Bergen-Belsen
Bergen-Belsen is a locality in Celle, Lower Saxony. Bergen-Belsen is situated nearby to the locality Hoppenstedt, as well as near Hohne.Places of Interest
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.
Bergen-Belsen Memorial
Museum
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Bergen-Belsen Memorial is a museum, which is situated 3 km south of Bergen-Belsen.
St. Lambert’s Church, Bergen
Church
St. Lambert's Church is the Lutheran town church in the town of Bergen in Celle district in Germany. This Classicist aisleless church was built in 1826. St. Lambert’s Church, Bergen is situated 4 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 south 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: Locality
- Location: Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.78498° or 52° 47′ 6″ northLongitude
9.92026° or 9° 55′ 13″ eastElevation
61 metres (200 feet)Open location code
9F4FQWMC+X4GeoNames 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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Notable Places Nearby
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