Oberlangen

Oberlangen

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Oberlangen

Coordinates: 52°51′N 07°17′E / 52.850°N 7.283°E / 52.850; 7.283Coordinates: 52°51′N 07°17′E / 52.850°N 7.283°E / 52.850; 7.283
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Emsland
Municipal assoc. Lathen
Government
  Mayor Heinrich Rolfes (CDU)
Area
  Total 22.12 km2 (8.54 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
  Total 945
  Density 43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 49779
Dialling codes 05933
Vehicle registration EL
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 Polish and Italian prisoners.

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