Belsen (Bergen)

Belsen
Ortsteil of Bergen
Typical farms in the Im alten Dorf road
Location of Belsen
Belsen Belsen
Coordinates: 52°47′9″N 9°56′12″E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Celle
Town	Bergen
Population  (2019)
• 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 on the Lüneburg Heath in Lower Saxony. The village, whose original site is about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southwest of Bergen, has 331 residents (as at: 31 December 2000).

Literature

• Friedrich Barenscheer u.a., Bauernbuch, o.J. (about 1935). In the Bergen Town Archives (Stadtarchiv Bergen)
• Quellensammlung zur Ortsgeschichte Belsen, In the Bergen Town Archives
• Lehnsbriefe über Belehnung der Mühle Belsen, (from 1554), In the Bergen Town Archives