Buchenberg (Frauensee)
| Buchenberg | ||
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 Monument on Buchenberg in Springen. |
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| height | 366 m above sea level NN | |
| location | Thuringia ( Germany ) | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 52 '33 " N , 10 ° 4' 38" E | |
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| rock | Red sandstone | |
| particularities | Potash mine, location of a concentration camp sub-camp in WWII | |
The completely forested Buchenberg has a peak height of 366 m above sea level. NN and is part of the Frauenseer forest . It is located in the district of Springen in the Wartburg district in Thuringia .
A building complex of the Heiligenroda trade union, shaft I. was built on Buchenberg even before the First World War . During the Second World War , a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp was set up, in which prisoners of war had to work in this mine which was taken over by Wintershall AG . A memorial stone by the administration building, which is used today by the Wartburg district as an animal shelter, commemorates the suffering of the victims.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official topographic maps of Thuringia 1: 10,000. Wartburgkreis, district of Gotha, district-free city of Eisenach . In: Thuringian Land Survey Office (Hrsg.): CD-ROM series Top10 . CD 2. Erfurt 1999.