Soltau camp
The Soltau camp , actually two closely spaced camps, was the largest German prisoner of war camp in the First World War . It was built in Soltau in 1914/1915 in the area of today's Friedrichseck district and had more than 70 barracks.
During the war mainly French and Belgians were interned, the majority of them were soldiers. Some of the inmates did some construction work in the area. B. the toboggan run in the Soltauer Böhmewald through them.
The camp was sold in 1920 and the last prisoners left in 1921. 1400 people were buried in the prison cemetery. Many objects from the past can still be found (including remains of walls, cooking pots, insulators, jugs, etc.) and are now partially exhibited in the Museum Soltau .
The Soltau camp was in the immediate vicinity of the Wolterdingen camp , a camp during World War II .
literature
- Klaus Otte: Camp Soltau. The prisoner of war and internment camp of the First World War (1914-1921). Mundschenk, Soltau 1999, ISBN 3-933802-01-6 .
Web links
- Soltau camp. at geschichtsspuren.de
Coordinates: 53 ° 1 ′ 18 ″ N , 9 ° 52 ′ 11 ″ E