What is Dachau, Bavaria?
{{otheruses|Dachau (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox German location | type = Stadt | image_photo = Dachau1.jpg | coordinates = {{coord|48|15|37|N|11|26|3|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | image_plan = Dachau in DAH.svg |image_coa =DEU Dachau COA.svg | state = Bavaria | region = Upper Bavaria | district = Dachau | elevation = 482 | area = 34.85 | population = 40570 | Stand = 2007-03-31 | postal_code = 85221 | area_code = 08131 | licence = DAH | Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 1 74 115 | website = http://www.dachau.de | mayor = [[Florian Hartmann]] | Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister | party = [[Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands|SPD]] }} '''Dachau''' (<small>German pronunciation:</small> [[Help:IPA/Standard German|[ˈdaxaʊ]]]; [[Bavarian language|Bavarian]]: ''Dochau'') is a city in the south of [[Germany]], about {{convert|20|km|mi|1|lk=on|abbr=off}} north-west of [[Munich]]. It has about 40,000 inhabitants. The town contains a historic town centre with an 18th-century [[castle]]. Dachau was founded in the 8th century. In 1933, a [[concentration camp]] was built in Dachau. It was the first camp of the [[Nazi]]s and became the prototype for all other camps. More than 30,000 prisoners died or were killed. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commonscat-inline}} * [http://www.dachau.info/cont/index.php?LANG=EN Town Web site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006020304/http://www.dachau.info/cont/index.php?LANG=EN |date=2006-10-06 }} {{Cities and towns in Dachau (district)}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Dachau (district)]] {{multistub|geo|Europe}}