Salaspils
The Salaspils concentration camp memorial complex is in the Riga region, about 15 km southeast of Riga and is a memorial for the people who died there during the Nazi regime in Latvia.
- Type: concentration camp
- Description: Nazi police prison and re-education through labor camp southeast of Riga in Latvia
- Also known as: “AEL Salaspils”, “Campo de concentracion de Salaspils”, “Erweitertes Polizeigefängnis und Arbeitserziehungslager Salaspils”, “Kinderlager Salaspils”, “Lager Kurtenhof”, “Salaspils camp”, “Salaspils Concentration Camp”, “Salaspils darba nometne”, “Salaspils Police Prison and Re-Education Through Labor Camp”, “Концентрационный лагерь Саласпилс”, “Саласпилс”, “Саласпилский концлагерь”, and “Саласпилский лагерь смерти”
Places of Interest
Highlights: National Botanic Garden of Latvia and Salaspils Station.
National Botanic Garden of Latvia
Garden
The National Botanic Garden of Latvia is a botanical garden in Salaspils, Latvia.
Salaspils Station
Railway station
Salaspils Station is a railway station on the Riga–Daugavpils Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salaspils and Saurieši.
Dārziņi
Suburb
Dārziņi is a neighbourhood of Riga, the capital of Latvia, which is located in the Latgale Suburb.
Salaspils
- Location: Riga region, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
56.8667° or 56° 52′ 0″ north
Longitude
24.35° or 24° 21′ east
Open location code
9G86V88X+MX
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Salaspils” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Саласпілскі канцлагер”
- Catalan: “camp de concentració de Salaspils”
- Catalan: “Camp de concentració de Salaspils”
- Chinese: “薩拉斯皮爾斯集中營”
- Dutch: “Concentratiekamp Salaspils”
- Finnish: “Salaspilsin keskitysleiri”
- French: “camp de Kurtenhof”
- French: “Camp de Salaspils”
- German: “Lager Salaspils”
- German: “Salaspils”
- Hebrew: “סלספילס”
- Italian: “campo di concentramento di Salaspils”
- Italian: “Campo di concentramento di Salaspils”
- Japanese: “サラスピルス強制収容所”
- Kazakh: “Саласпилс лагері”
- Latvian: “Salaspils koncentrācijas nometne”
- Lithuanian: “Salaspilio koncentracijos stovykla”
- Persian: “اردوگاه سالاسپیلس”
- Polish: “Salaspils (KL)”
- Russian: “Саласпилсский концлагерь”
- Spanish: “Campo de concentración de Salaspils”
- Swedish: “Salaspils”
- Turkish: “Salaspils toplama kampı”
- Ukrainian: “Саласпілс”
- Ukrainian: “Саласпілсський концтабір”
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Places to explore: Budeskalni and Vecā Salaspils.
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