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Sonnenstein Castle

The Sonnenstein Castle is a castle in , near , . It housed a mental hospital, which operated from 1811 to the end of World War II in 1945.
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Photo: Norbert Kaiser, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: château
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Mary’s Church and Sonnenstein Euthanasia Centre.

Church
Photo: Norbert Kaiser, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is situated 200 metres northwest of Sonnenstein Castle.

Memorial
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
The Sonnenstein Euthanasia Clinic was a Nazi killing centre located in the former fortress of Sonnenstein Castle near in eastern Germany, where a hospital had been established in 1811. is situated 300 metres east of Sonnenstein Castle.

Memorial
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is a memorial, which is situated 180 metres northwest of Sonnenstein Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pirna and Sonnenstein.

Town
Photo: Norbert Kaiser, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in , and capital of the administrative district . The town's population is over 37,000. is located near and is an important district town as well as a Große Kreisstadt.

Suburb
Photo: Norbert Kaiser, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.

Suburb
is a subdivision of , in , . It was incorporated into Pirna in 1923. The place was mentioned for the first time in 1417. It is situated on the right bank of the river , directly opposite Pirna town centre.

Sonnenstein Castle

Latitude
50.96151° or 50° 57′ 41″ north
Longitude
13.94604° or 13° 56′ 46″ east
Elevation
156 metres (512 feet)
Open location code
9F2MXW6W+JC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 307878075
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
7646763
Wiki­data ID
Q606631
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Sonnenstein Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة زننشتاين”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Sonnenstein”
  • Cebuano: “Schloß Sonnenstein”
  • Danish: “Sonnenstein Slot”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel Sonnenstein”
  • German: “Festung Sonnenstein”
  • German: “Schloss Sonnenstein”
  • Hebrew: “טירת זוננשטיין”
  • Italian: “Castello di Sonnenstein”
  • Japanese: “ゾンネンシュタイン城”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Schloss Sonnenstein”
  • Norwegian: “Schloss Sonnenstein”
  • Polish: “Zamek Sonnenstein”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo Sonnenstein”
  • Russian: “замок Зонненштайн”
  • Russian: “Замок Зонненштайн”
  • Swedish: “Sonnenstein”
  • Western Panjabi: “سونسٹائن قلعہ”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sonnenstein Castle”. Photo: Norbert Kaiser, CC BY-SA 3.0.