Bergen

Bergen is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.

Bergen is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Bergen had a population of 68 people.Neuve is a neighbourhood in the south-west of the locality.

The Haden railway line from Kingsthorpe to Goobungee and Haden opened in 1910 with Bergen being served by a station called Bergenside (27.2608°S 151.8906°E? / -27.2608; 151.8906? (Neuve (Bergenside) railway station (site))).In 1914 a cemetery was established, operated by a group of trustees. The cemetery had separate sections for a number of religious denominations (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist) and a general section. In 1982 responsibility for the cemetery was given to the Crows Nest Shire Council, and became the responsibility of the Toowoomba Regional Council following the local government amalgamations in 2008.During World War I, due to anti-German senteiment, the Rosalie Shire Council (headquartered at Goombungee) requested that the Bergenside railway station be renamed. On 14 August 1916 the Queensland Railways Department renamed it Neuve after Neuve Chapelle in France where the Battle of Neuve Chapelle had taken place in March 1915.Bergen Provisional School opened on 3 August 1896. On20 January 1902 it became Bergen State School. It closed on 31 December 1969. It was on Gomoran Bergen Road (approx 27.2567°S 151.9062°E? / -27.2567; 151.9062? (Bergen State School (site))).The Haden railway line closed in 1964.

In the 2016 census, Bergen had a population of 68 people.