Esterwegen

Esterwegen
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Coordinates: 52°59′31″N 7°38′1″E / 52.99194°N 7.63361°E / 52.99194; 7.63361Coordinates: 52°59′31″N 7°38′1″E / 52.99194°N 7.63361°E / 52.99194; 7.63361
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Emsland
Municipal assoc.	Nordhümmling
Government
• Mayor	Hermann Willenborg
Area
• Total	49.53 km2 (19.12 sq mi)
Elevation	13 m (43 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	5,421
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	26897
Dialling codes	0 59 55
Vehicle registration	EL
Website	www.esterwegen.de

Esterwegen is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Geography[]

Esterwegen lies in northwest Germany, less than 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the Dutch border and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the sea.

Demographics[]

In 2015 the population was 5,280.

Government[]

The mayor is Hermann Willenborg.

Concentration camp[]

In 1933 a concentration camp was established in Esterwegen.^[2] In 1936 the camp was dissolved and used till 1945 as a prisoner camp, for political prisoners and later for prisoners of the decree Nacht und Nebel.

Inmates at Esterwegen.

Notable inmates[]

• Julius Leber, politician
• Carl von Ossietzky, journalist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
• Georg Diederichs, later Minister-President of Lower Saxony
• Karl Germer, Outer Head of the Order (OHO) of Ordo Templi Orientis

Notes[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Esterwegen.

• memorial of Camp Esterwegen and the other 14 Emsland camps (in German, English, Dutch, French)
• de:KZ Esterwegen
• homepage of the memorial (in German)
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Concentration Camps, 1933-1939

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