Hambühren

Hambühren
Municipality
Coat of arms of Hambühren
Coat of arms
Location of Hambühren within Celle district
Celle (district)Lower SaxonyHeidekreisUelzen (district)Gifhorn (district)Hanover RegionFaßbergSüdheideEschedeLohheide (unincorporated area)BergenWinsenWietzeHambührenCelleAdelheidsdorfNienhagenWathlingenBröckelEicklingenWienhausenLanglingenHohneLanglingenEldingenAhnsbeckBeedenbostelLachendorf
Location of Hambühren
Hambühren is located in Germany
Hambühren
Hambühren
Hambühren is located in Lower Saxony
Hambühren
Hambühren
Coordinates: 52°38′N 09°59′E / 52.633°N 9.983°E / 52.633; 9.983
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictCelle
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Thomas Kranz[1]
Area
 • Total
56.7 km2 (21.9 sq mi)
Elevation
36 m (118 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total
10,882
 • Density192/km2 (497/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
29313
Dialling codes05084, 05143 (Oldau)
Vehicle registrationCE
Websitewww.hambuehren.de

Hambühren is a municipality in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 7 km (4.3 mi) 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.[3]: 204 

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Hambühren is twinned with:[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen". Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. April 2021.
  2. ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  3. ^ Knoch, Habbo, ed. (2010). Bergen-Belsen: Wehrmacht POW Camp 1940–1945, Concentration Camp 1943–1945, Displaced Persons Camp 1945–1950. Catalogue of the Permanent Exhibition. Wallstein. ISBN 978-3-8353-0794-0.
  4. ^ "Le comité de jumelage fête ses 30 ans". Ouest-France (in French). Ouest-France. 19 November 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Jumelage avec Buk".


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