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Salaspils

The Salaspils concentration camp memorial complex is in the , about 15 km southeast of and is a memorial for the people who died there during the Nazi regime in Latvia.
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  • Type: concentration camp
  • Description: Nazi police prison and re-education through labor camp southeast of Riga in Latvia
  • Also known as: “Erweitertes Polizeigefängnis und Arbeitserziehungslager Salaspils”, “Salaspils camp”, and “Salaspils Police Prison and Re-Education Through Labor Camp”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Salaspils Memorial Ensemble and Dole Station.

Museum
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is a museum.

Railway stop
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is a railway station on the Riga–Daugavpils Railway. It is located in the town limits of and named after nearby Dole Island. It is serviced by all Vivi electric trains within the line and the diesel train en route to .

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Salaspils and Saurieši.

Town
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is a town in the region of . It is the administrative centre of . The town is situated on the northern bank of the river, 18 kilometers to the south-east of the city of .

Village
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is a village in Stopiņi Parish, in the region and the of Latvia. It has a population of around 2100 people. The village is 4.89 square kilometers large.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of , the capital of , which is located in the Latgale Suburb. The neighbourhood mostly consists of summer homes and small plant gardens for personal use, and it is the southernmost neighbourhood of Riga.

Salaspils

Latitude
56.8667° or 56° 52′ 0″ north
Longitude
24.35° or 24° 21′ east
Open location code
9G86V88X+MX
Wiki­data ID
Q697919
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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: “Erweitertes Polizeigefängnis und Arbeitserziehungslager Salaspils”
  • German: “Kinderlager Salaspils”
  • German: “Lager Kurtenhof”
  • 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 darba nometne”
  • Latvian: “Salaspils koncentrācijas nometne”
  • Lithuanian: “Salaspilio koncentracijos stovykla”
  • Persian: “اردوگاه سالاسپیلس”
  • Russian: “AEL Salaspils”
  • Russian: “Lager Kurtenhof”
  • Russian: “Концентрационный лагерь Саласпилс”
  • Russian: “Саласпилс”
  • Russian: “Саласпилский концлагерь”
  • Russian: “Саласпилский лагерь смерти”
  • Russian: “Саласпилсский концлагерь”
  • Spanish: “Campo de concentracion de Salaspils”
  • Spanish: “Campo de concentración de Salaspils”
  • Swedish: “Salaspils”
  • Turkish: “Salaspils toplama kampı”
  • Ukrainian: “Саласпілс”
  • Ukrainian: “Саласпілсський концтабір”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Salaspils”. Photo: Derbrauni, CC BY-SA 3.0.