Becklingen

Becklingen
Becklingen
Ortsteil of Bergen
	Timber-framed farmhouse in Becklingen
	Location of Becklingen
	Becklingen Becklingen
	Coordinates: 52°52′01″N 09°54′17″E / 52.86694°N 9.90472°E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Celle
Town	Bergen
Population (2019)
• Total	370
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	29303
Dialling codes	05051

Becklingen is a German village in Bergen in the northern part of Celle on the Lüneburg Heath. Previously an independent municipality, it is part of the town Bergen since 1971.

Geography[change | change source]

Becklingen is about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of Bergen just off the B 3 federal highway. Its parish includes the villages of Becklingen, Oehus and Tannensieksberg. There is also a hamlet known as Becklingen (Bhf) which has grown up around the old station about a mile from the main village. Bhf is the German abbreviation for Bahnhof or 'railway station'.

Footnotes and references[change | change source]

↑ "Zahlen, Daten, Fakten". Stadt Bergen. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

Literature[change | change source]

Günther Ebel (Hrsg.), Die Geschichte der Feuerwehr in Becklingen, Becklingen, 1984

Other websites[change | change source]

[pop-1] "Zahlen, Daten, Fakten". Stadt Bergen. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

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