🪖 Wewelsburg

Germany · Europe · 51.61°N, 8.65°E

Wewelsburg is a Renaissance castle located in the village of Wewelsburg, which is a district of the town of Büren, Westphalia, in the Landkreis of Paderborn in the northeast of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The castle has a triangular layout, with three round towers connected by massive walls. After 1934 it was used by the Schutzstaffel (SS) under Heinrich Himmler and was to be expanded into a complex which would serve as the central SS cult-site.

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Country	Germany
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	51.61°N, 8.65°E · view on map

Wewelsburg is located in Germany, in Europe.

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