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Dachau

Dachau concentration camp

Dachau was one of the first concentration camps built by Nazi Germany and the longest-running one, opening on 22 March 1933. The camp was initially intended to intern the Nazi Party's political opponents, which consisted of communists, social democrats, and other dissidents.
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  • Type: Locality with 47,100 residents
  • Description: Nazi concentration camp in Bavaria (1933-1945), with the center in the town of Dachau and a large number of geograhically distributed subcamps
  • Also known as: “09174115”, “Da.”, “KL Dachau”, “KZ Dachau”, and “Stadt Dachau”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dachau Palace and Guardhouse (Jourhaus).

Castle
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The is a former residence of the rulers of Bavaria at , southern .

Historic building
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Jourhaus was the name of the entrance building to the prisoners' camp at Dachau and Gusen concentration camps. It housed administrative and command offices and was the location for disciplinary hearings of prisoners.

Railway station
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Dachau station is a station in the town of on the Munich S-Bahn network. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station and it has five platform tracks.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dachau and Karlsfeld.

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is a city with about 44,800 citizens in , and has a history of more than 1,200 years, but best known for being the location of the very first Nazi concentration camp.

Village
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is a municipality in the , and a suburb to Munich in , Germany. During World War II, it was the location of a subcamp of Dachau concentration camp. is situated 4½ km southeast of Dachau concentration camp.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of in in Germany. is situated 3½ km northeast of Dachau concentration camp.

