Hambühren Explained

Type:Gemeinde
Hambühren
Image Coa:Wappen Hambuehren.png
Coordinates:52.6333°N 68°W
Image Plan:Hambühren in CE.svg
State:Lower Saxony
District:Celle
Elevation:36
Area:56.7
Postal Code:29313
Area Code:05084, 05143 (Oldau)
Licence:CE
Gemeindeschlüssel:03 3 51 012
Website:www.hambuehren.de
Mayor:Thomas Kranz[1]
Leader Term:2019 - 24

Hambühren is a municipality in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 7km (04miles) west of Celle.

History

From the summer of 1944 to February 1945, a satellite camp of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was in operation at Hambühren. Guarded by SS staff, around 400 female prisoners were forced to expand the former potash mine and to lay train tracks to it, work carried out by the company Hochtief. The tunnels were intended as an underground production site for Bremen plane manufacturer Focke-Wulf.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen. April 2021. Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  2. Book: Knoch. Habbo . 2010 . Bergen-Belsen: Wehrmacht POW Camp 1940–1945, Concentration Camp 1943–1945, Displaced Persons Camp 1945–1950. Catalogue of the Permanent Exhibition . Wallstein . 978-3-8353-0794-0.