Waisenhaus

Waisenhaus is a building in Oranienburg, Oberhavel, Brandenburg which is located on Havelstraße. Waisenhaus is situated nearby to the government office Gesundheitsamt, as well as near St. Nicolas church Oranienburg.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Nicolas church Oranienburg and Oranienburg Palace.

St. Nicolas church Oranienburg

Church

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Oranienburg Palace

Castle

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Oranienburg Palace is a Schloss located in the town of Oranienburg in Germany. It is the oldest Baroque Schloss in the Margraviate of Brandenburg and was built from 1651 to 1655 by Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau, the first wife of Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, on the site of an older hunting lodge. Oranienburg Palace is situated 350 metres north of Waisenhaus.

Oranienburg concentration camp

Memorial

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Oranienburg was an early Nazi concentration camp, one of the first detention facilities established by the Nazis in the state of Prussia when they gained power in 1933. Oranienburg concentration camp is situated 370 metres south of Waisenhaus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sachsenhausen and Germendorf.

Sachsenhausen

Suburb

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Sachsenhausen is a district on the Havel River in the north of the town Oranienburg, 35 kilometres north of Berlin in Germany. As of December 2005, it had a population of 2,735. The district's name means 'Houses of the Saxons'. Sachsenhausen is situated 3 km north of Waisenhaus.

Germendorf

Village

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Germendorf is a part of Oranienburg, a town in the district of Oberhavel in northern Brandenburg, Germany. In 2008, Germendorf had a population of 1,818. Germendorf is situated 4 km west of Waisenhaus.