Glockenturm Turm der Freiheit Buchenwaldturm, Glockenturm der KZ-Gedenkstätte Buchenwald
Buchenwald 2 Weimar Germany
Status:
built
Construction Dates
Began
1954
Finished
1958
Building Uses
- monument
- observation
Structural Types
- tower
Heights
Value
Source / Comments
Spire
166 ft
Unconfirmed
Observation deck
135 ft
Unconfirmed
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Description Architect: Fritz Cremer
Memorial to the people killed in Buchenwald Concentration Camp between 1937 and 1945. In the gallery on the top of the tower, there is a memorial bell with a diameter of 1.94 meters, a height of 2.5 meters and a weight of 6800 kilograms, which is rung at special occasions as the anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald Concentration Camp, the April 11th.
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