Beendorf

Beendorf
Beendorf
	Coat of arms
	Location of Beendorf within Börde district
	Beendorf Beendorf
	Coordinates: 52°14′32″N 11°5′16″E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Börde
Municipal assoc.	Flechtingen
Government
• Mayor	Hagen Friedrichs
Area
• Total	6.8 km2 (2.6 sq mi)
Elevation	130 m (430 ft)
Population (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	908
• Density	130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	39343
Dialling codes	039050
Vehicle registration	BK

Beendorf is a municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

History

During World War II a concentration camp was established in Beendorf.[2] It was a subcamp to the Neuengamme concentration camp. From February 1944 until April 1945 about 2,500 women were forced to work in a pit. It was part of the armament factories for the German Luftwaffe.[3]

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"Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2018" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt (in German).
Staff (1967-02-23). "Verzeichnis der Konzentrationslager und ihrer Außenkommandos gemäß § 42 Abs. 2 BEG" (in German). Bundesministerium der Justiz. Archived from the original on 23 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-14. 556 Helmstedt-Beendorf, bis 10.4.1945 Neuengamme Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
"Konzentrationslager Neuengamme" (in German). KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme. Retrieved 2009-04-14.

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