Weiße Stadt

Weiße Stadt is a neighborhood in Oranienburg, Oberhavel, Brandenburg. Weiße Stadt is situated nearby to the neighborhood Altstadt, as well as near Annahof.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Oranienburg concentration camp and Oranienburg Palace.

Oranienburg concentration camp

Memorial

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Oranienburg was an early Nazi concentration camp, one of the first detention facilities established by the Nazis in the state of Prussia when they gained power in 1933.

Oranienburg Palace

Castle

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Oranienburg Palace is a Schloss located in the town of Oranienburg in Germany. It is the oldest Baroque Schloss in the Margraviate of Brandenburg and was built from 1651 to 1655 by Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau, the first wife of Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, on the site of an older hunting lodge.

St. Nicolas church Oranienburg

Church

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Germendorf and Sachsenhausen.

Germendorf

Village

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Germendorf is a part of Oranienburg, a town in the district of Oberhavel in northern Brandenburg, Germany. In 2008, Germendorf had a population of 1,818. Germendorf is situated 4 km west of Weiße Stadt.

Sachsenhausen

Suburb

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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'. Sachsenhausen is situated 4 km north of Weiße Stadt.