Backsbrunnen
Backsbrunnen is a memorial in Harztor, Nordhausen, Thuringia. Backsbrunnen is situated nearby to the church St. Johannis-Pauli (Niedersachswerfen), as well as near the square Kirchplatz.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Johannis-Pauli (Niedersachswerfen) and Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp Memorial.
St. Johannis-Pauli (Niedersachswerfen)
Church
Photo: ErwinMeier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Johannis-Pauli (Niedersachswerfen) is a church.
Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp Memorial
Museum
Mittelbau-Dora was a Nazi concentration camp located near Nordhausen in Thuringia, Germany. It was established in late summer 1943 as a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp, supplying slave labour from many Eastern countries occupied by Germany, for extending the nearby tunnels in the Kohnstein and for manufacturing the V-2 rocket and the V-1 flying bomb. Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp Memorial is situated 2½ km south of Backsbrunnen.
Mittelwerk
Bunker
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Mittelwerk was a German World War II factory built underground in the Kohnstein to avoid Allied bombing. It used slave labor from the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp to produce V-2 ballistic missiles, V-1 flying bombs, and other weapons. Mittelwerk is situated 2 km southwest of Backsbrunnen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Niedersachswerfen and Harzungen.
Niedersachswerfen
Village
Niedersachswerfen is a village and a former municipality in the district of Nordhausen, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2012, it is part of the municipality Harztor.
Harzungen
Village
Harzungen is a village and a former municipality in the district of Nordhausen, in Thuringia, Germany. Since July 2018, it is part of the municipality Harztor. Harzungen is situated 3 km east of Backsbrunnen.
Woffleben
Village
Photo: TochterWofflebens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Woffleben is a village, which is situated 3 km west of Backsbrunnen.
Backsbrunnen
- Type: Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Harztor, Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.55352° or 51° 33′ 13″ northLongitude
10.76611° or 10° 45′ 58″ eastOpen location code
9F3GHQ38+CCOpenStreetMap ID
node 10887261120OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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