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Landkreis Weimarer Land

View of Schloss Ettersberg – View of Ettersburg Castle loop from Buchenwald Memorial

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Germany

Thuringia

Landkreis Weimarer Land

View of Schloss Ettersberg – View of Ettersburg Castle loop from Buchenwald Memorial

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View of Schloss Ettersberg – View of Ettersburg Castle loop from Buchenwald Memorial

02:27

8.55km

210m

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 17, 2026

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1.24 km

Buchenwald Memorial — Entrance Gate

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Venerable entrance to the ring graves that creates a certain awe.

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1.70 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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1.84 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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2.02 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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2.11 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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5.30 km

View of Schloss Ettersberg

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View of Ettersberg Castle

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5.65 km

View of Ettersburg Castle

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Nice view of the castle

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8.44 km

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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8.55 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.89 km

2.10 km

420 m

131 m

Surfaces

2.46 km

2.10 km

1.79 km

1.44 km

742 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (480 m)

Lowest point (320 m)

Weather

Wednesday 20 May

20°C

11°C

35 %

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View of Schloss Ettersberg – View of Ettersburg Castle loop from Buchenwald Memorial

Buchenwald Memorial — Entrance Gate

Buchenwald Memorial — Mass Graves

Avenue of Nations (Straße der Nationen), Buchenwald Memorial

Buchenwald Memorial Ring Graves

Sculptural Group at the Buchenwald Memorial

View of Schloss Ettersberg

View of Ettersburg Castle

Buchenwald Memorial Bell Tower

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