Buchenwald concentration camp

Buchenwald was a German Nazi concentration camp established on Ettersberg hill near , Germany, in July 1937. It was one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps within the Altreich territories.
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  • Type: Historical site
  • Description: Nazi concentration camp in Thuringia (1937–1945)
  • Also known as: “002”, “Buchenvaldes nometne”, “Büchenwald”, “Buchenwaldin keskitysleiri”, “Buhenvaldes nometne”, “Campo de concentração de Buchenwald”, “Campo de concentracion de Buchenwald”, “Concentratiekamp Buchenwald”, “K.-L. Buchenwald”, “Kamp Buchenwald”, “KL Buchenwald”, “KLBu”, “Konsentrasjonsleiren Buchenwald”, “Konzentrationslager Buchenwald”, “Konzentrationslager Weimar-Buchenwald”, “KT Buchenwald”, “Toplama Kampı Buchenwald”, “Концтабір Бухенвальд”, “בוכנוולד”, “اردوگاه بوخن والد”, “اردوگاه بوخنوالد”, “اردوگاه کار اجباری بوخن والد”, “اردوگاه مرگ بوخن والد”, “اردوگاه مرگ بوخن‌والد”, “बूख़नवाल्ड”, “ブーヘンヴァルト”, “ブッヘンヴァルト強制収容所”, and “布痕瓦尔德”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Crematorium and Brunfthof.

Memorial
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is a memorial, which is situated 160 metres southeast of Buchenwald concentration camp.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ km east of Buchenwald concentration camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alte Burg and Hottelstedt.

Locality
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is a locality.

Village
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is a former municipality in the district of , .

Village
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is a municipality in the district of , .

Buchenwald concentration camp

Latitude
51.02262° or 51° 1′ 21″ north
Longitude
11.24923° or 11° 14′ 57″ east
Elevation
432 metres (1,417 feet)
Abbreviation
“KZ Buchenwald”
Open location code
9F3H26FX+2M
Geo­Names ID
8644023
Wiki­data ID
Q152802
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Buchenwald concentration camp” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Buchenwald-konsentrasiekamp”
  • Afrikaans: “Buchenwald”
  • Albanian: “Kampi i përqëndrimit Bukenvaldit”
  • Arabic: “معسكر اعتقال بوخنفالد”
  • Armenian: “Բուխենվալդ համակենտրոնացման ճամբար”
  • Armenian: “Բուխենվալդ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Buhenvald həbs düşərgəsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Buxenvald həbs düşərgəsi”
  • Basque: “Buchenwald”
  • Belarusian: “Бухенвальд”
  • Belarusian: “Бухэнвальд”
  • Breton: “Buchenwald”
  • Bulgarian: “Бухенвалд”
  • Catalan: “Buchenwald”
  • Chinese: “布痕瓦尔德集中营”
  • Chinese: “布痕瓦爾德集中營”
  • Czech: “Koncentrační tábor Buchenwald”
  • Danish: “Buchenwald koncentrationslejr”
  • Danish: “Buchenwald”
  • Dutch: “Buchenwald”
  • Esperanto: “Buchenwald”
  • Estonian: “Buchenwaldi koonduslaager”
  • Finnish: “Buchenwald”
  • French: “Buchenwald”
  • Galician: “Buchenwald”
  • Galician: “campo de concentración de Buchenwald”
  • Georgian: “ბუხენვალდის საკონცენტრაციო ბანაკი”
  • German: “KZ Buchenwald”
  • Greek: “Στρατόπεδο συγκέντρωσης Μπούχενβαλντ”
  • Hebrew: “בוכנוואלד”
  • Hindi: “बूख़नवाल्ड यातना शिविर”
  • Hungarian: “buchenwaldi koncentrációs tábor”
  • Hungarian: “Buchenwaldi koncentrációs tábor”
  • Indonesian: “Buchenwald concentration camp”
  • Indonesian: “Kamp konsentrasi Buchenwald”
  • Italian: “campo di concentramento di Buchenwald”
  • Italian: “Campo di concentramento di Buchenwald”
  • Japanese: “ブーヘンヴァルト強制収容所”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Бухенвальд”
  • Kirghiz: “Бухенвальд”
  • Korean: “부헨발트 강제 수용소”
  • Latvian: “Būhenvaldes koncentrācijas nometne”
  • Luxembourgish: “KZ Buchenwald”
  • Macedonian: “Концентрационен логор Бухенвалд”
  • Malayalam: “ബുഷൻവാൾട് തടങ്കൽപ്പാളയം”
  • Mingrelian: “ბუხენვალდიშ საკონცეტრაციე კარე”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Buchenwald”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Buchenwald”
  • Norwegian: “Buchenwald”
  • Persian: “اردوگاه کار اجباری بوخن‌والد”
  • Polish: “Buchenwald”
  • Portuguese: “Buchenwald”
  • Romanian: “Buchenwald”
  • Romanian: “Lagărul de concentrare Buchenwald”
  • Russian: “Бухенвальд”
  • Serbian: “Koncentracioni logor Buhenvald”
  • Serbian: “Концентрациони логор Бухенвалд”
  • Slovak: “Koncentračný tábor Buchenwald”
  • Slovenian: “Buchenwald”
  • Slovenian: “Koncentracijsko taborišče Buchenwald”
  • Spanish: “Campo de concentración de Buchenwald”
  • Swedish: “Buchenwald”
  • Tatar: “Buxenwald”
  • Thai: “ค่ายกักกันบูเคินวัลท์”
  • Turkish: “Buchenwald toplama kampı”
  • Turkish: “Buchenwald Toplama Kampı”
  • Ukrainian: “Бухенвальд”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Koncentraciske lěhwo Buchenwald”
  • Uzbek: “Buxenvald”
  • Vietnamese: “Trại tập trung Buchenwald”
  • Western Frisian: “Buchenwald”
  • Western Panjabi: “بوخنولڈ عقوبتی کیمپ”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Schloss Ettersburg and Ottstedt am Berge.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Sender Weimar (Ettersberg) and Wolfsbach.

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