Nohra | |
Type: | Ortsteil |
Municipality: | Grammetal |
Image Coa: | Wappen Nohra (bei Weimar).png |
Coordinates: | 50.9653°N 11.2339°W |
State: | Thuringia |
District: | Weimarer Land |
Elevation: | 315 |
Area: | 19.58 |
Population: | 1653 |
Stand: | 2018-12-31 |
Postal Code: | 99428 |
Area Code: | 03643 |
Licence: | AP |
Nohra is a village and a former municipality in the Weimarer Land district of Thuringia, Germany. Since December 2019, it is part of the municipality Grammetal. On 1 December 2007, the former municipality Utzberg was incorporated by Nohra.
Nohra was the location of the first Nazi concentration camp, established on March 3, 1933. Prisoners were incarcerated in a school building.[1]
The former Luftwaffe airbase at Nohra was used by the Soviet Army for helicopter operations from 1945 until their withdrawal in 1992. The airfield had a short runway, a hangar and a radio beacon.[2] Subsequently, the department for regional development largely demolished the complex, but a few elements were preserved because of their historic value, including a large stone statue of Lenin which was restored.[3]