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Pröbsten
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💥 War & expulsion

Pröbsten

Abandoned village · Germany

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
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Coordinates
52.834, 9.718
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Why it was abandoned

💥 War & expulsion

Detected automatically from the text: Its inhabitants were resettled in 1935/36, because the German Wehrmacht wanted to establish a major military training area, the Truppenübungsplatz Bergen, on the heathland and forest of the Heidmark.

History

Pröbsten was a village in the former district (Altkreis) of Fallingbostel, located in the Heidmark in the German state of Lower Saxony. Its inhabitants were resettled in 1935/36, because the German Wehrmacht wanted to establish a major military training area, the Truppenübungsplatz Bergen, on the heathland and forest of the Heidmark.

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