Glashütte

Glashütte is a hamlet in Oranienburg, Oberhavel, Brandenburg. Glashütte is situated nearby to the village Fichtengrund, as well as near the suburb Sachsenhausen.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sachsenhausen concentration camp and Village church Sachsenhausen.

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.

Village church Sachsenhausen

Church

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

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sachsenhausen and Friedrichsthal, Oranienburg.

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'.