Ettersburg Castle loop from Ettersburg

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Ettersburg Castle loop from Ettersburg

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Ettersburg Castle loop from Ettersburg

04:39

16.7km

310m

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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: August 3, 2026

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2.84 km

Ettersburg Castle

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Since the first palace and park complexes were built at the beginning of the 18th century, Ettersburg was a popular hunting and summer residence for the ducal family of Saxony-Weimar …

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5.89 km

Little Camp Memorial, Buchenwald

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There is a lot of sadness to learn about the fate of the prisoners here.

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7.29 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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8.27 km

Stelenweg Memorial at Buchenwald Concentration Camp

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The path is lined with seven steles symbolizing the seven years of the concentration camp and reminiscent of scenes from camp life.

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8.52 km

Buchenwald Memorial — Mass Graves

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Massive Roman-style curtain walls enclose three large funnels. They are mass graves from the Buchenwald concentration camp, in which the SS had around 3,000 dead buried in the spring of …

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8.66 km

Avenue of Nations (Straße der Nationen), Buchenwald Memorial

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Along a wide road that connects the ring graves are brick pylons bearing the names of 18 nations.

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8.84 km

Buchenwald Memorial Ring Graves

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In natural earth wells, the SS had in March / April 1945 bury about 3000 dead. Three of the funeral funers were designed as ring graves.

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8.93 km

Sculptural Group at the Buchenwald Memorial

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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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