town in the north of Celle district on the Lüneburg Heath, in Lower Saxony, Germany From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bergen is a town in the north of Celle 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 | |
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![]() St. Lambert's Church | |
Coordinates: 52°48′37″N 9°57′40″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 is in the north of Celle on the Lüneburg Heath, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The Bundesstraße 3 (B3) passed through the municipal territory from north to south.
Bergen maintains partnerships with the towns of:
Pembroke & Pembroke Dock in Wales
Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht in the Netherlands
Śrem in Poland
It also partners with the home county (Heimatkreis) of:
Szubin (1941–1945 Altburgund) in Poland adopted the town of Bergen in 1956. There often used to be more than 1,000 participants at the annual meeting of the previous home county of Altburgund-Schubin.
In addition the town of Bergen has friendly relations with the following:
Rožnov pod Radhoštěm in the Czech Republic
Ottendorf-Okrilla in the county of Bautzen in Saxony
Pembroke (Malta) in Malta
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