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Ettersburg Castle – Buchenwald Memorial loop from Ettersburg

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Ettersburg Castle – Buchenwald Memorial loop from Ettersburg

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Ettersburg Castle – Buchenwald Memorial loop from Ettersburg

03:50

13.9km

230m

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 11, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.91 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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4.87 km

Cemetery of the Soviet Special Camp Buchenwald

Highlight • Historical Site

Hushed up in GDR times, those buried here after 1945 receive an honorable souvenir.

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7.94 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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8.92 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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9.12 km

Buchenwald Memorial

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

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9.49 km

View of the Buchenwald Memorial bell tower

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Unfortunately the tower is not open. One would certainly have an even better view from above.

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10.7 km

Memorial Stones on the Buchenwald Memorial Path

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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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11.2 km

Buchenwald Railway Memorial Trail

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

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13.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.19 km

1.76 km

1.53 km

1.21 km

Surfaces

5.37 km

4.45 km

1.99 km

1.11 km

483 m

288 m

Elevation

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Highest point (470 m)

Lowest point (320 m)

Weather

Sunday 28 June

24°C

19°C

89 %

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Max wind speed: 16.0 km/h

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Ettersburg Castle – Buchenwald Memorial loop from Ettersburg

Ettersburg Castle

Cemetery of the Soviet Special Camp Buchenwald

Ruins of the SS Leadership Settlement

Stelenweg Memorial at Buchenwald Concentration Camp

Buchenwald Memorial

View of the Buchenwald Memorial bell tower

Memorial Stones on the Buchenwald Memorial Path

Buchenwald Railway Memorial Trail

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