Sandbostel Concentration Camp
Located in Sandbostel, Rotenburg (Wümme) Coordinates: 53°23′53″ N 9°06′45″ E
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
- Elevation
- 9 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- BRE Bremen Airport45 km
- FCN Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval Airbase51 km
About Sandbostel Concentration Camp
Sandbostel Concentration Camp is a historic site. Location: Sandbostel, Rotenburg (Wümme).
Stalag X-B was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp located near Sandbostel in Lower Saxony in north-western Germany. Between 1939 and 1945 over 300,000 POWs of 55 nations passed through the camp. Due to the bad conditions in which they were housed, thousands died there of hunger, disease, or were killed by the guards. Estimates of the number of dead range from 8,000 to 50,000.
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At a glance
- Heritage designation
- cultural heritage monument in Lower Saxony
Source: Wikidata
Photos of Sandbostel Concentration Camp
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Climate of Sandbostel Concentration Camp
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 8° · Night 2° · Rain 69 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 22°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -1°)
- Wettest month
- July (79 mm)
- Driest month
- February (42 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) | 4° | 4° | 8° | 12° | 18° | 20° | 22° | 22° | 18° | 13° | 8° | 5° |
| Average low (°C) | -1° | -1° | 1° | 3° | 7° | 10° | 12° | 11° | 9° | 6° | 2° | 0° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 61 | 42 | 57 | 47 | 56 | 77 | 79 | 66 | 69 | 66 | 69 | 70 |
How to get to Sandbostel Concentration Camp
The nearest airport is Bremen Airport (BRE), 45 km to the southwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Bremerhaven, 40 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Bremen Airport (BRE) Bremen 45 kmsouthwest
- Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval Airbase (FCN) Wurster Nordseeküste 51 kmnorthwest
- Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM) Hamburg 64 kmnortheast
Nearby large cities
- Bremerhaven Population: 118.6K 40 kmnorthwest
- Bremen Population: 546.5K 41 kmsouthwest
- Oldenburg Population: 159.2K 66 kmsouthwest
- Lübeck Population: 212.2K 117 kmnortheast
- Hanover Population: 515.1K 122 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Sandbostel Concentration Camp
Within 100 km: 357 historic and cultural sites, 2,025 natural sites, 1,018 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km200 places
- Huvenhoopssee Lake 3 kmS
- Bülter-See Lake 24 kmNW
- Bullen-See Lake 18 kmS
- Breites Wasser Lake 24 kmSW
25–60 km849 places
- Rhinplate Island 47 kmNE
- Pagensand Island 42 kmNE
- Harrier Sand Island 42 kmW
- Hanskalbsand Island 42 kmNE
60–100 km2,351 places
- Viertbusch Natural site 81 kmE
- Sundern Natural site 77 kmSE
- Warnau River 67 kmSE
- Leine River 82 kmSE
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Sandberge Natural site, Sandbostel2.6 km NE
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Klenkendorfer Moor Natural site, Lower Saxony2.6 km W
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Huvenhoopssee Lake, Lower Saxony2.8 km S
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Selsinger Bach River, Sandbostel2.3 km SE
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Steinberg Mountain, Gnarrenburg5.4 km SW
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Naturschutzgebiet Huvenhoopsmoor Natural site, Gnarrenburg4.4 km S
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Falje Natural site, Lower Saxony4.6 km E
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Tempelberg Mountain, Bremervörde6.1 km N
Nearest towns and villages
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Sandbostel Village, Sandbostel1.7 km NE
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Immenhain Village, Sandbostel0.2 km NW
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Heinrichsdorf Village, Sandbostel1 km W
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Mintenburg Village, Sandbostel2 km N
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