Husum-Schwesing concentration camp
The Husum-Schwesing subcamp in the Schwesing district of Engelsburg, about five kilometres northeast of Husum, became a satellite of Neuengamme concentration camp on 26 September 1944 and was occupied by prisoners in connection with the construction of the so-called Frisian Wall.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Memorial
- Description: former satellite camp of the Neuengamme concentration camp in Schwesig, Schleswig-Holstein (1944)
- Also known as: “Husum-Schwesing” and “KZ Husum-Schwesing”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Husum Schwesing Airport and Schwesing Church.
Husum Schwesing Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Husum Schwesing Airport is a regional airport in Germany. It supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled.
Schwesing Church
Church
Photo: Agnete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schwesing Church is situated 2 km southeast of Husum-Schwesing concentration camp.
Olderup Church
Church
Photo: Dguendel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Olderup Church is situated 3 km north of Husum-Schwesing concentration camp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Olderup and Horstedt.
Olderup
Village
Photo: Dguendel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Olderup is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Olderup is situated 3 km north of Husum-Schwesing concentration camp.
Horstedt
Village
Photo: Florian Gerlach (Nawaro), CC BY-SA 3.0.
Horstedt is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Horstedt is situated 4 km northwest of Husum-Schwesing concentration camp.
Arlewatt
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Arlewatt is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Arlewatt is situated 4 km northwest of Husum-Schwesing concentration camp.
Husum-Schwesing concentration camp
- Categories: subcamp and historic site
- Location: Schwesing, Kreis Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
54.51003° or 54° 30′ 36″ northLongitude
9.11779° or 9° 7′ 4″ eastOpen location code
9F6FG469+24OpenStreetMap ID
way 134645937OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q155459
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Norwegian Bokmål—“Husum-Schwesing concentration camp” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Husum-Schwesing kz-lejr”
- Danish: “Svesinglejr”
- Dutch: “Kamp Husum-Schwesing”
- German: “KZ Husum-Schwesing”
- German: “KZ-Außenlager Husum-Schwesing”
- German: “KZ-Gedenkstätte Husum-Schwesing”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Husum-Schwesing kz-lejr”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Svesinglejr”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Munitionsdepot (außer Betrieb) and Freiwillige Feuerwehr Schwesing.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Husum-Schwesing concentration camp”. Photo: N-Lange.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.