Gusen
Local name: KZ Mauthausen
Located in Langenstein, Perg District Coordinates: 48°15′30″ N 14°27′43″ E
- Population
- 793
- 793
- Elevation
- 245 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Vienna · UTC+01:00
About Gusen
Gusen is a village. Location: Langenstein, Perg District. Population: 793. Elevation: 245 m.
Mauthausen was a Nazi concentration camp on a hill above the market town of Mauthausen (roughly 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Linz) in Upper Austria. It was the main camp of a group with nearly 100 further subcamps located throughout Austria and southern Germany. The Nazi Mauthausen concentration camp was established in 1938 in the same municipality where the Austro-Hungarian WWI POW camp (k.u.k.
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At a glance
- Built
- 1938
- Heritage designation
- Listed objects in Austria
Source: Wikidata
In comparison
- No. 2 of 4 places in Langenstein by population
- Nearest larger town: Langenstein, 1 km SE
- 19 sights and natural places within 10 km Gusen I Concentration Camp, Ruine Spielberg
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Gusen I Concentration Camp Historic site, Langenstein0.2 km SE -
Ruine Spielberg Historic site, Langenstein1 km S
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Mauthausen Concentration Camp Historic site, Mauthausen2.9 km E -
Mauthausen concentration camp Historic site, Mauthausen2.9 km E
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Reichenbach River, Upper Austria2.3 km NW
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Gusen River, Upper Austria3 km E
Sources & licences
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