Search results
It was the third-largest city in Thuringia after Erfurt, today's capital, and Mühlhausen, the other free imperial city in the land. Nordhausen was once known for its tobacco industry and is still known for its distilled spirit, Nordhäuser Doppelkorn.
On March 30, 1945, the U.S. 3rd Armored Division made a startling discovery at the Nordhausen Concentration Camp the same day its commander was killed near Paderborn, Germany. This article appears in: February 2019. By Steve Ossad.
Things to Do in Nordhausen, Germany: See Tripadvisor's 1,223 traveler reviews and photos of Nordhausen tourist attractions. Find what to do today, this weekend, or in July. We have reviews of the best places to see in Nordhausen. Visit top-rated & must-see attractions.
Nordhausen, city, Thuringia Land (state), central Germany. It lies on the Zorge River, at the southern slopes of the Harz Mountains, in the fertile lowland known as the Goldene Aue (“Golden Meadow”).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mittelbau-Dora (also Dora-Mittelbau and Nordhausen-Dora) was a Nazi concentration camp located near Nordhausen in Thuringia, Germany. It was established in late summer 1943 as a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp, supplying slave labour from many Eastern countries occupied by Germany (including evacuated survivors of eastern extermination ...
The Dora-Mittelbau (also known as Dora-Nordhausen or Nordhausen) camp was established in central Germany near the southern Harz Mountains, north of the town of Nordhausen. It was originally a subcamp of Buchenwald.
Nordhausen - the more than thousand-year-old town is the economic and cultural centre of northern Thuringia and Thuringia's gateway to the Harz mountains. The beautiful surroundings and the wide range of leisure activities, as well as the diversity of art and culture, give the town a special charm.
