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Buchenwald Memorial – Buchenwald Memorial Bell Tower loop from Hottelstedt

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Buchenwald Memorial – Buchenwald Memorial Bell Tower loop from Hottelstedt

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Buchenwald Memorial – Buchenwald Memorial Bell Tower loop from Hottelstedt

02:49

10.1km

190m

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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: November 6, 2025

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100 m

Buchenwald Memorial Bell Tower

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The “Tower of Freedom” built from light sandstone and visible from afar – a name that disappeared in the 1970s in favor of the simple “bell tower” – ends the …

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Buchenwald Memorial

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The town's historic sites can be visited daily until dusk. The exhibitions are closed on Mondays.
At the entrance to the Buchenwald Concentration Camp Memorial there is an information center …

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478 m

Buchenwald Railway Memorial Trail

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A long railway embankment in a very quiet location..

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2.00 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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8.30 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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8.42 km

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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8.55 km

Buchenwald Memorial

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

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9.55 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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10.1 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.38 km

1.46 km

282 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.10 km

2.66 km

1.24 km

1.09 km

< 100 m

Elevation

Highest point (460 m)

Lowest point (300 m)

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Buchenwald Memorial – Buchenwald Memorial Bell Tower loop from Hottelstedt

Buchenwald Memorial Bell Tower

Buchenwald Memorial

Buchenwald Railway Memorial Trail

Memorial Stones on the Buchenwald Memorial Path

Sculptural Group at the Buchenwald Memorial

Buchenwald Memorial Bell Tower

Buchenwald Memorial

Ruins of the SS Leadership Settlement

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