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Thuringia
Landkreis Weimarer Land

Buchenwald Memorial Bell Tower – Buchenwald Memorial loop from Buchenwald Memorial

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Hiking trails & Routes
Germany
Thuringia
Landkreis Weimarer Land

Buchenwald Memorial Bell Tower – Buchenwald Memorial loop from Buchenwald Memorial

Moderate

5.0

(11)

29

hikers

Buchenwald Memorial Bell Tower – Buchenwald Memorial loop from Buchenwald Memorial

02:51

10.3km

190m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 15, 2026

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100 m

Buchenwald Memorial Bell Tower

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Buchenwald Concentration Camp, officially KL Buchenwald, was one of the largest concentration camps on German soil. It operated as a forced labor camp on the Ettersberg hill near Weimar between …

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468 m

Buchenwald Railway Memorial Trail

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In the spring of 1943 concentration camp inmates had to build the 10km long railway line between Weimar-Schöndorf and Buchenwald within just three months.

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1.99 km

In 2009, the design of the memorial stones was started here. They are intended to commemorate children and adolescents who were deported to the Auschwitz extermination camp in 1944.

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2.50 km

Buchenwald Railway Memorial Trail

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The roadies of the railway line built by prisoners of Buchenwald.

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8.05 km

View south from Ettersberg

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Open meadow landscape with parts of the forest, beautiful views and good for wildlife and bird watching.

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8.52 km

The bronze sculpture refers to the many victims of the Buchenwald concentration camp up to 1945. The victims of the Soviet special camp No. 2, which was located on the …

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8.68 km

Buchenwald Memorial

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In the immediate vicinity are the bell tower and the Avenue of Nations.

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9.68 km

Ruins of the SS Leadership Settlement

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In the immediate vicinity of the camp, on the sunny and leeward south side of the Ettersberg, were ten villas of the SS leaders of the camp management and their …

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10.3 km

End point

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.84 km

1.57 km

819 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.24 km

2.53 km

1.20 km

978 m

240 m

< 100 m

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