Deutscher Gedenkstein

Deutscher Gedenkstein is a memorial in Lower Saxony, Germany. Deutscher Gedenkstein is situated nearby to the cemetery Sowjetischer Kriegsgefangenenfriedhof Hörsten, as well as near the shooting range SB 4B.

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 1¼ km southeast of Deutscher Gedenkstein.

Schloss Bredebeck

Castle

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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 2½ km north of Deutscher Gedenkstein.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bergen-Belsen Memorial and Walle.

Bergen-Belsen Memorial

Locality

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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 3½ km southeast of Deutscher Gedenkstein.

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 Deutscher Gedenkstein.

Deutscher Gedenkstein

Type: Memorial
Category: historic site
Location: Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

52.76336° or 52° 45′ 48″ north

Longitude

9.89525° or 9° 53′ 43″ east

Open location code

9F4FQV7W+83

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6416646346

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sowjetischer Kriegsgefangenenfriedhof Hörsten and SB 4B.

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