Oppau
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Oppau may refer to
- Ludwigshafen-Oppau, a suburb of Ludwigshafen, Germany
- the Oppau explosionOppau explosionThe Oppau explosion occurred on September 21, 1921 when a tower silo storing 4,500 tonnes of a mixture of ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate fertilizer exploded at a BASF plant in Oppau, now part of Ludwigshafen, Germany, killing 500–600 people and injuring about 2,000 more.The plant began...
which occurred there in 1921
- the Oppau explosion
- until 1945, Opawa, Lower Silesian VoivodeshipOpawa, Lower Silesian VoivodeshipOpawa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubawka, within Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.-External links:...
, Poland - until 1945, a part of Beneschau, now as ZábřehZábrehZábřeh is a town in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 14,500 inhabitants. The town itself is built up "behind the bank" of the Moravská Sázava river.-History:...
part of Dolní BenešovDolní BenešovDolní Benešov is a small town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It was first mentioned in a 1312 deed as an estate of the Benešovice noble family and received town privileges in 1493 by King Vladislaus II of Bohemia...
, Czech Republic