Early Medieval period. The ''Rundling'' was a relatively common ...

' village.

Transport

Bennewitz is situated at the intersection of highway B6 and highway B107. The former connects it with the metropolitan area of Leipzig. The village has a train station which is served by local commuter trains.

References

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