Birkenkreuz
Birkenkreuz is a memorial in Lower Saxony, Germany. Birkenkreuz is situated nearby to the cemetery Massengrab für 800 Tote, as well as near Große Gedenkstätte mit Obelisk.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bergen-Belsen Memorial and Schloss Bredebeck.
Bergen-Belsen Memorial
Museum
Photo: Hajotthu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bergen-Belsen Memorial is a museum, which is situated 550 metres northeast of Birkenkreuz.
Schloss Bredebeck
Castle
Schloss Bredebeck was built in 1901/1902 by a farmer, Herr Hellberg. It is actually a manor house in terms of its size and function. The house is located in woodland in the German state of Lower Saxony between the former villages of Hörsten and Hohne, which disappeared in the 1930s in the wake of the establishment of Bergen-Hohne Training Area. Schloss Bredebeck is situated 3½ km north of Birkenkreuz.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bergen-Belsen Memorial and Walle.
Bergen-Belsen Memorial
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Bergen-Belsen, or Belsen, was a Nazi concentration camp in what is today Lower Saxony in northern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle. Originally established as a prisoner of war camp, in 1943, parts of it became a concentration camp.
Walle
Village
Walle is a village and Ortschaft of the municipality of Winsen in Celle district, Lower Saxony, on the Lüneburg Heath in Germany. Walle is situated 3 km southeast of Birkenkreuz.
Belsen
Village
Photo: Losch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Belsen is a village within the German borough of Bergen in the northern part of Celle district on the Lüneburg Heath in Lower Saxony. The village, whose original site lies about 3 kilometres southwest of Bergen, has 331 inhabitants. Belsen is situated 4 km northeast of Birkenkreuz.
Birkenkreuz
- Type: Memorial
- Wheelchair access: yes
- Category: historic site
- Location: Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.75716° or 52° 45′ 26″ northLongitude
9.90428° or 9° 54′ 15″ eastOpen location code
9F4FQW43+VPOpenStreetMap ID
node 299656987OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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