Belsen (Bergen)

Belsen
Ortsteil of Bergen
Typical farms in the Im alten Dorf road
Location of Belsen
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Coordinates: 52°47′9″N 9°56′12″E / 52.78583°N 9.93667°E / 52.78583; 9.93667
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Celle
Town	Bergen
Population  (2019)[1]
• Total	260
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	29303
Dialling codes	05051

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 (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.