Moringen concentration camp

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Three concentration camps operated in succession in Moringen, Lower Saxony, from April 1933 to April 1945. KZ Moringen, established in the centre of the town on site of former 19th century workhouses, originally housed mostly male political inmates. In November 1933 - March 1938 Moringen housed a women's concentration camp; in June 1940 - April 1945 a juvenile prison. A total of 4,300 people were prisoners of Moringen; an estimated ten percent of them died in the camp. ()

Local name: KZ Moringen Coordinates: 51°42'3"N, 9°52'18"E

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Lange Str. 58Moringen 37186 Lower SaxonyGermany

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Moringen concentration camp – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Burg Hardeg, Grubenhagen Castle, Fredelsloh Abbey, Burg Hardenberg.

3.9 miSW
Forts and castles, Park
Burg Hardeg
100 min walk • Hardeg Castle is an old castle in the little Lower Saxon town of Hardegsen in the German county of Northeim. It was built in the 12th century and used to be the seat of government of the Welf dukes.
5 miNW
Forts and castles
Grubenhagen Castle
128 min walk • Grubenhagen Castle is a ruined medieval castle in North Germany dating to the 13th century. It is not far from the town of Einbeck in southern Lower Saxony.
4.2 miNW
Monastery
Fredelsloh Abbey
108 min walk • Fredelsloh Abbey is a former monastery in Fredelsloh, district Northeim, Germany.
5.9 miSE
Forts and castles
Burg Hardenberg, Nörten-Hardenberg
151 min walk • Hardenberg Castle is the ruin of a rock castle on a rocky hilltop with steeply sloping rock walls near Nörten-Hardenberg.
5.4 miE
51°41'52"N • 9°59'54"E
Innere Mission Altenheim, Northeim
139 min walk • Mission
3.9 miSW
Locality
Hardegsen
99 min walk • Hardegsen is a town in the district of Northeim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km southwest of Northeim, and 15 km northwest of Göttingen. Burg Hardeg is a medieval castle in Hardegsen. The castle was founded in the 12th century as a residence of the House of Welf.