Melk Concentration Camp
Located in Melk, Politischer Bezirk Melk Coordinates: 48°13′35″ N 15°21′00″ E
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Vienna · UTC+01:00
- Elevation
- 251 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- LNZ Linz-Hörsching Airport86 km
- VIE Vienna International Airport92 km
About Melk Concentration Camp
Melk Concentration Camp is a historic site. Location: Melk, Politischer Bezirk Melk.
Melk concentration camp (also called Melk labor camp and KZ Melk, A.K.Me.) was a forced labor unit for men in the Mauthausen concentration camp in Mauthausen, Upper Austria. Prisoners there were forced to construct an underground ball-bearing factory for the Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG company. Prisoners were also constructed various barracks in the region and the "Luftwaffe colony" in Loosdorf.
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Climate of Melk Concentration Camp
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: May–September.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 7° · Night 1° · Rain 48 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 24°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -4°)
- Wettest month
- July (93 mm)
- Driest month
- January (30 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 3° | 5° | 9° | 14° | 20° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 20° | 14° | 7° | 4° |
| Average low (°C) | -4° | -3° | 0° | 4° | 8° | 12° | 13° | 13° | 9° | 5° | 1° | -3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 30 | 32 | 42 | 52 | 72 | 89 | 93 | 80 | 56 | 40 | 48 | 38 |
Other places to visit in this season: May June July August September
How to get to Melk Concentration Camp
The nearest airport is Linz-Hörsching Airport (LNZ), 86 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Linz, 79 km to the west.
Airports
- Linz-Hörsching Airport (LNZ) Linz 86 kmwest
- Vienna International Airport (VIE) Vienna 92 kmeast
- České Budějovice South Bohemian Airport (JCL) České Budějovice 105 kmnorthwest
Nearby large cities
- Linz Population: 204.8K 79 kmwest
- Graz Population: 303.3K 129 kmsouth
- Bratislava Population: 423.7K 131 kmeast
- Brno Population: 404.3K 142 kmnortheast
- Salzburg Population: 157.2K 178 kmwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Melk Concentration Camp
Within 100 km: 538 historic and cultural sites, 2,236 natural sites, 565 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km64 places
- Gassner Camel Riding School Natural site 7 kmNW
- Weitenberg Mountain 23 kmNE
- Wachtberg Mountain 14 kmW
- Wachberg Mountain 1 kmSE
25–60 km601 places
- Waldsee Lake 53 kmE
- Vienna Forest Lake Lake 57 kmE
- Obersee Lake 52 kmSW
- Mittersee Lake 49 kmSW
60–100 km2,674 places
- Gusen I Concentration Camp Historic site 66 kmW
- Donauinsel Island 84 kmE
- Treffnersee Lake 98 kmSW
- Steinsee Lake 73 kmE
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Wachberg Mountain, Melk0.6 km SE
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Melk Abbey Attraction, Melk1.4 km W
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Pielach River, Lower Austria1.6 km N
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Ruine Weitenegg Historic site, Leiben4.2 km W
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Melk River, Lower Austria3.4 km W
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Richtfunkturm Bergern Landmark, Zelking-Matzleinsdorf6.1 km W
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Donau-Freileitungskreuzung Bergern, Mast Süd Landmark, Pöchlarn7 km W
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Eitental Bridge Landmark, Weiten7 km NW
Nearest towns and villages
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Melk Village, Melk1.3 km W
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Spielberg Village, Melk0.8 km N
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Pielachberg Village, Melk1.5 km E
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Pielach Village, Melk1.6 km E
Sources & licences
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