Bergen, Lower Saxony

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.

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Coat of arms of Bergen
Location of Bergen within Celle district
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Coordinates: 52°48′37″N 9°57′40″E / 52.81028°N 9.96111°E / 52.81028; 9.96111Coordinates: 52°48′37″N 9°57′40″E / 52.81028°N 9.96111°E / 52.81028; 9.96111
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictCelle
Subdivisions13 districts
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Claudia Dettmar-Müller[1]
Area
 • Total163.77 km2 (63.23 sq mi)
Elevation
77 m (253 ft)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
29303
Vehicle registrationCE
Websitewww.bergen-online.de

Geography

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.

Town twinning

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

Bergen, Lower Saxony Media

References

  1. "Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen". Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. April 2021.

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