Eckerwald Memorial
The Eckerwald Memorial commemorates one of the last murderous chapters of Nazi war politics. In the autumn of 1944, prisoners of the Schörzingen concentration camp built a shale oil factory on this site during a construction period of about three months.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 24/7
- Type: Museum
- Description: memorial
- Also known as: “KZ Gedenkstätte Eckerwald”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rottweil-Zepfenhan airfield and Lemberg.
Lemberg
Peak
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The Lemberg is a mountain located in the Tuttlingen district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The mountain is the highest point of the Swabian Jura. It is one of the "Ten Thousanders" —ten 1,000-metre-high summits of the region. Lemberg is situated 4 km southeast of Eckerwald Memorial.
Oberhohenberg
Peak
The Oberhohenberg is the second highest mountain of the Swabian Alb, only four metres lower than the Lemberg. It is one of the "ten thousanders." The ruins on its top derive from the year 1449, when Oberhohenberg Castle together with the town of Hohenberg, at the foot of the mountain, were destroyed in a local feud. Oberhohenberg is situated 3½ km southeast of Eckerwald Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weilen unter den Rinnen and Zimmern unter der Burg.
Weilen unter den Rinnen
Village
Photo: LepoRello, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Weilen unter den Rinnen is a municipality in the Zollernalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Weilen unter den Rinnen is situated 3½ km east of Eckerwald Memorial.
Zimmern unter der Burg
Village
Photo: Zollernalb, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zimmern unter der Burg is a municipality in the Zollernalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Zimmern unter der Burg is situated 4½ km north of Eckerwald Memorial.
Schömberg
Town
Photo: Wildfeuer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Schömberg is a town in the Zollernalbkreis district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Schömberg is situated 4½ km northeast of Eckerwald Memorial.
Eckerwald Memorial
- Categories: memorial, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Rottweil, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
48.18006° or 48° 10′ 48″ northLongitude
8.72086° or 8° 43′ 15″ eastOpen location code
8FWC5PJC+28OpenStreetMap ID
way 1320423041OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q1497523
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In Other Languages
From German to Italian—“Eckerwald Memorial” goes by many names.
- German: “Gedenkstätte Eckerwald”
- Italian: “Eckerwald Memorial”
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Highlights include Fischweiher and Ponyhof Trippel-Trappel.
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