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Landkreis Weimarer Land

Ettersburg Castle – Buchenwald Memorial loop from Buchenwald Memorial

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Germany

Thuringia

Landkreis Weimarer Land

Ettersburg Castle – Buchenwald Memorial loop from Buchenwald Memorial

Moderate

4.6

(30)

103

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Ettersburg Castle – Buchenwald Memorial loop from Buchenwald Memorial

03:26

12.5km

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: April 29, 2026

Waypoints

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317 m

Gatehouse of Buchenwald Concentration Camp

Highlight • Historical Site

Entrance to the camp, the saying mocks all prisoners.

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342 m

Caracho Path, Buchenwald Memorial

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A dark part of our history!

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1.73 km

Buchenwald Memorial — Entrance Gate

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

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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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2.32 km

Buchenwald Memorial

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

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9.93 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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12.1 km

Buchenwald Memorial

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

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12.4 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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12.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.44 km

1.79 km

1.31 km

997 m

Surfaces

4.85 km

2.01 km

1.81 km

1.67 km

1.63 km

545 m

Elevation

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Highest point (480 m)

Lowest point (320 m)

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Ettersburg Castle – Buchenwald Memorial loop from Buchenwald Memorial

Gatehouse of Buchenwald Concentration Camp

Caracho Path, Buchenwald Memorial

Buchenwald Memorial — Entrance Gate

Sculptural Group at the Buchenwald Memorial

Buchenwald Memorial

Ettersburg Castle

Buchenwald Memorial

Buchenwald Memorial Bell Tower

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