Neu-Friedrichsthal

Neu-Friedrichsthal is a hamlet in Oranienburg, Oberhavel, Brandenburg. Neu-Friedrichsthal is situated nearby to the village Fichtengrund, as well as near Dameswalde.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sachsenhausen concentration camp and Village church Friedrichsthal.

Sachsenhausen concentration camp

Museum

Photo: Greg Schechter, CC BY 2.0.

Sachsenhausen or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used from 1936 until April 1945, shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany in May. Sachsenhausen concentration camp is situated 3½ km south of Neu-Friedrichsthal.

Village church Friedrichsthal

Church

Photo: Avda, CC BY-SA 3.0.

NKVD special camp Nr. 7

Museum

Photo: K.schaetze, CC BY-SA 2.0.

NKVD special camp Nr. 7 was a NKVD special camp that operated in Weesow until August 1945 and in Sachsenhausen from August 1945 until the spring of 1950. NKVD special camp Nr. 7 is situated 3 km south of Neu-Friedrichsthal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Friedrichsthal, Oranienburg and Sachsenhausen.

Friedrichsthal, Oranienburg

Suburb

Photo: Saxo, Public domain.

Friedrichsthal, Oranienburg is a suburb.

Sachsenhausen

Suburb

Photo: Hans G. Oberlack, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sachsenhausen is a district on the Havel River in the north of the town Oranienburg, 35 kilometres north of Berlin in Germany. As of December 2005, it had a population of 2,735. The district's name means 'Houses of the Saxons'.