Böstlingen
Abandoned village · Germany
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 52.825, 9.693
Why it was abandoned
💥 War & expulsion
Detected automatically from the text: In 1935/36 it was abandoned because the German Wehrmacht wanted to establish a major military training area, the Truppenübungsplatz Bergen on the heath and forest of the Heidmark.
History
Böstlingen was a village in the old district (Altkreis) of Fallingbostel, located in the Heidmark in the north German state of Lower Saxony. In 1935/36 it was abandoned because the German Wehrmacht wanted to establish a major military training area, the Truppenübungsplatz Bergen on the heath and forest of the Heidmark. The inhabitants were forcibly resettled.