Pröbsten

Pröbsten was a village in the former district (Altkreis) of Fallingbostel, located in the Heidmark in the German state of Lower Saxony.

Its inhabitants were resettled in 1935/36, because the German Wehrmacht wanted to establish a major military training area, the Truppenübungsplatz Bergen on the heathland and forest of the Heidmark.

It has been documented that there was a noble family named von Pröbsten.

It is likely that the keeping of moorland sheep, known locally as Heidschnucken, that were common in the area until the 19th century.

Pröbsten was eventually grouped together with the villages of Fahrenholz and Deil into the parish of Böstlingen.