Sankt Georgen an der Gusen, Upper Austria State, Austria
🇦🇹 Sankt Georgen an der Gusen is a small market town in Upper Austria, Austria, between the municipalities of Luftenberg and Langenstein.
History The town traces back to the 1600s, descendants of settlers like the Stettner and Hödlmayr families moving south-west near Perg and throughout Upper Austria.
During World War II the town was selected to be the DEST-business administration centre for exploiting slave labour in the quarries and later the industries of the Gusen concentration camp, a subcamp of the nearby Mauthausen concentration camp. In early 1944 the town became the site of "Gusen II", the most brutal sub-camp of Mauthausen. In roughly 40,000 m² of tunnels and caverns dug beneath St. Georgen for the Messerschmitt company a huge and most modern underground assembly plant for Messerschmitt Me 262 fuselages was operated until May 1945 under the code-name B8 Bergkristall - Esche II.
In some trials of the Nuremberg Military Tribunal the relatively unknown term St. Georgen granite works was used to prevent the use of locations like Mauthausen or Gusen.
Europe/Vienna/Upper_Austria
Sankt Georgen an der Gusen has a population of over 3,779 people. Sankt Georgen an der Gusen also forms part of the wider Perg District which has a population of over 66,663 people. Sankt Georgen an der Gusen is situated near Perg.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Sankt Georgen an der Gusen has links with:
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🇦🇹 Floridsdorf 48.283
🇫🇷 Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 48.284
🇺🇦 Khmelnytskyi 48.3
🇸🇪 Kronoberg County 14.44
🇮🇹 Torre Annunziata 14.45
🇲🇹 Birkirkara 14.45
🇲🇹 Saint Venera 14.467
🇮🇹 Castellammare di Stabia 14.467
Locations Near: Sankt Georgen an der Gusen 14.4333,48.2667
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🇦🇹 Amstetten 14.867,48.117 d: 36.2
🇨🇿 Český Krumlov 14.3,48.8 d: 60.1
🇦🇹 Kirchdorf an der Krems 14,47.9 d: 51.9
🇦🇹 Grieskirchen 13.817,48.233 d: 45.8
🇨🇿 České Budějovice 14.475,48.976 d: 78.9
Antipodal to: Sankt Georgen an der Gusen -165.567,-48.267
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🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16877.8
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🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16302.9
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16143.9
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