Bergen in the Lüneburg Heath

17 May 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Römstedthaus - Local History Museum © Hajotthu/cc-by-3.0

Römstedthaus – Local History Museum © Hajotthu/cc-by-3.0

Bergen is a town located between Soltau and Celle on the Lüneburg Heath in Lower Saxony. Administratively it acts as a municipal borough divided into 12 subordinate parishes based on the town and its surrounding villages. The town has 13,100 inhabitants. Members of the British military and their families, who were not included in the census, bring the actual population to about 17,000. These soldiers occupy a NATO base and exercise on the Bergen-Hohne Training Area just outside the town. The Sieben Steinhäuser, a cluster of dolmens dating from the Stone Age, are located within the training area.   read more…

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