Nordhausen is a Kreis (district) in the north of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Wernigerode, Quedlinburg and Sangerhausen in Saxony-Anhalt, the district Kyffhäuserkreis, Eichsfeld in Thuringia and the district Osterode in Lower Saxony.

Nordhausen is a cityNordhausen is sometimes used to refer to the WW II concentration camp of Mittelbau-Dora in which approximately 20,000 prisoners lost their lives in an 18-month period. The camp, which included the Mittelwerk underground city in the Kohnstein mountain, the production site of V-2 rockets, was located about 3 km northwest of the Nordhausen and now hosts a memorial site. See http://www.104infdiv.org/arch8.htm Personal testimonials of U.

Nordhausen (1997) is an album by the industrial and synthpop band, And One.