Location: Nordhausen
Top Things to do in Nordhausen
The 5 Best Free Things to do in Nordhausen, Thuringia
Nordhausen is a city in Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Nordhausen district and the urban centre of northern Thuringia and the southern Harz region; its population is 42,000. Nordhausen is located approximately 60 km (37 miles) N of Erfurt, 80 km (50 miles) W of Halle, 85 km (53 miles) S of Braunschweig and 60 km (37 miles) E of Göttingen.
Restaurants in Nordhausen
1. Theater Nordhausen/Loh-Orchester Sondershausen
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 14 reviews
Das nach Plänen des Nordhäuser Architekten Gustav Ricken errichtete neoklassizistische Gebäude wurde 1917 als Stadttheater eingeweiht. Neben Konzerten werden mit eigenen Ensembles Musiktheater- und Ballettinszenierungen und Schauspiele seit 2005 in Kooperation mit dem Landestheater Rudolstadt aufgeführt. Nach dem ersten Weltkrieg erhielt das Orchester den Namen »Staatliches Loh-Orchester«. Durch die Fusion mit dem Theater Nordhausen im Jahre 1991 hat das Loh-Orchester diese Funktion zurückgewonnen.
2. KZ-Gedenkstatte Mittelbau Dora
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 160 reviews
“Dora” was founded in the summer of 1943 as a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp when the rocket production activities carried out at Peenemünde were relocated to tunnel facilities near Nordhausen to protect them from air attacks. Between 1943 and 1945, some 60,000 persons from nearly all the countries of Europe, above all the Soviet Union, Poland and France, were deported to the Harz Mountains as concentration camp inmates to perform forced labour for the German armament industry. One in three of them died. Today Mittelbau-Dora is a place of learning and commemoration. Changing exhibitions inspire critical examination of the past.
Reviewed By NemoTraveler - Aarhus, Denmark
The concentration camp was located near Nordhausen, Thuringia, from the end of August 1943 to the end of the Second World War. It was founded as a sub camp of Buchenwald as rocket production was relocated from Peenemünde after Allied airstrikes. The V1 and V2 production in the Harz area was mainly done by forced labour in tunnels and under horrible conditions. After the unification of Germany much work has been done to establish the present memorial and a new museum building. Much work has been done to describe the sufferings of camp prisoners, and a special exhibition about a number of survivors and their lives after the war.
3. Nordhauser Traditionsbrennerei
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 40 reviews
4. Dom Zum Heiligen Kreuz
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 16 reviews
5. Actionsport
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 10 reviews
TAGS
