General information for your visit

General information for your visit of the Concentration Camp Memorial site Dachau

Address & Contact Visitor Center:
Pater-Roth-Str. 2a
85221 Dachau

Ph.: +49(0)8131- 66997 135
besucherservice@kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.de

Opening hours of the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial

Photo of Concentration Camp Memorial Site Dachau, building complex and sculprure International Memorial, photo: City of Dachau
Concentration Camp Memorial Site Dachau, photo: City of Dachau

Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial is open daily from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Admission is free, pre-registration is not necessary.

Please note that there is a fee for parking at the memorial (car / motorcycle 3,- Euro, bus / camper 5,- Euro).
Parking: Alte Römerstraße 75, 85221 Dachau

Besucherzentrum, Information und Eingang zur Gedenkstätte

Photo of exterior view of visitors' center of Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site. Photo: City of Dachau
Visitors' Center of Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site, Photo: City of Dachau

Free information brochures are available at the Visitor Center of the Concentration Camp Memorial. 

Here you can also borrow audio guides in many languages. Price per audio guide: 4,50€.
Sign-up for open tours is also at the Visitors' Center. 

Guided tours for individual visitors ( over 13 years old) last about 2.5 hrs. Tickets cost €4.00 per person. Please buy your tickets at least 30 minutes in advance. It is not possible to make a reservation.

Timetable guided tours

Directions to the Concentration Camp Memorial Site

Public Transportation

From Munich: local S-train to Dachau (S2 direction Dachau or Petershausen)
Approx. travel time ex Munich Hbf. 20 minutes

From Bahnhof Dachau (Dachau train station) to Memorial Site:

  • Bus No. 726 to stop: KZ-Gedenkstätte (direction "Saubachsiedlung")

Directions by bus or car

Anfahrt nach Dachau

The Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial is located in the Dachau East district.

The address for the navigation system is: Alte Römerstraße 75, 85221 Dachau.

In the immediate surroundings, signs lead to the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial.

You can find the directions in the map.