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Sachsenhausen may refer to several places in Germany:
- Sachsenhausen (Frankfurt am Main), a city district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse.
- Sachsenhausen (Oranienburg), a city district of Oranienburg, Brandenburg.
- Sachsenhausen concentration camp, a detention and extermination facility (1936-1945) in Oranienburg, Brandenburg.
- Sachsenhausen (Thuringia), a municipality in the Weimarer Land, Thuringia.
- Sachsenhausen (Waldeck), a city district of Waldeck, Hesse.
Sachsenhausen may also refer to:
- Sachsenhausen, the German name for Săsăuş village, Chirpăr Commune, Sibiu County, Romania
Sachsenhausen is a district of the town Oranienburg, 35 kilometres north of Berlin. The district's name means 'Houses of the Saxons'.
It was notorious as the site of the Nazi concentration camp also called Sachsenhausen which ran from 1936 to 1945.
For five years after World War II the Soviets used the facility as Special Camp No. 7 (later Soviet Special Camp No. 1).
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Sachsenhausen is a municipality in the Weimarer Land district of Thuringia, Germany.
Sachsenhausen-Nord and Sachsenhausen-Süd are two city districts of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The division into a northern and a southern part is mostly for administrative purposes as Sachsenhausen is generally considered an entity. Both city districts are part of the Ortsbezirk Süd.
As a whole, Sachsenhausen is the largest district by population and area in Frankfurt. It is located south of the Main river and borders the districts of Niederrad and Flughafen to the west and Oberrad to the east. Sachsenhausen-Süd is mostly comprised by the Frankfurt City Forest.
Sachsenhausen was founded as Frankfurt's bridgehead in the 12th century. The oldest documents point to the year 1193. Unlike Frankfurt's own historic city center, which burned to the ground after British bombing in 1944, Sachsenhausen's old town is partly preserved. The Frankfurt youth hostel is located on its riverside. The population of Sachsenhausen is 55,422.
The River Main embankment hosts the city's largest flea market and some of Germany's best-known museums; it is also called the Museum Embankment (or Museumsufer). Here it is where the annual Museum-Embankment-Festival / Night of the Museums (or Museumsuferfest / Nacht der Museen), with all museums open throughout the night and discounted entrance fees as well as many open-air events in the streets, is held. Sachsenhausen is known for its vibrant nightlife sporting over two dozen bars, taverns and restaurants in the southern part's old town.
The main street of Sachsenhausen is Schweizer Straße, a cosmopolitan boulevard with bars and two of Frankfurt's most traditional cider houses, Zum gemalten Haus and Wagner. Ciderhouses that produce their own ' Apfelwein' (applewine) can be identified by the presence of a wreath of evergreen branches hanging outside the location or a similar image included on their signpost. The Textorstraße and the old town or 'Altstadt' have the best known ciderhouses in Frankfurt, but such pubs can be found all over southern Hesse. Orchards of the Sperling apple can be seen across the countryside and, reputedly, local law requires that Apfelwein be the cheapest alcoholic beverage on sale in any public house.
In addition, there is a brand new part of Sachsenhausen, built on the grounds of the old slaughterhouse area. Try to find the area from Deutschherrnufer numbered between 40 and 50. In the future the area will be located directly opposite the new buildings of the European Central Bank, which will be built on the other riverside.
Landmarks of Sachsenhausen are the Henninger Turm and the Goetheturm.
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