Moringen

Moringen
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Coordinates: 51°42′N 9°52′E / 51.700°N 9.867°E / 51.700; 9.867Coordinates: 51°42′N 9°52′E / 51.700°N 9.867°E / 51.700; 9.867
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Northeim
Subdivisions	9 districts
Government
• Mayor	Hartmut Schnabel (Ind.)
Area
• Total	82.25 km2 (31.76 sq mi)
Highest elevation	457 m (1,499 ft)
Lowest elevation	137 m (449 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	6,941
• Density	84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	37186
Dialling codes	05554
Vehicle registration	NOM
Website	www.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[]

• Lutterbeck

References[]

External links[]

• Official site (in German)
• Website of the concentration camp memorial
• Website of Moringen Fire Department (in German)