Belsen
Located in Bergen, Landkreis Celle Coordinates: 52°46′59″ N 9°56′06″ E
- Population
- 331
- 331
- Elevation
- 63 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
About Belsen
Belsen is a village. Location: Bergen, Landkreis Celle. Population: 331. Elevation: 63 m.
Belsen (German pronunciation: [ˈbɛlzn̩]) 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 (1.9 mi) southwest of Bergen, has 331 inhabitants (as at: 31 December 2000). The Belsen 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.
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In comparison
- No. 7 of 8 places in Bergen by population
- Nearest larger town: Bergen, 3 km NE
- 72 sights and natural places within 10 km Berger Bach, Hörster Heide
Airports nearest to Belsen
- Hannover Airport (HAJ) Hannover 40 km
- Bremen Airport (BRE) Bremen 82 km
- Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM) Hamburg 94 km
Straight-line distance; airports with scheduled flights only. Source: OurAirports (public domain).
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Goldberg Mountain, Bergen2.2 km NE
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Berger Bach River, Lower Saxony1 km W
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Bergen-Belsen concentration camp Historic site, Lower Saxony3.3 km SW
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Hörster Heide Natural site, Landkreis Celle2.2 km SW
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Belser Heide Natural site, Lower Saxony2.3 km SE
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Salzberg Mountain, Bergen4.2 km NE
Sources & licences
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