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Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp

Located in Nordhausen, Landkreis Nordhausen Coordinates: 51°32′07″ N 10°44′56″ E

Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp
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Nearest town
Niedersachswerfen
2.1 km NE
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Elevation
237 m
above sea level
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
ERF Erfurt-Weimar Airport64 km
KSF Kassel Airport95 km

About Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp

Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp is a historic site. Location: Nordhausen, Landkreis Nordhausen.

From Wikipedia

Mittelbau-Dora (also Dora-Mittelbau and Nordhausen-Dora) was a Nazi concentration camp located near Nordhausen in Thuringia, Germany. It was established in late summer 1943 as a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp, supplying slave labour from many Eastern countries occupied by Germany (including evacuated survivors of eastern extermination camps), for extending the nearby tunnels in the Kohnstein and for manufacturing the V-2 rocket and the V-1 flying bomb.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Opened
1943
Official website
buchenwald.de

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 7° · Night 1° · Rain 77 mm

Hottest month
July (day 22°)
Coldest month
January (night -3°)
Wettest month
December (85 mm)
Driest month
February (55 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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Climate of Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)3°4°7°12°17°20°22°22°18°13°7°4°
Average low (°C)-3°-3°0°3°7°10°12°12°9°5°1°-1°
Precipitation (mm)725575586580786966667785

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp

The nearest airport is Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF), 64 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Göttingen, 57 km to the west.

Airports

  • Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF) Erfurt 64 kmsouth
  • Kassel Airport (KSF) Calden 95 kmwest
  • Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) Schkeuditz 104 kmeast

Nearby large cities

  • Göttingen Population: 122.1K 57 kmwest
  • Erfurt Population: 218.8K 65 kmsouth
  • Salzgitter Population: 105K 73 kmnorth
  • Braunschweig Population: 244.7K 83 kmnorth
  • Halle Population: 237.9K 86 kmeast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp

Within 100 km: 529 historic and cultural sites, 4,119 natural sites, 786 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km460 places

  • Bere River 1 kmN
  • Steinbruchsteich Lake 14 kmNW
  • Röstesee Lake 8 kmW
  • Rappbodetalsperre Lake 23 kmN

25–60 km1,878 places

  • Schalk River 40 kmNW
  • Frieda River 58 kmSW
  • Aue River 57 kmN
  • Aue River 50 kmN

60–100 km3,096 places

  • Buchenwald concentration camp Historic site 67 kmSE
  • Sarre River 67 kmNE
  • Roda River 94 kmSE
  • Roda River 95 kmSE

Straight-line distances.

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