Moringen

Moringen
Town
Coat of arms of Moringen
Coat of arms
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
 • Total
82.25 km2 (31.76 sq mi)
Highest elevation
457 m (1,499 ft)
Lowest elevation
137 m (449 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
6,988
 • 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

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

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

  • house KZ Gedenkstätte
  • historic gas holder

Literature

  • 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

References

  1. ^ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
  2. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.