| Volume | 1 |
| Page | 135 |
| Type | D. |
| Lvl I | Pr. |
| Prov | Hess. -N. |
| RB | Cassel |
| Kr | Grafschaft Schaumburg |
| AG | Hessisch Oldendorf |
| BKdo | Hameln |
| StdA | Fischbeck |
| Population | 393 |
*The original entry has a correcting entry in the addendum. Any data listed above has already been changed to match the correcting entry
Type D. - Bensen is a Dorf (Village).
Lvl I Pr. - Level I shows which Kingdom or State the place is located in. Bensen is located in Preussen.
Prov Hess. -N. - The Province shows which Province or State the place is located in. Bensen is located in Hessen-Nassau.
RB Cassel - The Regierungsbezirk for Bensen is Cassel. The Regierungsbezirk is a government district that is in hierarchy between the State and Kreis level.
Kr Grafschaft Schaumburg - The Kreis for Bensen is Grafschaft Schaumburg. A Kreis is a government district (similar to a U.S. county).
AG Hessisch Oldendorf - The Amtsgericht for Bensen is in Hessisch Oldendorf. The Amtsgericht is where the Lower District Court is located.
BKdo Hameln - The Bezirkskommando for Bensen is in Hameln. The Bezirkskommando is the District Military Command. You can look in the BKdo to find military records.
StdA Fischbeck - The Standesamt for Bensen is in Fischbeck. The Standesamt is where the Civil Registration Office is located.
The Catholic Parish is Rinteln
The Protestant Parish is Fischbeck
*Source: Family Search
The list below are those places from the Meyers Gazetteer that are nearby to Bensen
(which may include itself) and are listed as containing a Catholic Church or Parish,
a Protestant Church or Parish, a Synagogue, or Other Church.
| Place | Distance (~miles) | Catholic | Protestant | Jewish | Other | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parishes | Churches | Parishes | Churches | Synagogues | |||