Bergen, Lower Saxony

Bergen is a town in the north of Celle on the Lüneburg Heath, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Administratively it acts as a municipal borough divided into 12 subordinate parishes based on the town and its surrounding villages: Becklingen, Belsen, Bergen, Bleckmar, Diesten, Dohnsen, Eversen, Hagen, Hassel, Offen, Sülze and Wardböhmen.

Geography
Bergen is in the north of Celle on the Lüneburg Heath, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The Bundesstraße 3 (B3) passed through the municipal territory from north to south.

Town twinning
Bergen maintains partnerships with the towns of:
30px|left|walesPembroke & Pembroke Dock in Wales
30px|leftHendrik-Ido-Ambacht in the Netherlands
20px|leftŚrem in Poland

It also partners with the home county (Heimatkreis) of:
20px|leftSzubin (1941–1945 Altburgund) in Poland adopted the town of Bergen in 1956. There often used to be more than 1,000 participants at the annual meeting of the previous home county of Altburgund-Schubin.

In addition the town of Bergen has friendly relations with the following:
20px|leftRožnov pod Radhoštěm in the Czech Republic
20px|leftOttendorf-Okrilla in the county of Bautzen in Saxony
20px|leftPembroke (Malta) in Malta

 References 

 Other websites 

 The official website for Bergen 


Category:Celle (district)