Havel-Oder-Kanal

Havel-Oder-Kanal is a canal in Oranienburg, Oberhavel, Brandenburg. Havel-Oder-Kanal is situated nearby to the locality Oranienburg, as well as near the suburb Lehnitz.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lehnitz station and Oranienburg station.

Lehnitz station

Railway stop

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Lehnitz is a railway station in the district of Lehnitz, Oranienburg, Germany. It is served by route S1 of the Berlin S-Bahn, with trains in both directions stopping every 20 min during the hours of operation.

Oranienburg station

Railway station

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Oranienburg is a railway station located in Oranienburg, Germany. The station was opened in 1877 is located on the Berlin Northern Railway and the now closed Nauen–Oranienburg railway and Oranienburg–Velten railway.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Borgsdorf and Sachsenhausen.

Borgsdorf

Village

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Borgsdorf is a village, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Havel-Oder-Kanal.

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 4½ km north of Havel-Oder-Kanal.