Moringen

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Location of Moringen within Northeim district
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Moringen
Coordinates: 51°42′N9°52′E / 51.700°N 9.867°E / 51.700; 9.867 Coordinates: 51°42′N9°52′E / 51.700°N 9.867°E / 51.700; 9.867
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Northeim
Subdivisions9 districts
Government
   Mayor (202126) Heike Müller-Otte [1] (Ind.)
Area
  Total82.25 km2 (31.76 sq mi)
Highest elevation
457 m (1,499 ft)
Lowest elevation
137 m (449 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31) [2]
  Total6,941
  Density84/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.

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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

Literature

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.

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Jane Caplan

Jane Caplan is an academic and historian specialising in Nazi Germany and the history of the documentation of individual identity. She is currently Visiting Professor at Birkbeck, University of London, Visiting Professor of History at Gresham College and Emeritus Fellow at St. Antony's College, University of Oxford.

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