What is Becklingen?
{{Infobox German location |type = Ortsteil |Town = [[Bergen, Lower Saxony|Bergen]] |coordinates = {{coord|52|52|01|N|09|54|17|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |state=Lower Saxony |elevation= |area= |population=370 |Stand = 2019 |pop_ref = <ref name=pop>{{cite web|url=https://www.stadt-bergen.de/unsere-stadt/wissenswertes/zahlen-daten-fakten/|title=Zahlen, Daten, Fakten|publisher=Stadt Bergen|access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref> |postal_code=29303 |area_code=05051 |Lagekarte= |Lagekarte-Beschreibung= |district = Celle |image_photo= Farmhouse in Becklingen.jpg |image_caption= Timber-framed farmhouse in Becklingen }} '''Becklingen''' is a German village in [[Bergen, Lower Saxony|Bergen]] in the northern part of [[Celle (district)|Celle]] on the [[Lüneburg Heath]]. Previously an independent municipality, it is part of the town Bergen since 1971. == Geography == Becklingen is about {{convert|7|km|mi}} north of Bergen just off the [[Bundesstraße 3|B 3]] federal highway. Its parish includes the villages of Becklingen, Oehus and Tannensieksberg. There is also a hamlet known as Becklingen (Bhf) which has grown up around the old station about a mile from the main village. ''Bhf'' is the German abbreviation for ''Bahnhof'' or 'railway station'. == Footnotes and references == <references/> == Literature == *Günther Ebel (Hrsg.), ''Die Geschichte der Feuerwehr in Becklingen'', Becklingen, 1984 == Other websites == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927092548/http://www.bergen-online.de/Geschichte/Orte/Becklingen.htm Information about Becklingen] * [http://www.becklingen.de Becklingen website] {{Villages of Bergen}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Villages in Lower Saxony]] [[Category:Bergen, Lower Saxony]] [[Category:Celle (district)]]