Flossenbürg

Flossenbürg is a town of Germany located in the Haut-Palatinat in Bavaria, close to the Czech border (district of Neustadt-year-DER-Waldnaab).

History

Quoted for the first time in 948, it is a holiday place in the part of German forest ( Oberpfläzer Wald ) which is next to the thèque Forêt of Bohemia close to the town of Lesná. It was formerly a fortress appartenanant with the family of the Hohenstaufen. Flossenbürg formed then part of the duchy of Neuburg-Sulzbach, then attached in 1777 to the jurisdiction of Floß of the principality of Bavaria. The current commune was founded in 1818.

Curiosities

Structure

Ruin fortress.

Others

Flossenbürg is known for its granite layers. Many careers can be visited (see also Kirchenlamitz. It is here that many priosonniers of the camps cut the stones which were used to set up the monumental buildings of the " center congress of the parti" ( Reichsparteitag ) of Nuremberg.

The concentration camp

A Concentration camp existed there of 1938 with 1945, built in May 1938 by the principal economic unit S stationed with Flossenbürg before the Second world war. Of its construction to its destruction in April 1945, close to 96 000 prisoners forwarded there of which 30 000 found death there. The April 23rd 1945, the 90e Division of Infantry of the 3rd American Army took it without resistance. Many personalities of German Resistance to the Nazism were carried out there: in addition to the admiral Wilhelm Canaries and Hans Oster, the theologist protesting Dietrich Bonhoeffer was hung there 14 days before the release of the camp associations of Protestant youths of the area organize there each year of the international meetings with young people come from whole Europe and survivors of the camp

Commanders

Jakob Weiseborn as from May 1938
Karl Kunstler starting from January 20th, 1939
Karl Fritzsch starting from August 10th, 1942
Egon Zill as from September 1942
max Koegel starting from April 29th, 1943 and until April 23rd, 1945

See too

List of the concentration camps Nazis

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