File:Brütt_Gogericht.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Bergen
Sign in to savetown in the north of Celle district on the Lüneburg Heath, in Lower Saxony, Germany
Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Lower Saxony
- District
- Celle
- Subdivisions
- 13 districts
- Mayor 2019 24
- Claudia Dettmar-Müller
- Total
- 164.4 km (63.5 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 77 m (253 ft)
- Density
- 79.02/km (204.7/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Dialling codes
- 05051
- Vehicle registration
- CE
- Website
- www.bergen-online.de
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 13520
- Area
- 164.4
- Elevation
- 77
- Official website
- www.bergen-online.de
- Image
- Bergen Rathaus 2.jpg
- Dialing code
- 05051
- Licence plate code
- CE
Show 2 more facts
- Commons category
- Bergen (Celle)
- postal code
- 29303
Sources (7)
via Wikidata · CC0
~16 min read
Article
Bergen ( German pronunciation: [ˈbɛʁɡn̩] ; Eastphalian: Bargen) is a town in the north of Celle district on the Lüneburg Heath, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Administratively it acts as a municipal borough divided into 12 subordinate parishes based on the town and its surrounding villages: Becklingen, Belsen, Bergen, Bleckmar, Diesten, Dohnsen, Eversen, Hagen, Hassel, Offen, Sülze and Wardböhmen. Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was located in the area of Belsen.
The town had 13,099 inhabitants according to the census conducted in December 2008. Members of the British military and their families, who were not included in the census, brought the actual population to about 17,000. These soldiers occupied a NATO base and exercise on the Bergen-Hohne Training Area just outside the town, but the base closed in summer 2015 as part of the British Army's withdrawal from Germany. The Sieben Steinhäuser, a cluster of dolmens dating from the Stone Age, are located within the training area.