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Moringen

Coordinates: 51°42′N 9°52′E / 51.700°N 9.867°E / 51.700; 9.867
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Moringen
Coat of arms of Moringen
Location of Moringen within Northeim district
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Moringen is located in Germany
Moringen
Moringen
Moringen is located in Lower Saxony
Moringen
Moringen
Coordinates: 51°42′N 9°52′E / 51.700°N 9.867°E / 51.700; 9.867
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictNortheim
Subdivisions9 districts
Government
 • Mayor (2021–26) Heike Müller-Otte[1] (Ind.)
Area
 • Total82.25 km2 (31.76 sq mi)
Highest elevation
457 m (1,499 ft)
Lowest elevation
137 m (449 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total6,988
 • Density85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
37186
Dialling codes05554
Vehicle registrationNOM
Websitewww.moringen.de

Moringen is a town in the district Northeim, in the southern part of Lower Saxony, Germany. The town consists of the center Moringen and eight surrounding villages, Fredelsloh being one of them.

History

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The town and its villages were founded over a thousand years ago. It is the seat of a psychiatric hospital, founded in late 19th century. During WWII the hospital was emptied and used by the Nazis as the Moringen concentration camp. Today it is again a psychiatric hospital.

Economy

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Among the larger firms operating in the community is Piller, a maker of industrial fans. The Northeim district's major waste Landfill is in Moringen.

Museum

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  • house KZ Gedenkstätte
  • historic gas holder

Literature

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  • The Women's Camp in Moringen: A Memoir of Imprisonment in Nazi Germany 1936-1937

by Gabriele Herz (Author), Jane Caplan (Editor), Hildegard Herz (Translator), Howard Hartig (Translator). Berghahn Books (15 Nov 2005). ISBN 1-84545-077-9; ISBN 978-1-84545-077-9.

See also

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