Bergen, Lower Saxony

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Bergen
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Celle
Town subdivisions	13 districts
Mayor	Rainer Prokop (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	163.77 km² (63.2 sq mi)
Elevation	77 m (253 ft)
Population	13,481 (30/06/2005)
- Density	82 /km² (213 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	CE
Postal code	29303
Area code	05051
Website	www.bergen-online.de Coordinates: 52°48′37″N 9°57′40″E / 52.81028, 9.96111

Bergen is a town in the northern Celle district on the Lüneburg Heath, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is divided into 12 districts: Becklingen, Belsen, Bergen, Bleckmar, Diesten, Dohnsen, Eversen, Hagen, Hassel, Offen, Sülze and Wardböhmen. The concentration camp Bergen-Belsen was located in the Belsen district.

The town has 13,505 inhabitants, according to the census (conducted in December, 2004). Members of the British military and their families, who were not included in the census, bring the actual population to about 16,000. These soldiers man a NATO base and training ground just outside the town. The Sieben Steinhäuser, a cluster of dolmens dating from the Stone Age, are located within training space.

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Official site (German)

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Celle (district)

Adelheidsdorf \| Ahnsbeck \| Beedenbostel \| Bergen \| Bröckel \| Celle \| Eicklingen \| Eldingen \| Eschede \| Faßberg \| Habighorst \| Hambühren \| Hermannsburg \| Höfer \| Hohne \| Lachendorf \| Langlingen \| Lohheide \| Nienhagen \| Scharnhorst \| Unterlüß \| Wathlingen \| Wienhausen \| Wietze \| Winsen