Ravensbrück concentration camp

Ravensbrück was a Nazi Germany concentration camp exclusively for women from 1939 to 1945, located in northern Germany, 90 km north of at a site near the village of Ravensbrück.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Nazi women’s concentration camp in Brandenburg, Germany (1938-1945)
  • Also known as: “Frauen-Konzentrationslager Ravensbrück”, “KZ Ravensbrück”, and “Mahn- und Gedenkstätte Ravensbrück”
  • Address: Straße der Nationen

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Uckermark concentration camp and Schwedtsee.

Archaeological site
The was a small German concentration camp for young women near the Ravensbrück concentration camp in , and then an "emergency" extermination camp. is situated 1 km southeast of Ravensbrück concentration camp.

Photo: OHVChris75, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a in the Mecklenburg Lake District, in . It is situated in the district of in the state of , and lies to the east of the centre of the town of .

Castle
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is a castle, which is situated 1½ km west of Ravensbrück concentration camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Himmelpfort and Zootzen.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4½ km east of Ravensbrück concentration camp.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 5 km southeast of Ravensbrück concentration camp.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 5 km west of Ravensbrück concentration camp.

Ravensbrück concentration camp

Latitude
53.18959° or 53° 11′ 23″ north
Longitude
13.16792° or 13° 10′ 5″ east
Elevation
54 metres (177 feet)
Operator
Stiftung Brandenburgische Gedenkstätten
Open location code
9F5M55Q9+R5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 131552590
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­prison_camp
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6951801
Wiki­data ID
Q159483
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Frisian—“Ravensbrück concentration camp” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kampi i përqëndrimit Ravensbrück”
  • Arabic: “رافنسبروك”
  • Arabic: “معسكر الإبادة رافنيسبروك”
  • Armenian: “Ռավենսբրյուկ համակենտրոնացման ճամբար”
  • Armenian: “Ռավենսբրյուկ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ravensbrük həbs düşərgəsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ravensburyuk həbs düşərgəsi”
  • Basque: “Ravensbrück”
  • Belarusian: “канцлягер Равэнсбрук”
  • Belarusian: “Равенсбрук”
  • Belarusian: “Равэнсбрук (канцлягер)”
  • Belarusian: “Равэнсбрук”
  • Bulgarian: “Концентрационен лагер в Равенсбрюк”
  • Catalan: “Camp de concentració de Ravensbrück”
  • Cebuano: “Ravensbrück”
  • Chinese: “拉文斯布吕克集中营”
  • Chinese: “拉文斯布呂克集中營”
  • Czech: “Koncentrační tábor Ravensbrück”
  • Czech: “Ravensbrück”
  • Danish: “Ravensbrück koncentrationslejr”
  • Danish: “Ravensbrück”
  • Dutch: “Concentratiekamp Ravensbruck”
  • Dutch: “Concentratiekamp Ravensbrück”
  • Dutch: “Ravensbruck”
  • Dutch: “Ravensbrück”
  • Dutch: “Ravensbrueck”
  • Esperanto: “Koncentrejo Ravensbrück”
  • Esperanto: “Ravensbrück”
  • Estonian: “Ravensbrücki koonduslaager”
  • Finnish: “Ravensbrück”
  • Finnish: “Ravensbrückin keskitysleiri”
  • French: “Camp de concentration de Ravensbrück”
  • French: “Ravensbruck”
  • French: “Ravensbrück”
  • German: “010”
  • German: “KL Ravensbrück”
  • German: “Konzentrationslager Ravensbrück”
  • German: “KZ Ravensbrück”
  • German: “Ravensbrück”
  • Greek: “Ράβενσμπρικ”
  • Hebrew: “ראוונסברוק”
  • Hebrew: “ראוונסבריק”
  • Hebrew: “רבנסברוק”
  • Hebrew: “רוונסברוק”
  • Hebrew: “רוונסבריק”
  • Hungarian: “ravensbrücki koncentrációs tábor”
  • Hungarian: “Ravensbrücki koncentrációs tábor”
  • Indonesian: “Kamp konsentrasi Ravensbrück”
  • Italian: “campo di concentramento di Ravensbruck”
  • Italian: “campo di concentramento di Ravensbrück”
  • Italian: “Campo di concentramento di Ravensbrück”
  • Italian: “Ravensbruck”
  • Italian: “Ravensbrück”
  • Japanese: “ラーフェンスブリュック強制収容所”
  • Korean: “라벤스브뤼크 강제 수용소”
  • Latvian: “Rāvensbrikas nometne”
  • Luxembourgish: “KZ Ravensbrück”
  • Macedonian: “Равенсбрик”
  • Maltese: “kamp ta‘ konċentrament ta’ Ravensbrück”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ravensbrück konsentrasjonsleir”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “KL Ravensbrück”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ravensbrück konsentrasjonsleir”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ravensbrück”
  • Norwegian: “Ravensbrück”
  • Persian: “اردوگاه کار اجباری راونسبروک”
  • Persian: “اردوگاه مرگ راونسبروک”
  • Polish: “KL-Ravensbrück”
  • Polish: “Obóz Koncentracyjny Ravensbruck”
  • Polish: “Ravensbrück”
  • Portuguese: “Campo de concentração de Ravensbrück”
  • Portuguese: “Ravensbruck”
  • Portuguese: “Ravensbrück”
  • Romanian: “KZ Ravensbrück”
  • Romanian: “Lagărul de concentrare Ravensbrück”
  • Romanian: “Lagărul Ravensbrück”
  • Romanian: “Ravensbrück”
  • Russian: “Концлагерь Равенсбрюк”
  • Russian: “Равенсбрюк”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “KZ Ravensbrück”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ravensbruck”
  • Serbian: “Koncentracioni logor Ravenzbrik”
  • Serbian: “Концентрациони логор Равензбрик”
  • Serbian: “Логор Равензбрик”
  • Slovak: “Koncentračný tábor Ravensbrück”
  • Slovak: “Ravensbrück”
  • Slovenian: “Koncentracijsko taborišče Ravensbrück”
  • Spanish: “Campo de concentracion de Ravensbruck”
  • Spanish: “Campo de concentracion de Ravensbrück”
  • Spanish: “Campo de concentración de Ravensbruck”
  • Spanish: “Campo de concentración de Ravensbrück”
  • Spanish: “Campo de concentracion Ravensbruck”
  • Spanish: “Campo de concentracion Ravensbrück”
  • Spanish: “Campo de concentración Ravensbruck”
  • Spanish: “Campo de concentración Ravensbrück”
  • Spanish: “Ravensbruck”
  • Spanish: “Ravensbrück”
  • Swedish: “Ravensbrück”
  • Swiss German: “KZ Ravensbrück”
  • Thai: “ค่ายกักกันราเวินส์บรึค”
  • Tosk Albanian: “KZ Ravensbrück”
  • Turkish: “Ravensbrück toplama kampı”
  • Turkish: “Ravensbrück Toplama Kampı”
  • Turkish: “Ravensbrück”
  • Ukrainian: “Равенсбрюк”
  • Vietnamese: “Trại tập trung Ravensbrück”
  • Welsh: “Ravensbrück”
  • Western Frisian: “Ravensbrück”

Localities in the Area

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