Stalag VIII-A
Stalag VIII-A was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp, located just to the south of the town of Görlitz in Lower Silesia, east of the River Neisse.Photo: Meetingpointmusicmessiaen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Zgorzelec railway station and Saint John the Baptist church in Zgorzelec.
Zgorzelec railway station
Railway station
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Zgorzelec is the railway station located in the Ujazd district of Zgorzelec, Lower Silesia, Poland. It is one of the two railway stations in the town, the other being Zgorzelec Miasto. Zgorzelec railway station is situated 2½ km north of Stalag VIII-A.
Saint John the Baptist church in Zgorzelec
Church
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Saint John the Baptist church in Zgorzelec is situated 2 km north of Stalag VIII-A.
Upper Lusatian Memorial Hall
Community center
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Upper Lusatian Memorial Hall is a community center, which is situated 3 km north of Stalag VIII-A.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weinhübel and Koźmin.
Koźmin
Village
Koźmin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zgorzelec, within Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the German border. In 2009 the village had a population of 182. Koźmin is situated 3 km south of Stalag VIII-A.
Zgorzelec
Town
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Zgorzelec is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland, with 30,374 inhabitants. It is the seat of Zgorzelec County and of Gmina Zgorzelec. Zgorzelec is situated 3 km north of Stalag VIII-A.
Stalag VIII-A
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: German World War II prisoner-of-war camp at Görlitz
- Categories: prisoner-of-war camp, tourism, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Zgorzelec, Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.11973° or 51° 7′ 11″ northLongitude
15.01054° or 15° 0′ 38″ eastOpen location code
9F3Q4296+V6OpenStreetMap ID
way 143453784OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q3968052
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Stalag VIII-A” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Stalag VIII-A”
- French: “Stalag VIII-A”
- German: “Stalag VIII-A”
- German: “Stammlager VIII A”
- Italian: “Stalag VIII-A”
- Polish: “Stalag 8 A”
- Polish: “Stalag 8A Goerlitz”
- Polish: “Stalag VIII A”
- Russian: “Шталаг VIII-A”
- Ukrainian: “Шталаг VIII-A”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Friedhof Stalag VIII A and Bitwa pod Moys.
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