7 Sights in Dachau, Germany (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Dachau, Germany! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Dachau. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

1. Concentration camp Dachau

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Concentration camp Dachau Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung – www.geodaten.bayern.de / CC BY 3.0

The Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site is located north-northwest of Munich on the eastern edge of Dachau. It was erected on 5 May 1965 as a memorial and memorial site on the former prisoner grounds of the Dachau concentration camp. Since 2003, it has been under the sponsorship of the Bavarian Memorials Foundation. The archive of the memorial and part of the exhibition are located in the preserved former farm building of the camp. The memorial is visited annually by about 1,000,000 people from all over the world.

Wikipedia: KZ-Gedenkstätte Dachau (DE), Website

2. Protestant Church of Reconcilation

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The Church of Reconciliation is a Protestant church that was built according to plans by the architect Helmut Striffler from 1965 to 1967 on the grounds of the Dachau concentration camp memorial site.

Wikipedia: Versöhnungskirche (Dachau) (DE), Website

3. Ehemaliges Wirtschaftsgebäude

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Ehemaliges WirtschaftsgebäudeWolfgang Manousek aus Dormagen, Germany / CC BY 2.0

The former farm building of the Dachau concentration camp is a U-shaped brick structure that now houses the memorial's exhibition. It was located, separated from the SS compound, on the prisoner grounds of the Dachau concentration camp. During the National Socialist era, it housed, among other things, a kitchen and the notorious bathroom, i.e. a shower facility, which the SS used as a place for torture, among other things.

Wikipedia: Wirtschaftsgebäude des KZ Dachau (DE)

4. Guardhouse (Jourhaus)

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Guardhouse (Jourhaus) Guido Radig / CC BY-SA 3.0

Jourhaus was the name of the entrance building to the prisoners' camp at Dachau and Gusen concentration camps. It housed administrative and command offices and was the location for disciplinary hearings of prisoners.

Wikipedia: Jourhaus (EN), Website

5. Heilig Kreuz

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The parish of Heilig Kreuz is a parish and church in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, Germany. It is located in the Dachau-Ost district and is known as a (former) community of displaced persons. Together with St. Peter Dachau, it forms the parish association of Dachau – Holy Cross and St. Peter.

Wikipedia: Heilig Kreuz (Dachau) (DE)

6. St. Laurentius

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St. Laurentius

St. Laurentius is a branch church of the parish association of St. Jakob in the deanery of Dachau. It is located on the outskirts of the Dachau district of Etzenhausen. The patron saint of the church is St. Lawrence. The architectural style has late Gothic and Baroque style elements.

Wikipedia: St. Laurentius (Dachau) (DE)

7. Catholic Mortal Agony of Christ chapel

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Catholic Mortal Agony of Christ chapelTafkas uploaded with Commonist / CC BY 2.5

The Death Fear of Christ Chapel is a Roman Catholic chapel in Dachau, Germany. It was built according to plans by the Munich architecture professor Josef Wiedemann on the grounds of the Dachau concentration camp and inaugurated on August 5, 1960.

Wikipedia: Todesangst-Christi-Kapelle (Dachau) (DE)

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