Belsen (Bergen)

Coordinates: 52°47′9″N 9°56′12″E / 52.78583°N 9.93667°E / 52.78583; 9.93667
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Belsen
Ortsteil of Bergen
Typical farms in the Im alten Dorf road
Typical farms in the Im alten Dorf road
Location of Belsen
Map
Belsen is located in Germany
Belsen
Belsen
Belsen is located in Lower Saxony
Belsen
Belsen
Coordinates: 52°47′9″N 9°56′12″E / 52.78583°N 9.93667°E / 52.78583; 9.93667
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictCelle
TownBergen
Population
 (2019)[1]
 • Total260
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
29303
Dialling codes05051

Belsen is a village within the German borough of

concentration camp was named after it. Today Belsen is dominated by the former British Army camp of Hohne (German: Lager Hohne) on the edge of the NATO firing ranges
.

History

Belsen was first mentioned in the records in 1235 under the name Bellenhusen. Formerly an independent municipality, it is part of the town Bergen since 1971.

Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

The

Bergen-Hohne
.

  • The river Fuchsmoorgraben
    The river Fuchsmoorgraben
  • The crossing of the Diecksdammweg and the Im alten Dorf roads
    The crossing of the Diecksdammweg and the Im alten Dorf roads
  • Farm
    Farm

Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp

Main article: Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp

After the Second World War, a

displaced persons (DP) camp was created in the military base of Lager Hohne (called Bergen-Hohne Station or Hohne Camp during its British tenure), opposite the village. Called the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp. It was in operation from the summer of 1945 until September 1950. For a time, Belsen DP camp was the largest Jewish DP camp in Germany and the only one in the British occupation zone with an exclusively Jewish population.[2][3]
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Politics and administration

Since the merging of local councils as part of the

Bergen. Belsen is represented by a local council (Ortsrat) and a chairman (Ortsbürgermeister). The council is empowered, inter alia, to make decisions about public services in the village, is responsible for maintaining the appearance of the village and for overseeing its clubs and societies, and has to be consulted by the town of Bergen on all important matters affecting the village.[4] It consists of five elected representatives who, together with the chairman, sit on the Bergen town council. The village council elects its own chairman. The current incumbent is Sven Marquardt
.

See also

Footnotes and references

  1. ^ "Zahlen, Daten, Fakten". Stadt Bergen. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons Camp". Retrieved 2012-12-27.
  3. ISBN 978-3981161793
    .
  4. ^ Information about the Lower Saxony Community Constitution[permanent dead link]

Literature

  • Friedrich Barenscheer u.a., Bauernbuch, o.J. (about 1935). In the Bergen Town Archives (Stadtarchiv Bergen)
  • Quellensammlung zur Ortsgeschichte Belsen, In the Bergen Town Archives
  • Lehnsbriefe über Belehnung der Mühle Belsen, (from 1554), In the Bergen Town Archives
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