View of Ettersburg Castle – Buchenwald Memorial Bell Tower loop from Buchenwald Memorial

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View of Ettersburg Castle – Buchenwald Memorial Bell Tower loop from Buchenwald Memorial

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View of Ettersburg Castle – Buchenwald Memorial Bell Tower loop from Buchenwald Memorial

02:27

8.54km

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: August 19, 2026

Waypoints

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1.23 km

Buchenwald Memorial — Entrance Gate

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

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1.69 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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1.83 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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2.01 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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5.29 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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8.54 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.97 km

2.04 km

389 m

131 m

Surfaces

2.46 km

2.04 km

1.86 km

1.44 km

742 m

Elevation

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Highest point (480 m)

Lowest point (320 m)

Weather

Monday 12 October

14°C

3°C

24 %

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Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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Comments

May 31, 2024,Schloss Ettersburg 🏰 - Glockenturm Buchenwald 🔔

Ettersburg Castle - Bell Tower - Beech Forest - Road of Nations - Time Lane at the Hunting Star

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September 4, 2025,Um den großen Ettersberg

After the seminar at the Buchenwald meeting center, there was still time for a short historical discussion.
I don't want to comment on these impressions.
You can certainly relate to them in your own way (or not)...

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