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Bergen, Hesse

Coordinates: 50°09′18″N 8°44′58″E / 50.1550°N 8.7495°E / 50.1550; 8.7495
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Bergen
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Bergen is located in Germany
Bergen
Bergen
Bergen is located in Hesse
Bergen
Bergen
Coordinates: 50°09′18″N 8°44′58″E / 50.1550°N 8.7495°E / 50.1550; 8.7495
CountryGermany
StateHesse
CityFrankfurt
BoroughBergen-Enkheim
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)

Bergen is a former municipality in Hesse, Germany. Presently, it is part of Bergen-Enkheim, a borough of Frankfurt. It was the location of the Battle of Bergen (Seven Years' War).

During the election of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, Bergen was the location of an encampment, organized by Count Wilhelm IX. of Hessen to protect the electoral city Frankfurt am Main and the electoral college assembled there.[1]

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  1. ^ Bernard Wilhelm Wiederhold: Beschreibung des Lagers bei Bergen; Weisenhaus Buchdruckerei, Cassel, 1791