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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Oranienburg

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Oranienburg, Germany

Updated June 20, 2023

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Unusual Attractions in Oranienburg

Entrance to the camp.

Oranienburg, Germany

Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp

The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.

Oranienburg, Germany

Heilstätte Grabowsee

This abandoned hospital has a long history, having housed both German and Soviet soldiers in the course of its life.

The ovens.

Oranienburg, Germany

Abandoned SS Brotfabrik

A crumbling bakery where forced laborers from the nearby concentration camp toiled to feed their fellow prisoners and Nazi soldiers.

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Tegel Creek Water Buffaloes.

Berlin, Germany

Tegel Creek Water Buffaloes

The non-native bovine herd was brought in to help conserve these Berlin wetlands.

10 miles from Oranienburg

Berlin, Germany

Artpark Tegel

This concrete residential area doubles as an open-air gallery.

12 miles from Oranienburg

Käthe Paulus, circa 1890

Berlin, Germany

Käthe Paulus Memorial

A plaque marks the former home of Käthe Paulus, an aerial acrobat who invented the modern folding parachute.

13 miles from Oranienburg

The simple concrete exterior.

Berlin, Germany

Abandoned Iraqi Embassy

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

13 miles from Oranienburg

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