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Kranichfeld Upper Castle

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Kranichfeld Upper Castle

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  • Location: Kranichfeld, Weimarer Land, Thuringia, Germany

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    May 20, 2025

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    The castle burned down in 1934. Due to excessive debt, the last owner donated the castle to "Reichsführer SS" Heinrich Himmler in 1941, who wanted to develop the ruins into an SS cult site and leadership training school. During these years, hundreds of prisoners from the Buchenwald concentration camp were assigned to forced labor under catastrophic conditions, in which more than 100 prisoners lost their lives.

    The Lower Castle can be seen in the background left of the picture.
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    Elevation 430 m

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    Location: Kranichfeld, Weimarer Land, Thuringia, Germany

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