Esterwegen

{{Infobox German location

|image_flag = Flagge Esterwegen.svg

|image_coa = DEU Esterwegen COA.svg

|coordinates = {{coord|52|59|31|N|7|38|1|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Esterwegen in EL.svg

|state = Niedersachsen

|district = Emsland

|Samtgemeinde = Nordhümmling

|elevation = 13

|area = 49.53

|postal_code = 26897

|area_code = 0 59 55

|licence = EL

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 4 54 011

|website = [http://www.esterwegen.de www.esterwegen.de]

|mayor = Hermann Willenborg

|party =

}}

Esterwegen is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Geography

Esterwegen lies in northwest Germany, less than {{convert|30|km}} from the Dutch border and about {{convert|40|km}} from the sea.

Demographics

In 2015 the population was 5,280.

Government

The mayor is Hermann Willenborg.

Concentration camp

In 1933 a concentration camp was established in Esterwegen.[http://bundesrecht.juris.de/begdv_6/anlage_6.html Official german list] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423004151/http://bundesrecht.juris.de/begdv_6/anlage_6.html |date=April 23, 2009 }} In 1936 the camp was dissolved and used till 1945 as a prisoner camp, for political prisoners and later for prisoners of the decree Nacht und Nebel.

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R31497, KZ Esterwegen, Rudolf Diels vor Häftlingen.jpg

= Notable inmates =

Julius Leber, politician
Carl von Ossietzky, journalist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Georg Diederichs, later Minister-President of Lower Saxony
Karl Germer, Outer Head of the Order (OHO) of Ordo Templi Orientis

Notes

External links

[http://www.diz-emslandlager.de/ memorial of Camp Esterwegen and the other 14 Emsland camps (in German, English, Dutch, French)]
:de:KZ Esterwegen
[http://www.gedenkstaette-esterwegen.de/ homepage of the memorial (in German)]
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - [http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005263 Concentration Camps, 1933-1939]

Category:Emsland