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Police Custody Camp Amersfoort

Historic site

Police Custody Camp Amersfoort

Local name: Durchgangslager Amersfoort

Located in Amersfoort Municipality, Utrecht Coordinates: 52°09′22″ N 5°23′16″ E

P.J.L Laurens · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Nearest town: Amersfoort; 0.1 km S
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Amsterdam · UTC+01:00
Elevation: 5 m; above sea level
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: AMS Amsterdam Airport Schiphol46 km; RTM Rotterdam The Hague Airport69 km

About Police Custody Camp Amersfoort

Police Custody Camp Amersfoort is a historic site. Location: Amersfoort Municipality, Utrecht.

From Wikipedia

Kamp Amersfoort (Dutch: Kamp Amersfoort, German: Durchgangslager Amersfoort) was a Nazi concentration camp near the city of Amersfoort, the Netherlands. The official name was "Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Amersfoort", P.D.A. or Amersfoort Police Transit Camp. 47,000 prisoners were held there between 1941 and 1945. The camp was situated in the northern part of the municipality of Leusden, on the municipal boundary between Leusden and Amersfoort in the central Netherlands.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Official website: kampamersfoort.nl

Source: Wikidata

Photos of Police Custody Camp Amersfoort

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Willem Nabuurs · CC BY-SA 4.0
Willem Nabuurs · CC BY-SA 4.0
HenkvD · CC BY-SA 4.0
Marja van Vulpen · CC BY-SA 3.0 nl

Climate of Police Custody Camp Amersfoort

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 84 mm

Hottest month: August (day 23°)
Coldest month: February (night 0°)
Wettest month: November (84 mm)
Driest month: April (48 mm)

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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 Police Custody Camp Amersfoort
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	5°	6°	10°	13°	18°	20°	22°	23°	19°	14°	9°	6°
Average low (°C)	0°	0°	2°	3°	8°	10°	12°	12°	10°	6°	3°	1°
Precipitation (mm)	75	54	71	48	63	73	73	63	74	75	84	83

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Police Custody Camp Amersfoort

The nearest airport is Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), 46 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Amersfoort, 1 km to the south.