Wendisch Evern Explained

Image Coa:DEU Wendisch Evern COA.svg
Coordinates:53.2167°N 38°W
Image Plan:Wendisch Evern in LG.svg
State:Niedersachsen
District:Lüneburg
Samtgemeinde:Ostheide
Elevation:59
Area:14.9
Postal Code:21403
Area Code:04131
Licence:LG
Gemeindeschlüssel:03 3 55 040
Divisions:5
Mayor:Rudi Kiener
Party:SPD

Wendisch Evern is a municipality in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Recent history (Second World War)

On 4 May 1945 on the Timeloberg hill at the edge of Deutsch Evern a German delegation under the command of Hans-Georg von Friedeburg signed a document in the presence of British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery for the unconditional surrender of the three German armies operating in Northwest Germany. This went into force on 5 May at 7 a.m. With the signing of the surrender agreement the Second World War in Northwest Germany came to an end.[1] After the war a monument was erected by the British on what they now called Victory Hill. The monument was dismantled in 1958 and rebuilt at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Today the spot lies in a military out-of-bounds area and is not accessible. In 1995 another monument was erected on the edge of the Timeloberg, outside the out-of-bounds area.[2]

After Heinrich Himmler committed suicide in May 1945 his body was supposed to have been interred on the Wendisch-Evern Training Area at an unknown spot.

Notes and References

  1. Helmut C. Pless: Lüneburg 45 Verlag Landeszeitung Lüneburg, 1982
  2. Web site: lostplaces.de - 4. Mai 1945 - Kapitulation auf dem Timeloberg bei Lüneburg . 2008-05-13 . Grube . Michael . 2005-04-05 . de.