Becklingen
| Becklingen | |
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| Ortsteil of Bergen | |
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| Coordinates: 52°52′01″N 09°54′17″E / 52.86694°N 9.90472°ECoordinates: 52°52′01″N 09°54′17″E / 52.86694°N 9.90472°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Celle |
| Town | Bergen |
| Population ({{{Stand}}}) | |
| • Total | 382 |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 29303 |
| Dialling codes | 05051 |
Becklingen is a German village in the Lower Saxon borough of Bergen in the northern part of Celle district on the Lüneburg Heath.
Becklingen lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of Bergen just off the B 3 federal highway and has 382 inhabitants (as at: 31 December 2000). Its parish includes the villages of Becklingen, Oehus and Tannensieksberg. There is also a hamlet known as Becklingen (Bhf) which has grown up around the old station about a mile from the main village. Bhf is the German abbreviation for Bahnhof or 'railway station'.
The following table shows the growth in population of Becklingen. Note the significant increase in numbers after the Second World War which was mainly due to the influx of refugees.
Becklingen belongs to the Low German language area and the Northern Low Saxon dialect group. Since the end of the Second World War, however, High German has largely superseded it. However, Low German continues to be used colloquially especially amongst the older members of the village.
Becklingen was first mentioned in AD 1231 under the name Bekelinge.
The 19th century was characterised by extensive agricultural reforms. Fundamental to subsequent reforms was the general division (Generalteilung) of land at the beginning of the 19th century, whereby the villages were given fixed boundaries and every piece of land was allocated to a municipality (Gemeinde). The amount of land around the individual villages which was allocated to them was based on the grazing rights they had held in the past.
This was followed during the period 1838 to 1858 by the division of common land (Gemeinheitsteilungen). Common land, i.e. those areas which had hitherto been shared by the community, was now transferred to the individual farms as freehold property based on their existing rights to the common land.
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