Dachau concentration camp

Latitude
48.2619° or 48° 15′ 43″ north
Longitude
11.4452° or 11° 26′ 43″ east
Population
47,100
Elevation
478 metres (1,568 feet)
Open location code
8FWH7C6W+Q3
Geo­Names ID
6558210
Wiki­data ID
Q151198
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Dachau concentration camp” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Dachau-konsentrasiekamp”
  • Afrikaans: “Dachau”
  • Albanian: “Kampi i përqëndrimit Dachau”
  • Arabic: “معسكر الاعتقال داخاو”
  • Aragonese: “Campo de concentración de Dachau”
  • Armenian: “Դախաու”
  • Azerbaijani: “Daxau həbs düşərgəsi”
  • Basque: “Dachauko kontzentrazio esparrua”
  • Belarusian: “Дахау”
  • Belarusian: “Дахаў”
  • Breton: “Kamp Dachau”
  • Breton: “kamp-tolpañ Dachau”
  • Breton: “KZ Dachau”
  • Bulgarian: “Дакау”
  • Bulgarian: “Дахау”
  • Catalan: “Camp d’extermini de Dachau”
  • Catalan: “Camp de concentració de Dachau”
  • Chinese: “达豪集中营”
  • Chinese: “達豪集中營”
  • Croatian: “Koncentracijski logor Dachau”
  • Czech: “Koncentrační tábor Dachau”
  • Czech: “KT Dachau”
  • Czech: “KZ-Dachau”
  • Danish: “Dachau koncentrationslejr”
  • Dutch: “Concentratiekamp Dachau”
  • Dutch: “Dachau (concentratiekamp)”
  • Dutch: “Dachau”
  • Dutch: “Konzentrationslager Dachau”
  • Esperanto: “Koncentrejo Dachau”
  • Estonian: “Dachau koonduslaager”
  • Finnish: “Dachaun keskitysleiri”
  • French: “camp de concentration de Dachau”
  • French: “Camp de concentration de Dachau”
  • French: “Camp de Dachau”
  • French: “Dachau”
  • Galician: “Campo de concentración de Dachau”
  • Georgian: “დახაუს საკონცენტრაციო ბანაკი”
  • German: “003”
  • German: “Dachau”
  • German: “KL Dachau”
  • German: “Konzentrationslager Dachau”
  • German: “KZ Dachau”
  • Greek: “Στρατόπεδο συγκέντρωσης Νταχάου”
  • Hebrew: “דכאו”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה הריכוז דכאו”
  • Hungarian: “dachaui koncentrációs tábor”
  • Hungarian: “Dachaui koncentrációs tábor”
  • Indonesian: “Dachau”
  • Indonesian: “Kamp konsentrasi Dachau”
  • Irish: “Campa Géibhinn Dachau”
  • Italian: “campo di concentramento di Dachau”
  • Italian: “Campo di concentramento di Dachau”
  • Italian: “Lista dei sottocampi di Dachau”
  • Japanese: “ダッハウ強制収容所”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Дахау”
  • Korean: “다카우 강제 수용소”
  • Korean: “다하우 강제 수용소”
  • Latin: “castra carceralia Dachani”
  • Latvian: “Dahavas koncentrācijas nometne”
  • Lithuanian: “Dachau koncentracijos stovykla”
  • Lombard: “Dachau KZ”
  • Luxembourgish: “KZ Dachau”
  • Macedonian: “Дахау”
  • Marathi: “डखाउची छळछावणी”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dachau konsentrasjonsleir”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dachau”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Konsentrasjonsleiren Dachau”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “KZ Dachau”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dachau konsentrasjonsleir”
  • Norwegian: “Dachau konsentrasjonsleir”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Camp de Dachau”
  • Persian: “اردوگاه کار اجباری داخائو”
  • Persian: “اردوگاه مرگ داخائو”
  • Polish: “Dachau”
  • Polish: “KL Dachau”
  • Polish: “Konzentrationslager Dachau”
  • Portuguese: “Campo de concentração de Dachau”
  • Romanian: “Lagărul de concentrare Dachau”
  • Romanian: “Lagărul de concentrație de la Dachau”
  • Russian: “Дахау (концентрационный лагерь)”
  • Russian: “Дахау (концлагерь)”
  • Russian: “Дахау”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Konzentratsjoonsleeger Dachau”
  • Scots: “Dachau concentration camp”
  • Serbian: “Logor Dahau”
  • Serbian: “Дахау”
  • Serbian: “Концентрациони логор Дахау”
  • Serbian: “Логор Дахау”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dahau”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Koncentracijski logor Dachau”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Logor Dahau”
  • Slovak: “Koncentračný tábor Dachau”
  • Slovenian: “Koncentracijsko taborišče Dachau”
  • Slovenian: “koncentracijsko taborišče v Dachauu”
  • Slovenian: “KZ Dachau”
  • Slovenian: “KZ Dauchau”
  • Spanish: “Campo de concentracion de Dachau”
  • Spanish: “Campo de concentración de Dachau”
  • Spanish: “KZ Dachau”
  • Swedish: “Dachau”
  • Swedish: “Koncentrationslägeret Dachau”
  • Swedish: “Koncentrationslägret Dachau”
  • Swiss German: “Konzentrazioonslaager Dachau”
  • Swiss German: “KZ Dachau”
  • Tamil: “டேச்சு அரசியல் கைதிகள் முகாம்”
  • Tamil: “டேச்சு கைதிகள் சிறைச்சாலை”
  • Tamil: “டேச்சு கைதிகள் முகாம்”
  • Tamil: “டேச்சு வதை முகாம்”
  • Thai: “ค่ายกักกันดัคเคา”
  • Thai: “ค่ายกักกันดาเคา”
  • Tosk Albanian: “KZ Dachau”
  • Turkish: “Dachau toplama kampı”
  • Turkish: “Dachau Toplama Kampı”
  • Ukrainian: “Дахау (концентраційний табір)”
  • Ukrainian: “Дахау (концтабір)”
  • Ukrainian: “Дахау”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Dachau”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Koncentraciske lěhwo Dachau”
  • Upper Sorbian: “KZ Dachau”
  • Uzbek: “Daxau”
  • Vietnamese: “Trại tập trung Dachau”
  • Welsh: “Dachau”
  • Western Frisian: “Dachau”
  • Wu Chinese: “达豪集中营”

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