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.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Locality with about 47,100 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 480 metres (1,570 feet)
- 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”“Stadt Dachau”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dachau Palace and Dachau Bahnhof.
Dachau Palace
The Dachau Palace is a former residence of the rulers of Bavaria at Dachau, southern Germany.
Guardhouse (Jourhaus)
Jourhaus was the name of the entrance building to the…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dachau and Karlsfeld.
Karlsfeld
Karlsfeld is a municipality in the district of Dachau, and a suburb to Munich in Bavaria, Germany. Karlsfeld is situated 4½ km southeast of Dachau concentration camp.
Hebertshausen
Hebertshausen is a municipality in the district of Dachau in Bavaria in Germany. Hebertshausen is situated 3½ km northeast of Dachau concentration camp.
Dachau concentration camp
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Latitude
48.2619° or 48° 15′ 43″ north
Longitude
11.4452° or 11° 26′ 43″ east
Open location code
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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: “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 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”
- Hindi: “डाख़ाउ यातना शिविर”
- Hindi: “डाख़ाउ”
- Hungarian: “Dachaui koncentrációs tábor”
- Indonesian: “Dachau”
- Indonesian: “Kamp konsentrasi Dachau”
- Irish: “Campa Géibhinn 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”
- 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 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”
- 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: “Gwersyll crynhoi Dachau”
- Western Frisian: “Dachau”
- Wu Chinese: “达豪集中营”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gröbenbach and Dachau Stadt station.
Upper Bavaria: Highlights
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