Moringen

Moringen
Moringen
Location of the town of Moringen within Northeim district
Coordinates	51°42′N 9°52′E / 51.7°N 9.86667°E / 51.7; 9.86667Coordinates: 51°42′N 9°52′E / 51.7°N 9.86667°E / 51.7; 9.86667
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Northeim
Town subdivisions	9 districts
Mayor	Hartmut Schnabel (Ind.)
Basic statistics
Area	82.25 km2 (31.76 sq mi)
Elevation	137 - 457 m
Population	7,135 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	87 /km2 (225 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	NOM
Postal code	37186
Area code	05554
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.

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 abused 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 1845450779; ISBN 978-1845450779.

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerungsfortschreibung" (in German). Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen. 31 December 2009. http://www1.nls.niedersachsen.de/statistik/html/parametereingabe.asp?DT=K1000014&CM=Bev%F6lkerungsfortschreibung. 

External links

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