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Sommersdorf Destination Guide

Delve into Sommersdorf in Germany

Sommersdorf in the region of Saxony-Anhalt with its 1,108 residents is a city in Germany - some 101 mi or ( 163 km ) West of Berlin , the country's capital .

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Current time in Sommersdorf is now 10:24 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Berlin " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Copenhagen, Malmö, Zwochau, Sommerschenburg, and Schoningen. While being here, make sure to check out Copenhagen . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Sommersdorf ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

DDR border at Marienborn - Die Grenze von der DDR an Marienborn

4:55 min by Alan Heath
Views: 61977 Rating: 4.62

twitter : @ceepackaging www.ceepackaging.com https www.facebook.com www.youtube.com DDR border at Marienborn - Die Grenze von der DDR an Marienborn - Восточногерманская граница на западе The inter Ger ..

DDR border Marienborn 1 of 3

10:02 min by Alan Heath
Views: 9096 Rating: 4.82

www.youtube.com Film made during a visit to the former border point between the DDR and West Germany. Three part film Please also see my website and blogs which contain information about where this wa ..


At the old East-German border Marienborn

1:12 min by Trucker19866
Views: 4341 Rating: 3.20

Me driving past the old East-German border Marienborn on the A2 near marienborn/helmstedt ..

London to Warsaw by car 6

10:22 min by Alan Heath
Views: 3200 Rating: 4.83

A discussion of what can be seen today at the former border between east and west Germany. Many of the installations are still visible. Then continuing east over the Elbe river. Wilkowo, I end up opti ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Helmstedt–Marienborn border crossing

The Border checkpoint Helmstedt–Marienborn, named Grenzübergangsstelle Marienborn (GÜSt) (border crossing Marienborn) by the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was the largest and most important border crossing on the Inner German border during the division of Germany. Due to its geographical location, allowing for the shortest land route between West Germany and West Berlin, most transit traffic to and from West Berlin used the Helmstedt-Marienborn crossing.

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Located at 52.22 11.08 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: 20th century in Germany, Checkpoints, Inner German border, Transport in Germany

Morsleben radioactive waste repository

The repository for radioactive waste Morsleben (Endlager für radioaktive Abfälle Morsleben-ERAM) is a deep geological repository for radioactive waste in the rock salt mine Bartensleben in Morsleben, district Börde in the federal state Saxony-Anhalt.

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Located at 52.22 11.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Radioactive waste repositories, Salt mines

Schöningen Spears

The Schöningen Spears are 8 wooden throwing spears from the Palaeolithic Age, that were found under the management of Dr. Hartmut Thieme from the Lower Saxony State Service for Cultural Heritage (NLD) between 1994 and 1998 in the open-cast lignite mine, Schöningen, county Helmstedt, Germany, together with approx. 16,000 animal bones.

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Located at 52.14 10.99 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Germany, Specific fossil specimens

Türkentor (Helmstedt)

The Türkentor (Turks' Gate) is a triumphal arch and gateway in Helmstedt in Lower Saxony in Germany. The main entrance to the former St. Ludger's Abbey and a gateway to the Domänenhof, the arch was built in 1716 to celebrate the victory over the Ottomans by Prince Eugene of Savoy at the Battle of Petrovaradin earlier that year, in which Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg had also been instrumental.

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Located at 52.22 11.02 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: 1710s architecture, Buildings and structures in Lower Saxony, Gates in Germany, Triumphal arches in Germany

St. Ludger's Abbey

St. Ludger's Abbey (German: Kloster St. Ludgeri) was a former monastery of the Benedictine Order in Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, founded by Saint Ludger around 800. Until it was secularised in 1802 it was an Imperial Abbey, with sovereignty over the whole town of Helmstedt until the 15th century.

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Located at 52.23 11.02 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: 1802 disestablishments, Benedictine monasteries in Germany, Monasteries in Lower Saxony

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Sommersdorf