Back برغن (ساكسونيا السفلى) Arabic برقن (منطقه سله) AZB Берген (Цэле) Byelorussian Берген (Целле) CE Bergen (munisipyo sa Alemanya, Lower Saxony, lat 52,81, long 9,96) CEB Bergen (Landkreis Celle) Danish Bergen (Landkreis Celle) German Bergen (distrikto Celle) Esperanto Bergen (Alemania) Spanish Bergen (Celle) Estonian
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Bergen | |
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 St. Lambert's Church | |
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Location of Bergen within Celle district  | |
  Bergen  Bergen | |
| Coordinates: 52°48′37″N 9°57′40″E / 52.81028°N 9.96111°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Celle |
| Subdivisions | 13 districts |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Claudia Dettmar-Müller[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 163.77 km2 (63.23 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 77 m (253 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 13,532 |
| • Density | 83/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 29303 |
| Dialling codes | 05051 |
| Vehicle registration | CE |
| Website | www.bergen-online.de |
Bergen (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.[3] 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.
- ^ "Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen". Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. April 2021.
- ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
- ^ Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen - Bevölkerungsfortschreibung. (Lower Saxon Department of Statistics and Communication Technology - Population as at 31 Dec 2008.)