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 Hinzert-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.