Ebensee Concentration Camp
Located in Ebensee, Politischer Bezirk Gmunden Coordinates: 47°48′26″ N 13°46′45″ E
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Vienna · UTC+01:00
- Elevation
- 423 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- LNZ Linz-Hörsching Airport57 km
- SZG Salzburg Airport58 km
About Ebensee Concentration Camp
Ebensee Concentration Camp is a historic site. Location: Ebensee, Politischer Bezirk Gmunden.
Ebensee was a subcamp of Mauthausen concentration camp established by the SS to build tunnels for armaments storage near the town of Ebensee, Austria, in 1943. The camp held a total of 27,278 male inmates from 1943 until 1945. Between 8,500 and 11,000 prisoners died in the camp, mostly from hunger or malnutrition. Political prisoners were most common, and prisoners came from many different countries.
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Climate of Ebensee Concentration Camp
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–September.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 9° · Night 2° · Rain 107 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 23°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -2°)
- Wettest month
- July (197 mm)
- Driest month
- February (83 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) | 5° | 6° | 9° | 12° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 19° | 15° | 9° | 6° |
| Average low (°C) | -2° | -2° | 1° | 4° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 11° | 7° | 2° | -1° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 93 | 83 | 113 | 109 | 125 | 175 | 197 | 165 | 126 | 96 | 107 | 115 |
Other places to visit in this season: June July August September
How to get to Ebensee Concentration Camp
The nearest airport is Linz-Hörsching Airport (LNZ), 57 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Salzburg, 55 km to the west.
Airports
- Linz-Hörsching Airport (LNZ) Linz 57 kmnortheast
- Salzburg Airport (SZG) Salzburg 58 kmwest
- České Budějovice South Bohemian Airport (JCL) České Budějovice 136 kmnorth
Nearby large cities
- Salzburg Population: 157.2K 55 kmwest
- Linz Population: 204.8K 67 kmnortheast
- Klagenfurt Population: 100.3K 137 kmsouth
- Graz Population: 303.3K 150 kmsoutheast
- Munich Population: 1.5M 169 kmwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Ebensee Concentration Camp
Within 100 km: 284 historic and cultural sites, 2,941 natural sites, 996 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km407 places
- Augstsee Lake 16 kmS
- Ostersee Lake 18 kmS
- Sommersbergsee Lake 21 kmS
- Wilden See Lake 11 kmSE
25–60 km1,449 places
- Hoher Dachstein Mountain 39 kmS
- Klamm Natural site 52 kmSE
- Seeriessee Lake 51 kmS
- Untersee Lake 53 kmS
60–100 km2,365 places
- Gusen I Concentration Camp Historic site 72 kmNE
- Wildsee Lake 63 kmS
- Treffnersee Lake 65 kmSE
- Gemeinsee Lake 60 kmSE
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Großer Sonnstein Mountain, Ebensee1.9 km N -
Brenntenkogel Mountain, Ebensee2.4 km NW
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Spitzlstein Mountain, Ebensee2 km E
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Wimmersberg Mountain, Ebensee2.7 km W
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Erlakogel Mountain, Ebensee3.7 km E -
Kleiner Sonnstein Mountain, Ebensee2.5 km N
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Eibenberg Mountain, Ebensee4 km SE -
Hochlacken Mountain, Ebensee3 km NW
Nearest towns and villages
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Ebensee Village, Ebensee<0.1 km NW
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Oberlangbath Neighbourhood, Ebensee0.8 km NW
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Rindbach Village, Ebensee0.9 km E
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Trauneck Neighbourhood, Ebensee0.6 km NW
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