Nordhausen is a city at the southern border of the Harz mountains, in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Nordhausen.

The city name Nordhausen is sometimes incorrectly used when referring to the WW II concentration camp of Mittelbau-Dora. This concentration camp, which included the Mittelwerk underground city in the Kohnstein mountain (production site of the V-2 rockets), was indeed close to the city of Nordhausen, but the names Dora or Mittelbau-Dora are more accurate designations for the said concentration camp (now a memorial site).

History

The city was extremely severely damaged in 1944 by a large bombardment by allied forces, which may have been related to its proximity to the V-2 production facilities. The city has since been rebuilt.

External links

• Official homepage of the city of Nordhausen
• The Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp memorial