Farge concentration camp, Schwanewede

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Bremen-Farge concentration camp Farge was subcamp number 179 of the Neuengamme concentration camp complex. It was established in the autumn of 1943. When established, it was the second largest Neuengamme satellite camp, although the only known prisoner count is 2092, recorded in March 1945. The prisoners were used as slave labour at the U-boot Bunker Valentin. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 53°13'2"N, 8°31'60"E

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

Nearby attractions include: Valentin submarine pens, Schulschiff Deutschland, Bremen-Vegesack, Schloss Schönebeck.

1.3 miW
Nazi submarine bunker and wartime monument
Valentin submarine pens, Bremen
32 min walk • Nestled in the city of Bremen, Germany, the Valentin submarine pens stand as a somber reminder of the country's wartime past. This colossal structure, now transformed into a museum, was originally constructed during World War II as a bunker for the manufacture...
5.2 miSE
Maritime history on a merchant ship
Schulschiff Deutschland, Bremen
133 min walk • Schulschiff Deutschland is a German full-rigged sail training ship, maintained as a historical monument and museum ship. She was employed as a school ship for the merchant marine beginning in 1927.
4.9 miSE
Neighbourhood
Bremen-Vegesack, Schwanewede
126 min walk • Vegesack is a northern district of the city of Bremen.
5.5 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum
Schloss Schönebeck, Bremen
139 min walk • Schönebeck Castle is a moated castle built in North German half-timbering in Bremen-Vegesack, district Schönebeck. It is located in the valley of the Schönebecker Aue, a Geestbach that flows into the Weser via the Vegesack harbor and has been...
0.6 miNE
Museum
dokumentations- und lernort baracke wilhelmine
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5 miSE
Museum, Art museum, Specialty museum
Overbeck-Museum, Bremen
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6.7 miSE
Park
Knoops Park, Bremen
170 min walk • Knoop's Park, named after the Bremen merchant Ludwig Knoop, is a park located in Bremen's Burglesum district of St. Magnus, covering an area of 65 hectares.
4.6 miSE
Park
Stadtgarten Vegesack, Bremen
119 min walk • The Stadtgarten Vegesack with the Vegesacker Weserpromenade is located in Bremen in the district of Vegesack, directly on the Weser River. It is part of the Maritime Mile.
3.1 miNW
53°14'9"N • 8°27'55"E
Berth sail-training ship "Grossherzogin Elisabeth", Elsfleth
79 min walk • Universities and schools
5.2 miSE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Haven Höövt, Bremen
133 min walk • The Haven Höövt Vegesack was an urban quarter with a shopping center on the former site of the Lürssen shipyard in Bremen-Vegesack, located between the Vegesack harbor and the Vegesack train station and the high-rise residential complex Grohner...
3.1 miNW
Town, Memorial
Denkmal des Schwarzen Herzogs, Elsfleth
80 min walk • Elsfleth is a town in the district of Wesermarsch, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated at the confluence of the Hunte with the Weser, on the left bank of the Weser. It has a school of navigation, a harbour and docks.