Discover 6 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Bernburg (Germany). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Schloss Bernburg, Tiergarten Bernburg, and Bernburg Euthanasia Centre. Also, be sure to include Gedenkstätte für die Opfer der NS-Euthanasie in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Bernburg (Saxony-Anhalt).
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Schloss Bernburg
Bernburg Castle - also known as "Anhalt's Crown" - is a Renaissance castle in Bernburg, Saxony-Anhalt. It rises on high sandstone cliffs above the eastern bank of the Saale River, on the site of a former ford. The castle complex dates back to a medieval hilltop castle and is owned and managed by the Saxony-Anhalt Cultural Foundation.
Address: Schloßstr. 24, Bernburg
Tiergarten Bernburg
The Bernburg Tiergarten is the Zoo of the City of Bernburg in Saxony-Anhalt.
Bernburg Euthanasia Centre
Also known as: Tötungsanstalt Bernburg
The Nazi Euthanasia Centre at Bernburg operated from 21 November 1940 to 30 July 1943 in a separate wing of the State Sanatorium and Mental Hospital in Bernburg on the River Saale in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It was one of several euthanasia centres run by the Nazis under their official "Euthanasia Programme", later referred to after the war as Action T4. A total of 9,384 sick and handicapped people from 33 welfare institutions and nursing homes as well as around 5,000 prisoners from six concentration camps were killed there in a gas chamber using carbon monoxide gas.
Today there is a memorial in Bernburg commemorating the victims of the Bernburg Euthanasia Centre.[1]
Gedenkstätte für die Opfer der NS-Euthanasie
Museum, Memorial
Address: C/o Fachklinikum Bernburg; Olga-Benario-Straße 16/18, Bernburg
Nienburger Tor
City gate
Kurhaus 1902
Address: Solbadstraße 2, Bernburg