Moringen

Town in Lower Saxony, Germany

(2021–26) Heike Müller-Otte^[1] (Ind.)Area • Total82.25 km² (31.76 sq mi)Highest elevation457 m (1,499 ft)Lowest elevation137 m (449 ft)Population • Total6,988 • Density85/km² (220/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesDialling codes05554Vehicle registrationNOMWebsitewww.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)