Neuengamme
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The memorial tower at the former Neuengamme concentration camp. | |
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Location of Neuengamme in Bergedorf borough  | |
| Coordinates: 53°25′50″N 10°14′01″E / 53.43056°N 10.23361°ECoordinates: 53°25′50″N 10°14′01″E / 53.43056°N 10.23361°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hamburg |
| City | Hamburg |
| Borough | Bergedorf |
| Area | |
| • Total | 18.6 km2 (7.2 sq mi) |
| Population (31.12.2006) | |
| • Total | 3,459 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (480/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Dialling codes | 040 |
| Vehicle registration | HH |
Neuengamme is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany, located in the Bergedorf borough, near the river Dove Elbe (a tributary of the river Elbe). In this rural quarter, part of the Vierlanden, the population in 2010 was 3,479.
During Nazi Germany, Neuengamme concentration camp was located in Neuengamme.
Geography
Neuengamme is located in the southeastern part of Hamburg. In 2007 the quarter had a total area of 18.6 km².[1]
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History
From December 1938 through May 1945, the concentration camp at Neuengamme (German: Konzentrationslager Neuengamme) had more than 106,000 inmates—including all sub camps—almost half of them died.[2][3]
Demographics
In 2010, 3,479 people were living in Neuengamme quarter. The population density was 168 people per km². 17.7% were children under the age of 18, and 20.2% were 65 years of age or older. 2.3% were immigrants. 54 people were registered as unemployed.[1]
Education
In 2007, there were no schools in Neuengamme.[1]
Notes
- 1 2 3 Residents registration office, source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2007)
- ↑ "Konzentrationslager Neuengamme" (in German). KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
Insgesamt wurden im KZ Neuengamme nach gegenwärtigen Erkenntnissen über 80 000 Männer und mehr als 13 000 Frauen mit einer Häftlingsnummer registriert; weitere 5 900 Menschen wurden in den Lagerbüchern gar nicht oder gesondert erfasst.[…]Vermutlich mehr als die Hälfte der 100400 Häftlinge des Konzentrationslagers Neuengamme haben die nationalsozialistische Verfolgung nicht überlebt.
- ↑ "Neuengamme". USHMM. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
In all, more than 50,000 prisoners, almost half of all those imprisoned in the camp during its existence, died in Neuengamme before liberation.
References
- Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, official website (German)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Neuengamme. |
- Webpage of the memorial Neuengamme, retrieved 19 August 2009
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