Kessel-Berg

Kessel-Berg is a hill in Hinzert-Pölert, Trier-Saarburg, Rhineland-Palatinate and has an elevation of 478 metres. Kessel-Berg is situated nearby to the village Pölert, as well as near the locality Hinzert concentration camp.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hinzert concentration camp and Dokumentationshaus Hinzert.

Hinzert concentration camp

Cemetery

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Hinzert was a concentration camp in Nazi Germany, in what is now Rhineland-Palatinate, 30 kilometres from the border with Luxembourg. Between 1939 and 1945, 13,600 political prisoners between the ages of 13 and 80 were imprisoned at Hinzert.

Dokumentationshaus Hinzert

Museum

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Dokumentationshaus Hinzert is a museum.

Flugausstellung Peter Junior

Museum

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The Flugausstellung Peter Junior, previously the Flugausstellung Hermeskeil, is a private aviation museum in the town of Hermeskeil in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Flugausstellung Peter Junior is situated 3½ km southeast of Kessel-Berg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rascheid and Beuren.

Rascheid

Village

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Rascheid is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Hermeskeil and is an officially recognized tourist resort.