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{{Infobox German location
|image_flag           = Flagge Esterwegen.svg
|image_coa            = DEU Esterwegen COA.svg
|coordinates       = {{coord|52|59|31|N|7|38|1|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Esterwegen in EL.svg
|state        = Niedersachsen
|district         = Emsland
|Samtgemeinde      = Nordhümmling
|elevation              = 13
|area            = 49.53
|postal_code               = 26897
|area_code           = 0 59 55
|licence               = EL
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 4 54 011
|website           = [http://www.esterwegen.de www.esterwegen.de]
|mayor     = Hermann Willenborg
|party            = 
}}

'''Esterwegen''' is a municipality in the [[Emsland]] district, in [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]].

==Geography==
Esterwegen lies in northwest Germany, less than {{convert|30|km}} from the Dutch border and about {{convert|40|km}} from the sea.

==Demographics==
In 2015 the population was 5,280.

==Government==
The mayor is Hermann Willenborg.

==Concentration camp==
{{main|Esterwegen concentration camp}}
In 1933 [[Esterwegen concentration camp|a concentration camp]] was established in Esterwegen.<ref>[http://bundesrecht.juris.de/begdv_6/anlage_6.html Official german list] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423004151/http://bundesrecht.juris.de/begdv_6/anlage_6.html |date=April 23, 2009 }}</ref> In 1936 the camp was dissolved and used till 1945 as a prisoner camp, for political prisoners and later for prisoners of the decree [[Nacht und Nebel]].
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R31497, KZ Esterwegen, Rudolf Diels vor Häftlingen.jpg|thumb|left|Inmates at Esterwegen.]]

=== Notable inmates ===
{{Category see also|Esterwegen concentration camp prisoners}}
* [[Julius Leber]], politician 
* [[Carl von Ossietzky]], journalist and [[Nobel Peace Prize]] Laureate
* [[Georg Diederichs]], later [[Minister-President]] of [[Lower Saxony]]
* [[Karl Germer]], Outer Head of the Order (OHO) of Ordo Templi Orientis

== Notes ==
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== External links ==
{{commons category|Esterwegen}}
* [http://www.diz-emslandlager.de/ memorial of Camp Esterwegen and the other 14 Emsland camps (in German, English, Dutch, French)]
* [[:de:KZ Esterwegen]]
* [http://www.gedenkstaette-esterwegen.de/ homepage of the memorial (in German)]
* United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - [http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005263 Concentration Camps, 1933-1939]

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[[Category:Emsland]]


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