- Haren, Germany
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Name = Haren
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Wappen der Stadt Haren Ems.jpg
lat_deg = 52 |lat_min = 46
lon_deg = 07 |lon_min = 13
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Niedersachsen
Landkreis = Emsland
Höhe = 9-15
Fläche = 208.76
Einwohner = 22858
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 49733
Vorwahl = 05932
Kfz = EL
Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 4 54 018
Gliederung = 12Ortsteil e
Straße = Neuer Markt 1
Website = [http://www.haren.de/ www.haren.de]
Bürgermeister = Markus Honnigfort
Partei = CDUHaren is a town in
Lower Saxony ,Germany in the district ofEmsland .Polish camp
On 19 May 1945, the
Polish 1st Armoured Division , a unit attached to theBritish Army moved all of the thousand families of Haren out to surrounding communities. 3,500 Poles fromLabor camp s andprisoner-of-war camp s camps in Northern Germany, moved into the town. Many of them had been members of thePolish Home Army , men and women, that had fought in theWarsaw Uprising of 1944.General Stanislaw Maczek was the commander of the army unit. During the next months, a Polish town with a Polish mayor, a Polish school, a Polish fire brigade and a Polish rectory was established. The latter registered 289 weddings and 101 funerals. 479 Poles have birth certificates showing "Maczków" as place of birth. It was returned to the original inhabitants when the Polish army unit returned to England in June 1947, and the Polish inhabitants of the town were either repatriated to Poland or moved to Great Britain.
External links
* [http://www.haren.de Official website] (German)
* [http://www.diz-emslandlager.de/reihe04.htm history of the Polish enclave in Emsland]
* [http://www.hsmedia-consult.de/HS%20Media%20Consult%20Site%201/HS%20Media%20Consult%20Born%20in%20Maczkow.htm Poland in the Emsland]Interestingly there is a company in India Called Haren Textiles Pvt Ltd. Its founder fell in love withHaren, Germany, that not only did he name his company after this city, but even named his eldest sonHaren.
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