Oberlangen

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Oberlangen
Oberlangen
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Emsland
Municipal assoc.	Lathen
Mayor	Heinrich Rolfes (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	22.12 km2 (8.54 sq mi)
Elevation	9 m  (30 ft)
Population	985  (31 December 2006)
- Density	45 /km2 (115 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	EL
Postal code	49779
Area code	05933
Website	www.oberlangen.de Coordinates: 52°51′00″N 07°16′59″E / 52.85°N 7.28306°E / 52.85; 7.28306

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 other prisoners.

[edit] See also

• Stalag VI-C

[edit] External links

• About Stalag VI-C in German

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