Bergen-Belsen
Bergen-Belsen is a military installation in Celle, Lower Saxony.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Schloss Bredebeck and Bergen-Belsen Memorial.
Schloss Bredebeck
Castle
Schloss Bredebeck was built in 1901/1902 by a farmer, Herr Hellberg. It is actually a manor house in terms of its size and function. The house is located in woodland in the German state of Lower Saxony between the former villages of Hörsten and Hohne, which disappeared in the 1930s in the wake of the establishment of Bergen-Hohne Training Area. Schloss Bredebeck is situated 2½ km west of Bergen-Belsen.
Bergen-Belsen Memorial
Museum
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Bergen-Belsen Memorial is a museum, which is situated 3 km southwest of Bergen-Belsen.
Heimatmuseum Römstedthaus
Museum
Heimatmuseum Römstedthaus is situated 3½ km northeast of Bergen-Belsen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belsen and Bergen-Belsen Memorial.
Belsen
Village
Photo: Losch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Belsen is a village within the German borough of Bergen in the northern part of Celle district on the Lüneburg Heath in Lower Saxony. The village, whose original site lies about 3 kilometres southwest of Bergen, has 331 inhabitants.
Bergen-Belsen Memorial
Locality
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Bergen-Belsen, or Belsen, was a Nazi concentration camp in what is today Lower Saxony in northern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle. Originally established as a prisoner of war camp, in 1943, parts of it became a concentration camp. Bergen-Belsen Memorial is situated 3 km southwest of Bergen-Belsen.
Bergen
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Bergen is a town in the north of Celle district on the Lüneburg Heath in Lower Saxony, Germany. The infamous Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was located not far from Belsen, one of several farming villages in the borough.
Bergen-Belsen
- Type: Military installation
- Location: Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.7839° or 52° 47′ 2″ northLongitude
9.92906° or 9° 55′ 45″ eastElevation
63 metres (207 feet)Open location code
9F4FQWMH+HJGeoNames ID
13623535
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In Other Languages
“Bergen-Belsen” goes by many names.
- German: “Bergen-Belsen”
- German: “Lager Bergen-Belsen”
- German: “Lager Bergen”
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