Nissen hut
A Nissen hut is a prefabricated steel structure originally for military use, especially as barracks, made from a 210° portion of a cylindrical skin of corrugated iron placed over a steel and wood frame.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: lightweight prefabricated structure
- Roof shape: round
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Versöhnunskirche Overath and Burg Kommern.
Versöhnunskirche Overath
Church
Photo: Rigorius, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Versöhnunskirche Overath is a church.
Burg Kommern
Castle
Photo: W.Mechelke, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Burg Kommern is a castle, which is situated 1¼ km east of Nissen hut.
Zu den heiligen Mauren
Church
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zu den heiligen Mauren is a church, which is situated 1½ km southwest of Nissen hut.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kommern and Eicks.
Eicks
Village
Eicks is a village belonging to the town of Mechernich in the district of Euskirchen in the south of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the "Nationalpark Nordeifel" in the Eifel hills, approx.
Mechernich
Town
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mechernich is a town in the district of Euskirchen in the south of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the "Naturpark Nordeifel" in the Eifel hills, approx. Mechernich is situated 2½ km southeast of Nissen hut.
Nissen hut
- Categories: type of structure and shed
- Location: Mechernich, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.60862° or 50° 36′ 31″ northLongitude
6.63008° or 6° 37′ 48″ eastInception
1946Height
3.5 metres (11 feet)Open location code
9F28JJ5J+C2OpenStreetMap ID
way 793148958OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=roundWikidata ID
Q1395768
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Welsh—“Nissen hut” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “尼森小屋”
- Czech: “Nissenova vojenská bouda”
- Danish: “Nissenhytte”
- Dutch: “nissenhut”
- Dutch: “Nissenhut”
- Esperanto: “Nisen-kabano”
- French: “Cabane Nissen”
- German: “Nissenhütte”
- Hebrew: “צריף ניסן”
- Icelandic: “Braggi”
- Italian: “Capanno Nissen”
- Japanese: “かまぼこ型組み立て兵舎”
- Japanese: “かまぼこ形兵舎”
- Japanese: “ニッセン・ハット”
- Japanese: “ニッセン式兵舎”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nissen-hytte”
- Norwegian: “Nissen-hytte”
- Portuguese: “Barracão Nissen”
- Russian: “Хижина Ниссена”
- Spanish: “Cobertizo Nissen”
- Swedish: “Nissenbarack”
- Welsh: “cwt Nissen”
- Welsh: “Cwt Nissen”
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