Birkenau
Birkenau is a municipality in Bergstraße, South Hesse, Hesse. Birkenau is situated nearby to the village Hornbach, as well as near the hamlet Herrenwiese.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wachenburg and Church St. Mariä Himmelfahrt.
Wachenburg
Castle
Photo: Wollschaf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Wachenburg is a castle on a hill overlooking Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was built between 1907 and 1928 by the Weinheimer Senioren-Convent, a Corps of former students.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weinheim and Birkenau.
Weinheim
Photo: 4028mdk09, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Weinheim is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, approximately 15 km north of Heidelberg and 10 km northeast of Mannheim. It has about 43,000 inhabitants.
Birkenau
Village
Photo: AK84, Public domain.
Birkenau in the Odenwald is a municipality in the Bergstraße district in southern Hesse, Germany. Its nickname is Das Dorf der Sonnenuhren – “The Sundial Village”.
Hemsbach
Town
Photo: ThomasPusch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hemsbach is a town with approximately 12,000 inhabitants in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It belongs to the European Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region.
Birkenau
- Type: Municipality with 9,570 residents
- Also known as: “06431004”
- Category: locality
- Location: Bergstraße, South Hesse, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.5638° or 49° 33′ 50″ northLongitude
8.7264° or 8° 43′ 35″ eastPopulation
9,570Elevation
149 metres (489 feet)Open location code
8FXCHP7G+GHOpenStreetMap ID
node 11158669531OpenStreetMap feature
place=municipalityGeoNames ID
6553155
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