Bleckede

Bleckede
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Lüneburg
Mayor	Jens Böther
Basic statistics
Area	139.9 km² (54 sq mi)
Elevation	6 m (20 ft)
Population	9,772 (30/06/2005)
- Density	70 /km² (181 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	LG
Postal codes	21354, 19273
Area codes	038844, 05852, 05854, 05857
Website	www.bleckede.de Coordinates: 53°18′00″N 10°44′00″E / 53.3, 10.733333

Bleckede (IPA: [ˈbleːkədə]) is a town in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Elbe, approx. 20 km east of Lüneburg.

[edit] History

A subcamp of the Nazi concentration camp Neuengamme existed from August 24, 1944 to February 15, 1945 in the Alt Garge quarter.^[1]^[2]

Bleckede is the site of a post World War II British sector displaced person camp.

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Lüneburg (district)

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