Bettingerode () is a village that forms a municipal district of

Bad Harzburg Bad Harzburg (; Eastphalian: ''Bad Harzborch'') is a spa town in central Germany, in the Goslar district of Lower Saxony. It lies on the northern edge of the Harz mountains and is a recognised saltwater spa and climatic health resort. Geograph ...

in the district of Goslar in

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

. As of 2020, Bettingerode had a population of 402.

Geography

Bettingerode lies between Bad Harzburg downtown and

Vienenburg Vienenburg is a borough of Goslar, capital of the Goslar (district), Goslar district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The former independent municipality was incorporated in Goslar on 1 January 2014. Geography It is situated in the north of the Harz mou ...

, part of the community of

Goslar Goslar (; Eastphalian: ''Goslär'') is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Goslar and located on the northwestern slopes of the Harz mountain range. The Old Town of Goslar and the Mines ...

, between 175 and , in the sparsely populated eastern half of Bad Harzburg and a few kilometers north of the

Harz mountains The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German ...

. The village is penetrated by the Schamlah, a tributary of the

Ecker The Ecker is a , right-hand, southeast tributary of the Oker which runs mainly through the Harz mountains in the German states of Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony. Course From its source to Abbenrode the Ecker is a border river, today running b ...

Infrastructure

District roads connect Bettingerode to

Harlingerode Harlingerode () is a village in Germany and district of Bad Harzburg in the district of Goslar in Lower Saxony. As of 2020, Harlingerode had a population of 2,916. Geography Harlingerode lies between 190 and , increasing in height in southern d ...

Radau Estate Radau is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is right tributary of the Oker. It rises in the Harz range, leaves the mountains at Bad Harzburg, and discharges into the Oker near Vienenburg. Course The river rises at around in the Upper Harz re ...

to the west, Lochtum to the north,

Eckertal Eckertal is a hamlet of about 160 inhabitants in Bad Harzburg in Lower Saxony, Germany. Location The settlement is situated just north of the Harz mountain range at the entrance of the densely forested Ecker valley, about downstream of the Ecke ...

to the east, and Westerode to the south. The A 369 has an exit one kilometer west of Bettingerode.

History

Etymology

The name ''Bettingerode'' means "Clearing of the people of Bado". The name of the founder is based on the Germanic root *badwō "battle, fight", and cognates with

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

''beadu'' and

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

''bǫð''. The -ingerode prefix is a common indicator for clearing between the 9th and 11th century in

Eastphalia Eastphalia (german: Ostfalen; Eastphalian: ''Oostfalen'') is a historical region in northern Germany, encompassing the eastern ''Gaue'' (shires) of the historic stem duchy of Saxony, roughly confined by the River Leine in the west and the Elbe a ...

and is a usual ending for villages in this region (

Göttingerode Göttingerode (), in Oker dialect: Jettchenrue () is a village in Germany and district of Bad Harzburg in the district of Goslar in Lower Saxony. As of 2020, Göttingerode had a population of 902. It gained international relevance owing to the di ...

, etc.). on NDR 1 Niedersachsen, research by Jürgen Udolph Bettingerode was first mentioned in 1013 as ''Redingaroth'', assumingly a misspelling of ''Bedingaroth''. Further mentions are: *1018: ''Beddinge'' *1129: ''Botingeroth'' *1174-1195: ''Bettingeroth'' *1265: ''Bettingerod'' *13th/14th century: ''Bettingerode'', ''Bedtingerode'', ''Bedtingerode'', ''Bettyngerode''

Timeline

The oldest building in Bettingerode as well as in Bad Harzburg is the town church that was constructed around 1200. Between 15th and 16th century, the villages ''Bintingerode''/''Halbertingerode'' (before 1506) and ''Kulingerode'' (before 1468) were abandoned. Bettingerode fell victim to the flames around 1600. After

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, the population of the town increased dramatically owing to Flight and expulsion of Germans from 1944 to 1950, peaking at almost 1000 inhabitants around 1950. As a consequence, the shortern part of Bettingerode ("

Silesia Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split ...

n Ring") was constructed in order to provide more living space. Bettingerode was incorporated into Bad Harzburg on July 1, 1972, along with the communities

Bündheim Bündheim (; nds, label= Oker dialect, Binten ) is a village that forms a part (''Stadtteil'') of Bad Harzburg in the district of Goslar in Lower Saxony, Germany. As of 2020, Bündheim had a population of 5,204. Geography Bündheim is position ...

- Schlewecke,

, and Westerode.

Images

Ortseinfahrt Bettingerode.jpg, Northern entrance from Lochtum Ev.-Luth. Kirche zu Bettingerode.JPG,

Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...

church Bettingerode Turnhalle.jpg, Local sports hall

References

{{Authority control Goslar (district) Bad Harzburg