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Buchenwald Memorial – Buchenwald Memorial Bell Tower loop from Ettersburg

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Ettersburg

Buchenwald Memorial – Buchenwald Memorial Bell Tower loop from Ettersburg

Moderate

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Buchenwald Memorial – Buchenwald Memorial Bell Tower loop from Ettersburg

02:56

10.5km

200m

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 21, 2026

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

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3.63 km

Buchenwald Memorial

Highlight • Historical Site

A cruel memorial of past but fortunately not forgotten times. Let it never happen again.

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2

4.22 km

Gatehouse of Buchenwald Concentration Camp

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Entrance to the camp, the saying mocks all prisoners.

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3

4.25 km

Caracho Path, Buchenwald Memorial

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A dark part of our history!

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4

4.48 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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5

4.99 km

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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6

5.87 km

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

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7

6.26 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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9.04 km

Ringwallanlage Brunfthof

Archaeological Site

9

9.52 km

View of Ettersburg Castle

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Nice view of the castle

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10.5 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.64 km

2.05 km

1.83 km

1.02 km

Surfaces

4.31 km

2.08 km

1.68 km

1.66 km

480 m

322 m

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Saturday 10 October

12°C

6°C

52 %

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