Neuengamme () is a quarter of
Hamburg
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, Germany, located in the
Bergedorf borough, near the river
Dove Elbe (a tributary of the river
Elbe
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). In this rural quarter, part of the
Vierlande, the population in 2020 was 3,711.
During
Nazi Germany
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,
Neuengamme concentration camp
Neuengamme was a network of Nazi concentration camps in northern Germany that consisted of the main camp, Neuengamme, and List of subcamps of Neuengamme, more than 85 satellite camps. Established in 1938 near the village of Neuengamme, Hamburg, N ...
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 km
2.
[Residents registration office, source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2007)]
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.
Demographics
In 2010, 3,479 people were living in Neuengamme quarter. The population density was 168 people per km
2. 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.
Politics
These are the results of Neuengamme in the
Hamburg state election:
Education
In 2007, there were no schools in Neuengamme.
Notes
References
Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-HolsteinStatistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, official website
External links
Webpage of the memorial Neuengamme retrieved 19 August 2009
Quarters of Hamburg
Bergedorf
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