Becklingen
human settlement in Germany
Becklingen is a German village in Bergen in the northern part of Celle on the Lüneburg Heath. Previously an independent municipality, it is part of the town Bergen since 1971.
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Ortsteil of Bergen | |
 Timber-framed farmhouse in Becklingen | |
Location of Becklingen  | |
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| Coordinates: 52°52′01″N 09°54′17″E / 52.86694°N 9.90472°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Celle |
| Town | Bergen |
| Population (2019)[1] | |
| • Total | 370 |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 29303 |
| Dialling codes | 05051 |
Geography
changeBecklingen is about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of Bergen just off the B 3 federal highway. Its parish includes the villages of Becklingen, Oehus and Tannensieksberg. There is also a hamlet known as Becklingen (Bhf) which has grown up around the old station about a mile from the main village. Bhf is the German abbreviation for Bahnhof or 'railway station'.
Footnotes and references
change- ↑ "Zahlen, Daten, Fakten". Stadt Bergen. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
Literature
change- Günther Ebel (Hrsg.), Die Geschichte der Feuerwehr in Becklingen, Becklingen, 1984
Other websites
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