Lichtenburg concentration camp

Lichtenburg was a Nazi concentration camp, housed in a Renaissance castle in , near in the Province of Saxony. Along with Sachsenburg, it was among the first to be built by the Nazis, and was operated by the SS from 1933 to 1939.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle Lichtenburg and Protestant Church Prettin.

Castle
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Church
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Tower
Photo: Norbert Kaiser, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Prettin and Polbitz.

Town
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is a town and a former municipality in district in .

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km south of Lichtenburg concentration camp.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Lichtenburg concentration camp.

Lichtenburg concentration camp

Latitude
51.65717° or 51° 39′ 26″ north
Longitude
12.93831° or 12° 56′ 18″ east
Elevation
80 metres (262 feet)
Open location code
9F3JMW4Q+V8
Geo­Names ID
2878087
Wiki­data ID
Q565646
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Satellite Map

Discover Lichtenburg concentration camp from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Lichtenburg concentration camp” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ليختنبرغ (معسكر اعتقال)”
  • Arabic: “ليختنبرغ”
  • Armenian: “Լիխտենբուրգ (համակենտրոնացման ճամբար)”
  • Armenian: “Լիխտենբուրգ”
  • Catalan: “Camp de concentració de Lichtenburg”
  • Chinese: “Lichtenburg集中營”
  • Chinese: “Lichtenburg集中营”
  • Chinese: “利希滕堡集中營”
  • Chinese: “里希滕堡集中營”
  • Chinese: “里希滕堡集中营”
  • Dutch: “Lichtenburg”
  • French: “Camp de concentration de Lichtenburg”
  • French: “Lichtenburg”
  • German: “KL Lichtenburg”
  • German: “Konzentrationslager Lichtenburg”
  • German: “KZ Lichtenburg”
  • German: “Sammellager Lichtenburg”
  • Greek: “Στρατόπεδο συγκέντρωσης Λίχτενμπουργκ”
  • Hebrew: “ליכטנבורג”
  • Italian: “Campo di concentramento di Lichtenburg”
  • Japanese: “リヒテンブルク強制収容所”
  • Polish: “Konzentrationslager Lichtenburg”
  • Portuguese: “Lichtenburg”
  • Russian: “Лихтенбург (концентрационный лагерь)”
  • Russian: “Лихтенбург”
  • Spanish: “Lichtenburg”
  • Swedish: “KZ Lichtenburg”
  • Uzbek: “Lixtenburg konslageri”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hintersee and Hirschmühle.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Schwarzer Graben and Gränigk.

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