Moringen

Moringen
Coat of arms
Moringen
Location of Moringen within Northeim district
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Northeim
Government
• Mayor	Hartmut Schnabel (Ind.)
Area
• Total	82.25 km2 (31.76 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	7,045
• Density	86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
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.

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.

External links

• Official site (German)
• Website of the concentration camp memorial
• Website of Moringen Fire Department (German)