Belsen

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Belsen 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 southwest of Bergen, has 331 inhabitants. The Belsen concentration camp was named after it. Today Belsen is dominated by the former British Army camp of Hohne on the edge of the NATO firing ranges. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 52°46'44"N, 9°55'53"E

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Lower SaxonyGermany

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Belsen – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, St. Lambert's Church, Church of St. Fabian and St. Sebastian, Schloss Bredebeck.

1.7 miSW
Monuments and statues, Historical place, Museum
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Bergen
43 min walk • Bergen-Belsen concentration camp stands as a somber testament to one of the darkest chapters in human history. Located near the city of Bergen in Germany, this Nazi concentration camp was established in 1943 and became a site of unimaginable suffering and death for...
2.5 miNE
Church
St. Lambert's Church, Bergen
63 min walk • St. Lambert's Church is the Lutheran town church in the town of Bergen in Celle district in Germany. This Classicist aisleless church was built in 1826. It is a three-naved building with low ceilings over the galleries and was extended eastwards in 1900. The separately standing wooden clock tower dates from the year 1728.
4.5 miE
Church
Church of St. Fabian and St. Sebastian
115 min walk • The Church of St. Fabian and St. Sebastian in Sülze, Lower Saxony, Germany is a church of the Evangelical-Lutheran parish in the church district of Celle and in the Evangelical-Lutheran State Church of Hanover.
1.8 miW
Forts and castles
Schloss Bredebeck
47 min walk • Schloss Bredebeck was built in 1901/1902 by a farmer, Herr Hellberg. It is actually a manor house in terms of its size and function.
6.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Meißendorf Lakes and Bannetze Moor
171 min walk • The Meißendorf Lakes and Bannetze Moor are a nature reserve and bird reserve of national importance on the edge of the Lüneburg Heath in the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany. The special importance of this nature reserve is underlined by its recognition as a major federal nature reserve project.

Belsen

Facts and practical information

Belsen – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Bergen

St. Lambert's Church, Bergen

Church of St. Fabian and St. Sebastian

Schloss Bredebeck

Meißendorf Lakes and Bannetze Moor