Helene Schweitzer

Helene Schweitzer is a memorial in Dortmund, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Helene Schweitzer is situated nearby to Volkswohl Bund Skyscraper, as well as near the art gallery Kunstbonbon.

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “Hier wohnte Helene Schweitzer geb. Pins Jg. 1887 deportiert 1942 Theresienstadt 1944 Auschwitz ermordet”
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Old Synagogue and Dortmund Neues Rathaus.

Old Synagogue

Memorial

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Old Synagogue was a former Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Dortmund, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Completed in 1900, the synagogue was abandoned in 1933 and demolished in 1938. Old Synagogue is situated 150 metres north of Helene Schweitzer.

Dortmund Neues Rathaus

Town hall

Photo: Smial, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.

Dortmund Neues Rathaus is a town hall, which is situated 340 metres northeast of Helene Schweitzer.

Westfalenstadion

Stadium

Photo: Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.

Westfalenstadion is a football stadium in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which is the home stadium of Borussia Dortmund. Officially called Signal Iduna Park for sponsorship reasons and BVB Stadion Dortmund in UEFA competitions, the name derives from the former Prussian province of Westphalia. Westfalenstadion is situated 2 km south of Helene Schweitzer.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kreuzviertel and Unionviertel.

Kreuzviertel

Quarter

Kreuzviertel is a neighbourhood of Dortmund, Germany and it has about 15,885 inhabitants. Along with the Nordstadt in the north and the Kaiserviertel in the east, it is part of Dortmund's dense inner city districts.