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Dachau
Sign in to savetown in Upper Bavaria district of Bavaria in Germany
Dachau is a town in Upper Bavaria, Germany, that is historically significant as the location of one of the first Nazi concentration camps established in 1933. The camp became a model for the Nazi concentration camp system and a symbol of the Holocaust, making Dachau an important site for understanding this dark chapter of history.
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Startseite - Große Kreisstadt Dachau
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Dachau
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- District of Dachau
- Population
- 48337
- Area
- 34.96
- Elevation
- 480
- Body of water
- Amper
- Capital of
- District of Dachau
- Shares border with
- Schwabhausen
- Official website
- www.dachau.de
- Image
- Rathaus Dachau-1.jpg
- Dialing code
- 08131
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- twinned administrative body
- Renkum
- Commons category
- Dachau
- postal code
- 85221
- topic's main category
- Category:Dachau, Bavaria
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Dachau
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Dachau
- Commons gallery
- Dachau
- short name
- Dau
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Dachau, Bavaria
- native label
- Dachau
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Encyclopedic overview
Church of St Jakob, Dachau
Dachau ( German pronunciation: [ˈdaxaʊ] ) is a town in the Upper Bavaria district of Bavaria, a state in the southern part of Germany. It is a major district town—a Große Kreisstadt—of the administrative region of Upper Bavaria, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) north-west of Munich. It is now a popular residential area for people working in Munich, with roughly 45,000 inhabitants. The historic centre of town with its 18th-century castle is situated on an elevation and visible over a great distance.
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