Oberlangen

Oberlangen
Coat of arms
Oberlangen
Location of Oberlangen within Emsland district
Coordinates: 52°51′N 07°17′E / 52.850°N 7.283°E / 52.850; 7.283Coordinates: 52°51′N 07°17′E / 52.850°N 7.283°E / 52.850; 7.283
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Emsland
Municipal assoc.	Lathen
Government
• Mayor	Heinrich Rolfes (CDU)
Area
• Total	22.12 km2 (8.54 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	938
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	49779
Dialling codes	05933
Vehicle registration	EL
Website	www.oberlangen.de

Oberlangen is a municipality in district (Landkreis) Emsland, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), north-western Germany. Population 916 in 2005.

This was the location of the Prisoner-of-war camp Stalag VI-C. There is a cemetery with mass graves of Soviet prisoners, and individual graves of Polish and Italian prisoners.

See also

• Stalag VI-C

References

External links

• About Stalag VI-C in German

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