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Buchenwaldturm
A Tower of Remembrance and Reflection
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The Buchenwald Tower, also known as the Glockenturm, stands 50.73 meters tall in the former National Memorial and Remembrance Site of Buchenwald. Constructed between 1954 and 1958 and designed by sculptor Fritz Cremer, the tower is made of light sandstone. At 41 meters, the substantial Buchenwald Bell rests on four steel supports and tolls hourly.
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The Buchenwald Bell weighs an impressive 6.8 tons.
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- Height
- 43 m
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Audio Guide
0:000:48
Location
Nearby
The Exhibition on the History of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp
1.5 km away
Buchenwald Memorial
1.5 km away
SS falcon yard
1.0 km away
Südhang Ettersberg
1.7 km away
Sankt Albanus
2.1 km away
"Kleines" Lager Buchenwald
1.7 km away
Raufenschlag
2.2 km away
Kaiserlinden
2.9 km away