Oberlangen

Oberlangen
Oberlangen
Location of Oberlangen within Emsland district
Coordinates	52°51′N 7°17′E / 52.85°N 7.28333°E / 52.85; 7.28333Coordinates: 52°51′N 7°17′E / 52.85°N 7.28333°E / 52.85; 7.28333
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Emsland
Municipal assoc.	Lathen
Mayor	Heinrich Rolfes (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	22.12 km2 (8.54 sq mi)
Elevation	9 m  (30 ft)
Population	954 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	43 /km2 (112 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	EL
Postal code	49779
Area code	05933
Website	www.oberlangen.de

Oberlangen is a municipality in district (Landkreis) Emsland, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), north-western Germany. Population 916 in 2005.

This was the location of the Prisoner-of-war camp Stalag VI-C. There is a cemetery with mass graves of Soviet prisoners, and individual graves of other prisoners.

See also

• Stalag VI-C

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

• About Stalag VI-C in German